Structured Summary
Abstract
Acquisition of knowledge as a result of instruction in a formal course of study.
MeSH Record
Classification
Narrower headings
- Academia
- Curriculum
- Distance Education
- Educational Measurement
- Gamification
- Home Schooling
- Inservice Training
- Interdisciplinary Placement
- International Educational Exchange
- Mentoring
- Needs Assessment
- Nonprofessional Education
- Predental Education
- Premedical Education
- Professional Education
- Return to School
- Schools
- Teaching
MeSH Qualifier
Used as a Subheading
Education is also a MeSH subheading (qualifier Q000193), attached to other headings to focus them on this aspect:
Used for education, training programs, and courses in various fields and disciplines, and for training groups of persons.
- Qualifier ID
- Q000193
- Qualifier Tree
- Y23
Indexing annotation
subhead only; includes "training", "teaching", "curriculum"; for the teacher teaching, the student learning & the courses taught; see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.28; DF: /educ or /ED CATALOG: may be subdivided geographically
Subheading synonyms
- curriculum
- teaching
- training
Related Concepts
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See Also
MeSH Record
Synonyms
14 entry terms
- Activities, Educational
- Educational Activities
- Literacy Programs
- Training Programs
- Workshops
- Activity, Educational
- Educational Activity
- Literacy Program
- Program, Literacy
- Program, Training
- Programs, Literacy
- Programs, Training
- Training Program
- Workshop
MeSH Record
Aspects Covered
10 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
MeSH Record
Indexing Annotation
general only; prefer /educ: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.28; policy: Manual 30.7+
MeSH Hierarchy
Tree Number
- I02w
AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. Education. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004493. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004493
- Education. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education
- Education. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8434