The Librarian’s Contribution to Continuing Medical Education

Gerber, Andrew L

doi:10.1080/02763869.2017.1369291

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“…Collection policy sets resource parameters for both the present and future (Fieldhouse & Marshall, 2012, p. vii). Shifts in community needs, or in communities themselves, necessitate libraries and information services to adapt (Gerber, 2017). The UK's ethnic and racial diversity is forecast to continue increasing (Otu et al, 2020), predicating ongoing evolution in public services such as healthcare.…”

Section: Decolonisation and Collection Managementmentioning

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Health information equity: Rebalancing healthcare collections for racial diversity in UK public service contexts

O’Driscoll¹,

Bawden²

2022

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COVID-19 illustrated health disparities experienced by racially minoritised people, with heightened risks faced by Black and South Asian communities lending the issue transparency and urgency. Despite efforts to decolonise medical education, deficits in racial representation in research and resources remain. This study investigates the potential and imperatives for healthcare information services to contribute to health equity through their collections. The literature analysis explores collection management, decolonisation, social justice in librarianship, and Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a framework for change in information contexts. A survey of UK National Health Service (NHS) librarians provides a snapshot of awareness of health information inequity. Semi-structured interviews explore information professionals’ experiences of anti-racism in the system. The findings indicate strong engagement with the need for equitable resources but highlight some barriers to success. Opportunities identified include potential for addressing systemic racism in collection policy, capability of information services to influence, or engage in, authorship and publishing to address gaps, and the need for race-based data standards in healthcare. Synthesis of the findings through a framework of CRT tenets illustrates the relevance and utility of CRT as a tool for pursuit of equity in information practice, scholarship, and education.

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Section: Decolonisation and Collection Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%