Information literacy instruction by librarians is integrated into the doctor of pharmacy curriculum in the USA but requires evidence of impact.

IF 2.2 4区医学 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Health Information and Libraries Journal Pub Date : 2024-11-28 DOI:10.1111/hir.12558

Mariana Lapidus, Irena Bond

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Abstract

Background: Medical librarians play an essential role in providing information literacy instruction for pharmacy students in order to educate them on health information searching, retrieval, and evaluation. Nevertheless, there have been no peer-reviewed publications providing comprehensive data on librarians' involvement in pharmacy education across the United States.

Objectives: The goal of this study was to investigate the instructional delivery methods, technology used, and topics taught by librarians across the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum in the United States.

Methods: A 17-question electronic survey was designed using Qualtrics and distributed via professional library discussion lists in 2023.

Results: Thirty-eight librarians indicated their involvement in teaching information literacy to pharmacy students during orientation sessions, elective and credit-bearing courses using in-class, online synchronous, and hybrid instructional delivery formats. Topics included medical and drug databases, citation management tools, evidence-based medicine, and free drug information resources.

Discussion: This is the first study that provides a broad insight into the teaching roles and instructional trends of medical librarians in pharmacy education.

Conclusions: Though the results of this survey demonstrate a high level of integration of library instruction into the pharmacy curriculum, more research needs to be done to collect data on medical librarians' contribution to educating student pharmacists.

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在美国，图书馆员的信息素养指导已纳入药学博士课程，但需要证明其影响。

背景：医学图书馆员在为药学专业学生提供信息素养指导方面发挥着重要作用，以教育他们如何搜索、检索和评估健康信息。然而，目前还没有同行评议的出版物提供全美图书馆员参与药学教育的全面数据：本研究的目的是调查美国药学博士课程中图书馆员的教学方法、使用的技术和教授的主题：方法：使用 Qualtrics 设计了一份包含 17 个问题的电子调查问卷，并于 2023 年通过专业图书馆讨论列表发布：结果：38 位图书馆员表示，他们参与了在迎新会、选修课和学分制课程中采用课堂、在线同步和混合教学形式向药学专业学生传授信息素养的工作。主题包括医学和药物数据库、引文管理工具、循证医学和免费药物信息资源：讨论：这是首次对医学图书馆员在药学教育中的教学角色和教学趋势进行深入研究：尽管这项调查的结果表明，图书馆教学与药学课程的整合程度很高，但仍需开展更多研究，收集医学图书馆员在培养药剂师学生方面所作贡献的数据。

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Health Information and Libraries Journal INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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6.70

自引率

10.50%

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期刊介绍： Health Information and Libraries Journal (HILJ) provides practitioners, researchers, and students in library and health professions an international and interdisciplinary forum. Its objectives are to encourage discussion and to disseminate developments at the frontiers of information management and libraries. A major focus is communicating practices that are evidence based both in managing information and in supporting health care. The Journal encompasses: - Identifying health information needs and uses - Managing programmes and services in the changing health environment - Information technology and applications in health - Educating and training health information professionals - Outreach to health user groups