Library instruction in medical education: a survey of current practices in the United States and Canada.
Objective: The most recent survey on instruction practices in libraries affiliated with accredited medical institutions in the United States was conducted in 1996. The present study sought to update these data, while expanding to include Canadian libraries. Additional analysis was undertaken to test...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 106; no. 1; pp. 98 - 108 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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University of Pittsburgh, University Library System
Jan2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=127288407&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 127288407 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 15365050 PI8 jtl: Journal of the Medical Library Association issn: 15365050 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2018 vid: 106 iid: 1 pid: 60406 pub: University of Pittsburgh, University Library System place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 127288407 127288407 127288407 10.5195/jmla.2018.374 127288407 ppf: 98 ppct: 10 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Library instruction in medical education: a survey of current practices in the United States and Canada. aug: au: Nevius, Amanda M. Ettien, A'Llyn Link, Alissa P. Sobel, Laura Y. affil: Research and Instruction Librarian, Hirsh Health Sciences Library, Tufts University, 145 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111 sug: subj: Education, Medical Library User Education Canada Library User Education United States Human Surveys Canada United States Data Analysis Software Schools, Medical United States Schools, Medical Canada Fisher's Exact Test Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient Curriculum P-Value Chi Square Test ab: Objective: The most recent survey on instruction practices in libraries affiliated with accredited medical institutions in the United States was conducted in 1996. The present study sought to update these data, while expanding to include Canadian libraries. Additional analysis was undertaken to test for statistically significant differences between library instruction in the United States and Canada and between libraries affiliated with highly ranked and unranked institutions. Methods: A twenty-eight-question survey was distributed to libraries affiliated with accredited US and Canadian medical schools to assess what and how often librarians teach, as well as how librarians are involved in the curriculum committee and if they are satisfied with their contact with students and faculty. Quantitative data were analyzed with SAS, R, and MedCalc. Results: Most of the seventy-three responding libraries provided instruction, both asynchronously and synchronously. Library instruction was most likely to be offered in two years of medical school, with year one seeing the most activity. Database use was the most frequently taught topic, and libraries reported a median of five librarians providing instruction, with larger staffs offering slightly more education sessions per year. Libraries associated with highly ranked schools were slightly more likely to offer sessions that were integrated into the medical school curriculum in year four and to offer sessions in more years overall. Conclusions: In US and Canadian libraries, regardless of the rank of the affiliated medical school, librarians' provision of instruction in multiple formats on multiple topics is increasingly common. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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