Current practices in library/informatics instruction in academic libraries serving medical schools in the Western United States: a three-phase action research study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To conduct a systematic assessment of library and informatics training at accredited Western U.S. medical schools. To provide a structured description of core practices, detect trends through comparisons across institutions, and to identify innovative training approaches at the medical schools.

Methods

Action research study pursued through three phases. The first phase used inductive analysis on reported library and informatics skills training via publicly-facing websites at accredited medical schools and the academic health sciences libraries serving those medical schools. Phase Two consisted of a survey of the librarians who provide this training to undergraduate medical education students at the Western U.S. medical schools. The survey revealed gaps in forming

SUBMITTER: Eldredge JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3847693 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature