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This paper investigates the journey embarked upon by foundation year medical students in order to adapt to new ways of learning, knowing and realizing self-determination as they navigate the new situated spaces of a transnational medical university in the Middle East. Drawing on a body of research carried out in this university, and with reference to wider literature on transnational education, this paper develops insights and makes recommendations on how to support local Arab students from Arabic secondary schools who enter transnational medical education 'at home'. The discussion considers an important component of this as being the shift in this context from previous learning through the medium of Arabic to tertiary level learning in English. It is argued that the transition of transnational students can be mapped through ontological and epistemological lenses through a journey from 'known space' to 'new place'. A tri-support model which demonstrates this transition is presented which can be usefully applied to other transnational educational contexts.

The factors like demography, economy and technology have greatly influenced the educational landscape. Librarianship is also impacted deeply with the new market trends such as open source concepts, social media, and digitization and knowledge management initiatives. The purpose of this review was to understand how new or recast job roles have changed visible work activities, tasks and responsibilities. Studies have shown that Medical and Health Sciences programs have begun to take initiatives in order to introduce health information literacy skills into the curriculum; therefore, the role of librarians has moved from beyond routine orientation sessions to curriculum-integrated literacy sessions throughout the academic year. Search for Literature was done in LISTA, Academic Search Complete, Medline, Emerald and Scopus. After systematic review of literature, it was concluded that the profession continue to emerge as the practices changed to satisfy the requirements of our clientele.

Emerging roles and activities of health sciences librarians: a literature review, 2004Change across the educational landscape has been greatly influenced by demographic shifts, economic instability and technological advances. As globalization gains momentum fueled by social media tools enabling ease of access to information source the immediate effect has impacted work environments around the world. As librarians are considered as guardians of information new trends like open source concepts, digital revolution and new knowledge sharing initiatives have impacted job roles greatly. The purpose of this review is to focus on the health science librarian to identify how jobs have been re-engineered to enhance the role of health science librarians. Studies show that Medical and Health Science programmes are taking initiatives to introduce health information literacy skills into the curriculum (Cooper & Crum, 2013) whereby the role of librarians has moved beyond routine orientation sessions to curriculum integrated literacy sessions throughout the academic year. Objective: In this paper we will establish emerging roles of the health science librarian. Understand how new re-cast job roles have changed visible work activities, tasks and responsibilities. Determine how librarians are developing the capacity to take on the blended roles in order to move from information disseminators to information creators. Method/Approach: A systematic review of literature was conducted using LISTA, SCOPUS, Emerald, Academic Search Complete and Medline. A definite time period from 2004 to 2014 was defined to determine how Health Science librarianship has transformed over the years. Conclusion: The roles of health sciences librarians continue to emerge as our practices change to support the needs of the clientele.