A validated search assessment tool: assessing practice-based learning and improvement in a residency program.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to validate an assessment instrument for MEDLINE search strategies at an academic medical center.

Method

Two approaches were used to investigate if the search assessment tool could capture performance differences in search strategy construction. First, data from an evaluation of MEDLINE searches from a pediatric resident's longitudinal assessment were investigated. Second, a cross-section of search strategies from residents in one incoming class was compared with strategies of residents graduating a year later. MEDLINE search strategies formulated by faculty who had been identified as having search expertise were used as a gold standard comparison. Participants were presented with a clinical scenario and asked to identify the search

SUBMITTER: Rana GK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3016654 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature