Thinking Outside the Classroom: Providing Student-centered Informatics Instruction to First- and Second-year Medical Students

Shurtz, Suzanne

doi:10.1080/02763860903070019

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“…The importance of timing the delivery of information when relevant to the students' needs and aligned to their learning was noted. 14,33 This corresponded with comments by UQ students in this study.…”

Section: Information Literacy Instructionsupporting

confidence: 90%

“…4,14 This may explain why respondents lack awareness of resources despite compulsory orientation sessions in year one. While resources change, inductions are designed to introduce students to core resources and to indicate where to find more information.…”

Section: Information Literacy Instructionmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…28 Librarians compete for space in busy timetables for in-person classes which, despite being compulsory, may not be well-attended. 14,28 If the students attend, they may be distracted by other activities. 28 Kuhn found that students valued having a librarian attend regular lectures to instruct on finding information.…”

Section: Information Literacy Instructionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Students in their clinical years used the point-of-care tools more frequently than other students, similar to Clark's findings. 5 However, studies have shown that students are confused about library electronic subscription products versus free online sources, 4 are unaware of key traditional health information resources and their scope, 14,16 and therefore only use a small proportion of the library resources available to them. The findings of this study concurred with the literature in this area.…”

Section: Electronic and Print Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Health Sciences Librarians' Research on Medical Students' Use of Information for Their Studies at The Medical School, University of Queensland, Australia

Lasserre

Foxlee

Kruesi

et al. 2011

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

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This study reports the findings of research undertaken by health sciences librarians at the University of Queensland Library into how medical students use information for their studies, particularly resources and services provided by the Library. The methods utilized were an online survey and focus groups. Results indicated that students favor print resources over electronic, value accessing resources on a one-stop basis, and prefer training to be delivered flexibly. The implication of these results for future resource selection, service provision, and instructional design and delivery is discussed.

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Section: Information Literacy Instructionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Section: Information Literacy Instructionmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Information Literacy Instructionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Electronic and Print Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Health Sciences Librarians' Research on Medical Students' Use of Information for Their Studies at The Medical School, University of Queensland, Australia

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Foxlee

Kruesi

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Medical Reference Services Quarterly

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“…Instructional activities that occur outside of the classroom can be beneficial. 36 As reported in this study, including librarians in summer research programs has been a successful way for librarians to interact with students.…”

Section: Recommendations For Veterinary Medical Faculty and Administrmentioning

confidence: 95%

The Role of Veterinary Medical Librarians in Teaching Information Literacy

Dinkelman¹,

Viera²,

Bickett-Weddle³

2011

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education

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This qualitative study seeks to determine the nature of the instruction librarians provide to veterinary medical students at all 28 United States veterinary colleges. A secondary goal of the study was to determine in what ways and to what extent librarians participated in other instructional activities at their colleges. Over half of the librarians formally taught in one or more courses, predominantly in the first two years of the veterinary curriculum. One presentation per course was most common. Over half of the librarians interviewed stated that evidence-based veterinary medicine was taught at their colleges, and about half of these librarians collaborated with veterinary faculty in this instruction. Many librarians participated in orientation for firstyear veterinary students. The librarians also taught instructional sessions for residents, interns, faculty, graduate students, and practicing veterinarians. This study found that librarians teach information literacy skills both formally and informally, but, in general, instruction by librarians was not well integrated into the curriculum. This study advances several recommendations to help veterinary students develop information literacy skills. These include: encourage veterinary faculty and administrators to collaborate more closely with librarians, incorporate a broader array of information literacy skills into assignments, and add a literature evaluation course to the curriculum. Disciplines Library and Information Science ABSTRACTThis qualitative study seeks to determine the nature of the instruction librarians provide to veterinary medical students at all 28 United States veterinary colleges. A secondary goal of the study was to determine in what ways and to what extent librarians participated in other instructional activities at their colleges. Over half of the librarians formally taught in one or more courses, predominantly in the first two years of the veterinary curriculum. One presentation per course was most common. Over half of the librarians interviewed stated that evidence-based veterinary medicine was taught at their colleges, and about half of these librarians collaborated with veterinary faculty in this instruction. Many librarians participated in orientation for first-year veterinary students. The librarians also taught instructional sessions for residents, interns, faculty, graduate students, and practicing veterinarians. This study found that librarians teach information literacy skills both formally and informally, but, in general, instruction by librarians was not well integrated into the curriculum. This study advances several recommendations to help veterinary students develop information literacy skills. These include: encourage veterinary faculty and administrators to collaborate more closely with librarians, incorporate a broader array of information literacy skills into assignments, and add a literature evaluation course to the curriculum.

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Emergency medical residents' use of Google^® for answering clinical questions in the emergency room

Abbas

Schwartz

Krause

2010

Proc. Am. Soc. Info. Sci. Tech.

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Emergency Department (ED) residents perceive Internet resources as reliable and regularly search the Internet to answer clinical questions in the ED. To determine the validity of the Internet and the Google ® Search Engine, as a source for accurate information to answer clinical questions in ED, a single blinded prospective study was conducted. The search strategies used by Emergency Medical (EM) Residents and Internet resources most frequently visited to find answers to clinical questions were reviewed.Residents completed a PreTest consisting of questions that might routinely occur in ED, and were instructed to answer questions without outside resources, and if they were confident the information was suitable for patient care. Questions that EMR were unsure of, or had answered incorrectly on the PreTest, were used to create a Google® Test. On the pretest 32% of the questions that residents answered were correct, while 28% were incorrect. Residents were unsure of 40% of the questions that they responded to. On the Google ® Test 59% of residents' responses were correct, 33% were incorrect and residents were unsure of 8%. Percent of unsure answers dropped significantly when residents searched Google ®.Results indicated EM Residents are naive searchers who use single word or short phrase searches and derive query terms directly from the questions; advanced search features of Google ® were not used; and websites frequently visited were designed for laypersons, sites for publishers, medical journals, and Google® Scholar and Google® Books. Results also indicated that while EM Residents often retrieved inaccurate information using Google ® they believed the information was reliable enough to use in patient care.Findings have major implications for medical informatics, medical practice, and patient safety. Providing Internet access in ED should be carefully reviewed for reliability as a tool for teaching and clinical decision-making. Also, education of EM Residents should include training on Internet and database searching.

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Thinking Outside the Classroom: Providing Student-centered Informatics Instruction to First- and Second-year Medical Students

Cited by 8 publications

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Health Sciences Librarians' Research on Medical Students' Use of Information for Their Studies at The Medical School, University of Queensland, Australia

Health Sciences Librarians' Research on Medical Students' Use of Information for Their Studies at The Medical School, University of Queensland, Australia

The Role of Veterinary Medical Librarians in Teaching Information Literacy

Emergency medical residents' use of Google^® for answering clinical questions in the emergency room

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Thinking Outside the Classroom: Providing Student-centered Informatics Instruction to First- and Second-year Medical Students

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Health Sciences Librarians' Research on Medical Students' Use of Information for Their Studies at The Medical School, University of Queensland, Australia

Health Sciences Librarians' Research on Medical Students' Use of Information for Their Studies at The Medical School, University of Queensland, Australia

The Role of Veterinary Medical Librarians in Teaching Information Literacy

Emergency medical residents' use of Google® for answering clinical questions in the emergency room

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