{"title":"Planning Library Instruction Research: Building Conceptual Models with Theoretical Frameworks.","authors":"Robin M N Parker","doi":"10.1080/02763869.2022.2131149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2022.2131149","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Engagement with theories and theoretical frameworks in the planning and conduct of research about library instruction, in conjunction with the existing evidence base, can help researchers develop coherent conceptual models to justify the research approach and importance of the research produced. This column describes some of the limitations of common evaluation approaches that lack explicit theoretical framing and provides definitions of concepts that allow practitioners and researchers alike to explore and understand the complexities of educational encounters. Using an illustrative study with a theoretical framework applying sociomaterialism and related theories, this article presents arguments for in-depth explorations of informatics education through qualitative research.</p>","PeriodicalId":39720,"journal":{"name":"Medical Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"41 4","pages":"408-423"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40692873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD).","authors":"Amber Hoskins","doi":"10.1080/02763869.2022.2131143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2022.2131143","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) is a database dedicated to aiding anyone who may be seeking assistance and knowledge regarding rare diseases. This public health resource was put into motion by the Rare Diseases Act of 2002, and uses Translational Science to enhance research procedures. People can use this resource to find support, disease facts, ongoing research information, and available treatments. The GARD database is an excellent guide for anyone wanting to increase their knowledge of rare diseases and how to help those who have a rare disorder.</p>","PeriodicalId":39720,"journal":{"name":"Medical Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"41 4","pages":"389-394"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40496008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bianca Brillant, Mimi Ray Guessferd, Anne L Snieg, Jennifer J Jones, Thomas Keeler, Priscilla L Stephenson
{"title":"Assessing Diversity in Hospital Library Collections.","authors":"Bianca Brillant, Mimi Ray Guessferd, Anne L Snieg, Jennifer J Jones, Thomas Keeler, Priscilla L Stephenson","doi":"10.1080/02763869.2022.2131185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2022.2131185","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Public libraries have conducted collection diversity audits, but this is the first known report of a diversity audit in the hospital library community. A two-part questionnaire was sent to hospital librarians to determine their use of diversity audits in collection management and to provide a tool for a preliminary assessment of their collections' diversity. Results of the questionnaire indicate that developing diversity within hospital library collections is important to these respondents. These librarians also support diversity in their library personnel, open access, researching critical gaps, and programming.</p>","PeriodicalId":39720,"journal":{"name":"Medical Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"41 4","pages":"424-438"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40496009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E Bailey Sterling, Ana D Cleveland, Jodi L Philbrick
{"title":"Analyzing COVID-19 Resources on Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries' (AAHSL) Research Guides.","authors":"E Bailey Sterling, Ana D Cleveland, Jodi L Philbrick","doi":"10.1080/02763869.2022.2131139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2022.2131139","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, the authors analyzed 147 AAHSL member libraries' COVID-19 research guides to determine the volume and origin of links included. Through stratified sampling based on total enrollment of health sciences academic institutions, 51 eligible AASHL library websites were selected for inclusion in the study. Content from COVID-19 research guides was analyzed, and the origin of each link was categorized. Most AAHSL libraries have at least one COVID-19 research guide, while some have two or more. A total of 8,848 links within examined research guides were visited. Links to academic institutions including universities' own internal links were most common while news outlets, social media, and international government were linked least. Regarding individual organizations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)were most frequently linked. The overwhelming majority of sampled health sciences libraries use research guides to share COVID-19 information with their users. It is necessary to further investigate how libraries can optimize research guides to benefit their users. These results and conclusions reveal information resource patterns in research guides at health sciences academic libraries and are consistent with those reached by researchers investigating academic libraries' research guides in 2020.</p>","PeriodicalId":39720,"journal":{"name":"Medical Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"41 4","pages":"363-380"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40692875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LaVentra E Danquah, Michel B Bass, Emme Lopez, Adela Justice, Lindsey Sikora, Todd M Grooten, Laura Haygood
{"title":"Trends in… Adoption of Twitter by Health Sciences Librarians.","authors":"LaVentra E Danquah, Michel B Bass, Emme Lopez, Adela Justice, Lindsey Sikora, Todd M Grooten, Laura Haygood","doi":"10.1080/02763869.2022.2131148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2022.2131148","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is substantial research on librarians' engagement with various social media platforms as part of their professional obligations. We were interested in examining librarians' use of Twitter outside of the context of a job-related, but still professional, context. To find out more, we invited health sciences librarians via Twitter to discuss the impact that the platform has had on their professional lives, offering this column as an opportunity to share their experiences. The case reports support the premise that Twitter can be an impactful communications tool and can benefit librarians in meaningful ways, both professionally and personally.</p>","PeriodicalId":39720,"journal":{"name":"Medical Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"41 4","pages":"397-407"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40694699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brittany R Heer, Chris Gillette, Christopher Roman, M Jane McDaniel
{"title":"Didactic Physician Assistant Students' Perceptions of Evidence-Based Medicine Resources: A Preliminary Investigation.","authors":"Brittany R Heer, Chris Gillette, Christopher Roman, M Jane McDaniel","doi":"10.1080/02763869.2022.2131138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2022.2131138","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) instruction is required for physician Assistant (PA) students. This pilot study surveyed didactic PA students at three geographically diverse PA programs at the end of their didactic EBM course to understand which attributes of EBM resources they find most and least useful, and their self-efficacy in searching and appraising medical literature. Thematic analysis identified the most important student-reported attributes of a resource. PA students in this sample preferred UpToDate and PubMed as their top EBM tools based on attribute ratings. However, each database included in this pilot study received positive feedback, despite a low usage rate across institutions. The most important attributes were ease of use/search, information presentation, and conclusion/critical appraisal skill. After one EBM course, on average, students rated their self-efficacy searching the literature and appraising the literature as \"moderately confident.\" This suggests that instructors and librarians have an opportunity to expose students to more tools as well as encourage \"the right tool for the right job.\"</p>","PeriodicalId":39720,"journal":{"name":"Medical Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"41 4","pages":"347-362"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40692872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Medical Residency Milestones: Competencies in Informatics, Library, and Evidence-Based Practice.","authors":"Deborah J Rhue, Jonathan D Eldredge","doi":"10.1080/02763869.2022.2093545","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2022.2093545","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) sets standards known as Milestones and monitors the progress of medical residents as they advance toward medical practice in their specialties. Health sciences librarians need to train medical residents in certain competency areas to help reach the Milestone standards. This project analyzed the Milestones related to informatics, library, and evidence-based practice (EBP) skills to identify core and optional library-related curricular elements that can be integrated into different medical specialty residencies. The authors collected key competency documents from ACGME and from those specialties representing 2% or more of the residencies in the United States. Then, they compared and contrasted those Milestones related to informatics, library, and EBP competency skills. Most relevant Milestones were categorized under the fifth broad ACGME competency area of \"Practice Based Learning and Improvement.\" The Milestones followed developmental patterns, reflecting residents' increased sophistication in meeting these competencies as they advanced in their specialties. The curriculum was designed to meet the residents' learning needs at each progressive Milestone.</p>","PeriodicalId":39720,"journal":{"name":"Medical Reference Services Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":"236-247"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40706154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Community Conversations About COVID-19.","authors":"Yamila El-Khayat, Nora Franco, Lara Miller","doi":"10.1080/02763869.2022.2095815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2022.2095815","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>\"Community Conversations About COVID-19\" was a multi-group program designed to address the need for culturally sensitive health information about COVID-19 for Latinx and Native American communities. Three medical librarians worked closely with Latinx and/or Spanish-speaking <i>promotores</i>, also known as community health workers (CHWs), and native patient navigators (NPNs) from Native American communities in Tucson, Arizona. In addition, the librarians collaborated with second-year medical students from the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix. The focus was to train the CHWs, NPNs, and students on how to access health information resources from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other reliable agencies. The second segment of the program provided the opportunity for the groups to learn from each other's experiences working with health information through this pandemic, which is especially important given the fact the CHWs and NPNs live in, care for, and were brought up in these communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":39720,"journal":{"name":"Medical Reference Services Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":"223-235"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40706158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hospital Libraries: Past, Present and Future.","authors":"Deborah J Rhue","doi":"10.1080/02763869.2022.2097850","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2022.2097850","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hospital libraries have a long and storied history in the United States. Since the 1700 s, they have provided vital resources to the medical community. Over time, hospital libraries have evolved regarding staffing, resources, and access, yet their mission has remained the same-they are expected to provide the best possible medical information to support patient care. Hospital librarians need to appreciate the history of their profession and the services they have provided in the past in order to sustain the value of their contributions well into the future. Looking at the history, as well as the present state of hospital libraries, helps hospital librarians shape their future. Advocacy is vital in a time when hospitals stretch their budgets as far as possible, hospitals consolidate and hospital libraries close.</p>","PeriodicalId":39720,"journal":{"name":"Medical Reference Services Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":"296-303"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40720156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}