Knowledge for Healthcare: the future of health librarianship

Bryant, Sue Lacey; Stewart, David; Goswami, Louise; Grant, Maria J.

doi:10.1111/hir.12119

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“…They indicated that health sciences librarians have lots of ideas but the real challenge is to find the right managers and administrators who are willing to see a larger picture for librarians' engagement in the research, clinical and educational enterprise of their institution. Bryant et al (2015) observed that health information consumers are not receiving the right information. They are ignorant about the role librarians perform, and their importance in health care knowledge delivery in the system is obscure.…”

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Towards Academic Medical Library Standards in India: A Call for Action

Narang

Vishwakarma²

2021

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With the rapidly growing healthcare information, medical librarians' roles and responsibilities in health care institutions are expanding, more so in the present context of Corona virus pandemic. Librarians in western countries are engaged in organizing, managing information resources, and offering seamless access to library materials to their users, supporting them with online consultation and research services. Medical libraries in India are slow to pick up the necessary momentum. They are underrepresented in medical education, their roles and responsibilities meagerly defined in institutions' employment regulations and there is little in terms of medical library standards for India. Even the newly constituted National Medical Commission has not taken note of the role medical libraries can play going by its recently released 'Minimum Requirement for Annual MBBS Admissions Regulations 2020'. What should be minimum medical library standards, role of libraries in medical education in India? In order to answer these questions, the author reviewed: (i) higher education policy documents, inspection documents, UGC guidelines, and their coverage on libraries, (ii) standards developed by professional library associations, and (iii) publications on library standards in international journals. Medical education is a highly specialized area where serving librarians require a unique set of skills to meet the information needs of the diverse users of medical libraries. On reviewing these native documents, it was found that there is little content available for medical libraries to adopt in India. Therefore, to get a wider picture, library standards for higher education developed by professional library associations of the advanced countries were examined. Based on these, a model minimum standard for medical libraries in India is proposed. The right mix of resources, staff, funds, and infrastructure is important for the proper functioning of academic medical libraries in medical institutions. This will in turn enhance the quality of medical education, health care services, and research in the country.

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Towards Academic Medical Library Standards in India: A Call for Action

Narang

Vishwakarma²

2021

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“…Several organizations have become involved in digital transformation by adopting various educational strategies (OECD, 2022;UNESCO, 2019). The European health committee has recommended a more significant emphasis on training health professionals for the future of care and transformation towards digital health in clinically directed practices, teaching, and research (Bryant et al, 2015). The continuing education of health professionals faces significant challenges in the knowledge society and e-Health.…”

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Health Professionals’ Competencies in the Framework of Complexity: Digital Training Model for Education 4.0

Fernández-Luque,

Ramirez-Montoya

2024

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Complex environments require changes in training models for health professionals to support access to knowledge for teaching and clinical research decision-making. These changes require digital competency training to successfully address knowledge acquisition and lifelong learning in the digital health ecosystem. This research aims to analyse the habits of use of information resources by healthcare professionals in professional practices and to propose a model for training in digital competence. An exploratory and explanatory research method was chosen. Data collection techniques included pre-test and post-test questionnaires for the training activities. The program designed to develop digital competency under the model proposed in this study had significant acceptance among users who valued all the contents, resources, and teachers and considered it effective. Training in digital competencies is one of the drivers of digital transformation. Teaching-learning models in virtual environments pose challenges for 21st-century libraries.

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