Library instruction in medical education: a survey of current practices in the United States and Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The most recent survey on instruction practices in libraries affiliated with accredited medical institutions in the United States was conducted in 1996. The present study sought to update these data, while expanding to include Canadian libraries. Additional analysis was undertaken to test for statistically significant differences between library instruction in the United States and Canada and between libraries affiliated with highly ranked and unranked institutions.

Methods

A twenty-eight-question survey was distributed to libraries affiliated with accredited US and Canadian medical schools to assess what and how often librarians teach, as well as how librarians are involved in the curriculum committee and if they are satisfied with their contact with students and

SUBMITTER: Nevius AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5764599 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature