scholarly journals Emerging roles of health information professionals for library and information science curriculum development: a scoping review

2018 ◽  
Vol 106 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinxuan Ma ◽  
Lynne Stahl ◽  
Erica Knotts
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
School Students ◽  
Medical Library ◽  
Information Professionals

Objective:This scoping review identified the emerging and evolving roles of health information professionals (HIPs) in a range of tasks and settings, as they adapt to varied user needs, while keeping up with changing medical landscapes to provide evidence-based information support in grand rounds and scholarly research. The review aims to inform library school students about expected entry-level job qualifications and faculty about adaptable changes to specialized HIP curricula.Methods: The authors examined 268 peer-reviewed journal articles that concentrated on evolving HIP roles, professional settings, and contexts by retrieving results from several multidisciplinary databases.Results: HIPs, who generally serve as “embedded librarians,” are taking on more active roles as collaborators, research experts, and liaisons, replacing more passive and exclusive roles as information providers and outreach agents or research assistants. These evolving roles in the reviewed literature were broken into nine categories in approximate order of prominence.Conclusions: A new model linking these evolving roles to the Medical Library Association (MLA) fundamental professional competencies was developed to provide an operational examination and research-based evidence for adapting HIP continuing education curriculum learning outcomes, course content and delivery, and student career pathways for existing graduate HIP specialization courses in library programs. The model indicates each role’s connection to the MLA professional competencies, based on MLA’s detailed description of each competency. A better understanding of HIP demands and expectations will enhance the capacity of library programs to prepare students in HIP specializations. This article has been approved for the Medical Library Association’s Independent Reading Program.

scholarly journals Roles for librarians in systematic reviews: a scoping review

2018 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela J. Spencer ◽  
Jonathan D. Eldredge
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Controlled Vocabulary ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Source Selection ◽  
Medical Library ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Text Word ◽  
Information Professionals

Objective: What roles do librarians and information professionals play in conducting systematic reviews? Librarians are increasingly called upon to be involved in systematic reviews, but no study has considered all the roles that librarians can perform. This inventory of existing and emerging roles aids in defining librarians’ systematic reviews services.Methods: For this scoping review, the authors conducted controlled vocabulary and text-word searches in the PubMed; Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts; and CINAHL databases. We separately searched for articles published in the Journal of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries, Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, the Journal of the Canadian Heath Libraries Association, and Hypothesis. We also text-word searched Medical Library Association annual meeting poster and paper abstracts.Results: We identified 18 different roles filled by librarians and other information professionals in conducting systematic reviews from 310 different articles, book chapters, and presented papers and posters. Some roles were well known such as searching, source selection, and teaching. Other less documented roles included planning, question formulation, and peer review. We summarize these different roles and provide an accompanying bibliography of references for in-depth descriptions of these roles.Conclusion: Librarians play central roles in systematic review teams, including roles that go beyond searching. This scoping review should encourage librarians who are fulfilling roles that are not captured here to document their roles in journal articles and poster and paper presentations.

Informational Priorities in Health Information Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 763-781
Author(s):  
Malgorzata Kisilowska
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Health Information System ◽  
Information Structures ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Types Of Information

This chapter presents the model of a wide health information system, designed in accordance with information science theories and requirements. The model, based on modern ICT solutions, reflects the idea of information processes (collection, indexing, transfer) as seen in an information science perspective. It concentrates on optimal answering information needs of different categories of patrons, including adaptation of information-retrieval tools to their competencies. The author discusses different types of information indispensable in healthcare practice, analyzes methods of knowledge representation in health information system, proposes methodology of surveying information needs of health professionals, and describes challenges of linguistic tools used in information systems. The author hopes that such a model will emphasis the need of cooperation among ICT, health, and information professionals in designing information structures and processes.

Health Information Science at UVic: The Student Perspective

1989 ◽  
Vol 28 (04) ◽  
pp. 285-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Anglin
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
Student Perspective ◽  
Professional Status ◽  
Future Goals ◽  
Upper Level ◽  
The University

Abstract:The graduates and students of the School of Health Information Science (HIS) at the University of Victoria (UVic) have pioneered the Canadian sphere in health informatics since 1982. After six years of growth this co-operative education program has matured and establishment of a research base and graduate school has become a recent focus. In this context an evaluation of the HIS curriculum and co-op work experience from the student perspective was undertaken. Eighty-five persons, including 50 upper level students were surveyed. Thirty-five graduates were tracked and queried regarding their present employment, job satisfaction, future goals and perception oftheir professional status. In particular, students were queried on the retrospective value and/or shortcomings of the HIS co-op program. Their perceptions on the training that they have had or that they observe as leading to successful careers is documented. The student view on the ascribed role of ´change agent´ and concerns regarding the lack of professional identity are noted. The implications ofthese findings on the future form ofthe Health Information Science curriculum and the direction of its educational model are subsequently discussed.

scholarly journals The characteristics and capabilities of the available open source health information technologies supporting healthcare: a scoping review protocol

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 230-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ather Akhlaq ◽  
Brian McKinstry ◽  
Aziz Sheikh
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Complete Solution ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Health Information Technologies ◽  
Study Characteristics ◽  
Google Search

IntroductionDue to the many advantages of open source software (OSS), including reduced cost of licensing, more flexibility in terms of customisation and redistribution, better quality and no vendor lock-in, OSS in healthcare is increasingly gaining importance. Various open source health information technologies (OS-HITs) are continuously being designed and developed for different areas of healthcare to increase organisational efficiencies and quality of care at minimum costs. The objective of this scoping review is to identify the kinds of existing OS-HITs, their characteristics (e.g. functions) and capabilities (e.g. advantages/disadvantages) for various healthcare stakeholders (physicians and patients) and healthcare sectors (e.g. clinical, administrative).MethodsWe will conduct a scoping review to identify the range of available OS-HITs in international literature from 1980 to September 2018. Searches will be conducted in six major international databases, namely: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature Plus, Excerpta Medica Database, Global Health, Library Information Science and Technology Abstracts, Medline and Web of Science to identify relevant published research. We will also search the Google search engine and Google Scholar for on-going and unpublished work and the grey literature. Searches will be peer-reviewed by two independent reviewers and will not be limited by methodology or language. Next, selected references will be tabulated for study characteristics by author affiliation, country of origin, the name of OS-HIT, healthcare area/sector, system requirements, stakeholders, complete solution and web link. Furthermore, functions, benefits/advantages, disadvantages and outcomes (e.g. usability) of OS-HITs will be extracted. Narrative and interpretative synthesis of data will be undertaken.ResultsWe will report our findings in a peer-reviewed journal.

scholarly journals The impact of patient, intervention, comparison, outcome (PICO) as a search strategy tool on literature search quality: a systematic review

2018 ◽  
Vol 106 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mette Brandt Eriksen ◽  
Tove Faber Frandsen
Keyword(s):  
Literature Search ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Evaluation Research ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Secondary Outcome ◽  
Medical Library ◽  
The Impact

Objective: This review aimed to determine if the use of the patient, intervention, comparison, outcome (PICO) model as a search strategy tool affects the quality of a literature search.Methods: A comprehensive literature search was conducted in PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA), Scopus, and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) catalog up until January 9, 2017. Reference lists were scrutinized, and citation searches were performed on the included studies. The primary outcome was the quality of literature searches and the secondary outcome was time spent on the literature search when the PICO model was used as a search strategy tool, compared to the use of another conceptualizing tool or unguided searching.Results: A total of 2,163 records were identified, and after removal of duplicates and initial screening, 22 full-text articles were assessed. Of these, 19 studies were excluded and 3 studies were included, data were extracted, risk of bias was assessed, and a qualitative analysis was conducted. The included studies compared PICO to the PIC truncation or links to related articles in PubMed, PICOS, and sample, phenomenon of interest, design, evaluation, research type (SPIDER). One study compared PICO to unguided searching. Due to differences in intervention, no quantitative analysis was performed.Conclusions: Only few studies exist that assess the effect of the PICO model vis-a-vis other available models or even vis-a-vis the use of no model. Before implications for current practice can be drawn, well-designed studies are needed to evaluate the role of the tool used to devise a search strategy. This article has been approved for the Medical Library Association’s Independent Reading Program.

scholarly journals Lessons learned from multisite implementation and evaluation of Project SHARE, a teen health information literacy, empowerment, and leadership program

2019 ◽  
Vol 107 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alla Keselman ◽  
Rachel Anne Chase ◽  
Jennifer Rewolinski ◽  
Yulia Chentsova Dutton ◽  
Janice E Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Outreach Program ◽  
Medical Library ◽  
Implementation Planning ◽  
The Impact

Background: This case study describes the implementation and evaluation of a multisite teen health information outreach program. The objectives of the program were to increase health knowledge, health information literacy, interest in health careers, community engagement, and leadership skills of teens in disadvantaged communities.Case Presentation: Teens at six sites across the country participated in a multi-week curriculum that focused on various aspects of health literacy, information literacy, and leadership. Lesson topics addressed personal health, social determinants of health, information quality, and communication and advocacy skills. Program evaluation included both quantitative and qualitative components and focused on multiple knowledge and skills outcome variables. Results suggested that while teens at all sites showed improvement, particularly with respect to engagement and interest in the topics, the degree of gains in knowledge and information literacy measures varied significantly from site to site.Conclusion: On-site implementation planning, cohesive integration of added activities, and emphasis on retention can contribute to implementation and evaluation effectiveness. This work also underscores the limitation of a purely quantitative approach to capturing the impact of health information and stresses the importance of supplementing numerical scores and statistics with qualitative data. This article has been approved for the Medical Library Association’s Independent Reading Program.

scholarly journals Digitization and Developing Digital Library and Information Support in Bangladesh: Professional Challenges

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Saiful Alam
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Skilled Manpower ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
The Government

The digital revolution throughout the world has brought about new challenges as well as new opportunities for the information professionals. The information professionals of the developing countries are grappling with problems like weak infrastructure, lack of skilled manpower, financial stringency etc. in implementing information and communication technologies in the libraries and also in the digitization of information resources. This paper explores the problems and potential of ICT and digitization in context of the library and information sector of Bangladesh. An elaborate analysis of various challenges for establishing digital information systems and services in the backdrop of the socio-economic realities of Bangladesh has been presented in the paper, along with indications as to how these challenges could be overcome. The paper ends with the conviction that, if these challenges could be dealt with successfully, the Vision 2021 stated by the Government could be realized in time. Bangladesh Journal of Library and Information Science Vol.2(1) July 2012 pp.57-66DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjlis.v2i1.12922

scholarly journals People in the News

2017 ◽  
Vol 78 (5) ◽  
pp. 285
Author(s):  
Ann-Christe Galloway
Keyword(s):  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Medical Library ◽  
Emory University ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Distinguished Member

Sandra Franklin, director of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, has been selected as a fellow of the Medical Library Association (MLA). The designation is the group’s highest honor, bestowed on members who are chosen by the Board of Directors for sustained and outstanding contributions to health sciences librarianship and to the advancement of the purposes of MLA. Franklin has been a member of MLA since 1984 and a distinguished member of its Academy of Health Information Professionals since 1997. She served as an elected member of MLA’s Board of Directors (2013–16) and has been a member of MLA’s Southern chapter since 1983, serving as president (2004–05). Franklin is chairing the local assistance committee for the 2018 MLA Annual Meeting, to be held in Atlanta.

Informational Priorities in Health Information Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 461-479
Author(s):  
Malgorzata Kisilowska
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Health Information System ◽  
Information Structures ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Types Of Information

This chapter presents the model of a wide health information system, designed in accordance with information science theories and requirements. The model, based on modern ICT solutions, reflects the idea of information processes (collection, indexing, transfer) as seen in an information science perspective. It concentrates on optimal answering information needs of different categories of patrons, including adaptation of information-retrieval tools to their competencies. The author discusses different types of information indispensable in healthcare practice, analyzes methods of knowledge representation in health information system, proposes methodology of surveying information needs of health professionals, and describes challenges of linguistic tools used in information systems. The author hopes that such a model will emphasis the need of cooperation among ICT, health, and information professionals in designing information structures and processes.

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