Information mastery skills among pre-clerkship students in a problem-based learning curriculum: a case report.

Background: Use of evidence-based medicine (EBM) can improve patient outcomes, but translating classroom learning of EBM to clinical practice is challenging. Training students to utilize and apply principles of EBM is critical but data and methods for evaluating students' EBM skills are lacking. Cas...

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Publicado en:Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 114; no. 1; pp. 68 - 75
Autores principales: Duffy, Christopher, Tripp, Tovah, Schneier, Ezra, Dreker, Margaret, Hoffman, Miriam, Josephs, Joshua
Formato: case study tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: University of Pittsburgh, University Library System Jan2026
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          Duffy, Christopher
          Tripp, Tovah
          Schneier, Ezra
          Dreker, Margaret
          Hoffman, Miriam
          Josephs, Joshua
        affil: Associate Dean, Medical Library, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Nutley, NJ
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          Problem-Based Learning
          Curriculum Evaluation
          Mental Processes
          Skill Acquisition
          Librarians Psychosocial Factors
          Professional Role
          Education, Medical
          Medical Practice, Evidence-Based
          Health and Welfare Planning
          Students, Medical
          Curriculum Development
          Information Literacy
          Educational Measurement
          Learning Methods
          Libraries, Academic
          Teaching Methods
          Authorship
          Bibliometrics
          Student Knowledge
          Health Knowledge
          Competency Assessment
          Feedback
          Information Management
      ab: Background: Use of evidence-based medicine (EBM) can improve patient outcomes, but translating classroom learning of EBM to clinical practice is challenging. Training students to utilize and apply principles of EBM is critical but data and methods for evaluating students' EBM skills are lacking. Case Presentation: The Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine has early curricular introduction of information mastery techniques to combat these challenges. Students create research presentations related to the weekly problembased- learning (PBL) case to practice applying EBM skills. Medical librarians developed and utilized an assessment tool to evaluate students' weekly presentations. Librarian staff reviewed 595 presentations during the first year of the preclerkship curriculum using five criteria: (1) appropriate scope of presentation (2) correct categorization of the question based on the finding information framework (3) appropriate resource used (4) search strategy and (5) bibliographic citations according to American Medical Association (AMA) guidelines. Conclusions: Of the evaluated presentations using these criteria, the majority of students routinely and reliably applied EBM skills in their case-based presentations. Further studies will need to look at continued development of these skills throughout other phases of training.
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