Are Canadian medicine librarians directly supporting medical student health and wellness? A nation-wide survey.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Students in Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME/UME) programs face a variety of stressors that can affect well-being. To address this, the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS) mandates that medical schools offer support and programming that promotes student well-being. Academic librarians are accustomed to providing outreach that meets their faculties' needs. Therefore, the goal of this study was to explore if Canadian undergraduate medical education librarians are supporting medical student wellness at their medical schools, and how.

Methods

A bilingual, electronic survey containing multiple choice and open-ended questions was distributed across two Canadian health sciences library listservs during the summer of 2020. Librarians supp

SUBMITTER: Phinney J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9327600 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature