Elevation through reflection: closing the circle to improve librarianship

Miller, Jolene; Ford, Stephanie Friree; Yang, Anna

doi:10.5195/jmla.2020.938

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“…Health sciences librarians of different ethnicities need to be accepted as scholarly contributors, and the process in place to receive their works needs to be critically examined for institutionalized racism. Reflecting on this problematic past through acknowledgment of bias by the profession is one of several steps toward creating an inclusive scholarly community [ 87 ].…”

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Proving the proverbial gadfly: situating the historical and racial context of Southern medical works by Mary Louise Marshall

Weeks

2021

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Health sciences librarianship has historically benefited from avoiding critical conversations around the role of race in the profession, reflected through a select few number of articles on the topic. The purpose of this study was to add to this body of literature and apply a critical librarianship framework on the early scholarly record of health sciences librarianship and the legacy of integration within the Medical Library Association (MLA). Three Southern medical works and the integration views of Mary Louise Marshall, the longest-serving president of MLA from 1941 to 1946, were thematically and textually analyzed to redress the profession’s long-standing legacy with Whiteness and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) representation. In reframing the historic past of MLA both through Marshall’s works and her views, the goal is to acknowledge ways in which the profession has impeded progress and present steps to remedy appropriate outreach for the future.

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Proving the proverbial gadfly: situating the historical and racial context of Southern medical works by Mary Louise Marshall

Weeks

2021

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“…I had recently changed roles to work in the library of a teaching hospital and now encountered entire books written on the topic for healthcare professionals. As well as satisfying my own self-interest, I felt the article: "Elevation through reflection: closing the circle to improve librarianship" (Miller et al, 2020) would nicely match the scope of the club. During the coffee morning, many of us had said that they were interested in practical applications for our working lives.…”

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Motorways to boreens: the story of the Irish Health Sciences Libraries Group virtual journal club

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Herlihy

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Boreens (from the Gaelic bóthairín meaning little road) are the narrow roads that twist through the Irish countryside. Travel is slower than the busy major roads that cut straight through, but these routes enable the traveller to easily change course as options arise and to discover hidden opportunities for exploration. It is in this context that we share how we moved from the idea of a journal club for health librarians to the reality of an active knowledge sharing group. Through the story of the governing committee and our first three presenters, we explain what is required to drive this kind of club. At the beginning there were so many options and decisions it felt like moving quickly along a busy motorway, often changing lanes to avoid snarl-ups, and watching out for tolls. However, as we settled in for the long haul, we decided to take our own quieter but ultimately more interesting route. We found that if you are clear about your destination, ensure you have sufficient resources, plan carefully but are flexible about how you get there, then you may just enjoy the journey.

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“…There are various models and frameworks related to self-reflection. For example, Gibb's reflective cycle covers six stages of reflection where an individual initiate selfreflection by describing what happened, how they feel, assessing whether the experience was positive or negative, analyzing and making sense of the experience, drawing up a conclusion from the experience, and formulating a future action plan (Miller et al, 2020). While various models of reflection might be used, these are often based on a distinction between several levels or types of reflection, ranging from technical and practical to more critical forms of reflection (Van Beveren et al, 2018).…”

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A Systematic Review of the Outcomes, Level, Facilitators, and Barriers to Deep Self-Reflection in Public Health Higher Education: Meta-Analysis and Meta-Synthesis

2022

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Based on 34 studies and to the best of our knowledge, this is the first systematic review consisting of a meta-analysis and a meta-synthesis to illustrate the various self-reflection formats used in public health higher education. Through this review, we aimed to (1) describe the range of self-reflection formats used in public health undergraduate education, (2) compare the level of reflectivity and outcomes of self-reflection according to the common formats of self-reflection used, and (3) compare the facilitators and barriers to deep self-reflection based on the common formats of self-reflection used. Most students were not engaging in reflection at a deep level according to the Mezirow's model of reflexivity. Both meta-analysis and meta-synthesis results revealed self-reflection enhanced self-confidence, professional identity, and professional development as well as improved understanding of public health related topics in these students. Future educational programmes should consider the common facilitators to deep self-reflection, i.e., advocacy on the importance of reflection by instructors and provision of guidance to students and the common barriers, i.e., perception by instructors/students to be time consuming and the imbalance in power relationship between instructors and students. Because perceptions of learning environments varied between institutions, programs, teachers and students, efforts to evaluate the implementation feasibility of these facilitators and barriers need to take place across the different levels. As a start, peer ambassadors or champions could be appointed at the student level to change the common perception that performing deep self-reflection was time consuming. Similarly, at the teacher level, faculty learning communities could be set up for like-minded educators to advocate on the importance of reflection and to share their experience on balancing the power relationship between instructors and students.Systematic Review Registration: PROSPERO, identifier: CRD42021255714.

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Elevation through reflection: closing the circle to improve librarianship

Cited by 8 publications

References 22 publications

Proving the proverbial gadfly: situating the historical and racial context of Southern medical works by Mary Louise Marshall

Proving the proverbial gadfly: situating the historical and racial context of Southern medical works by Mary Louise Marshall

Motorways to boreens: the story of the Irish Health Sciences Libraries Group virtual journal club

A Systematic Review of the Outcomes, Level, Facilitators, and Barriers to Deep Self-Reflection in Public Health Higher Education: Meta-Analysis and Meta-Synthesis

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