Library tutorials in an allied health evidence-based practice class

Med Ref Serv Q. 2015;34(2):240-8. doi: 10.1080/02763869.2015.1019765.

Abstract

This column describes a collaboration between faculty members in an Allied Health program and academic librarians to provide information literacy instruction to students enrolled in an evidence-based practice course. The process of collaboration is described beginning with the inception of the idea to collaborate, which grew out of an informal conversation between librarians and Allied Health faculty. Implementation of the project is described as well as future plans for the collaboration. The column also discusses initial impressions of student outcomes as well as plans for a more rigorous study of those outcomes.

Keywords: Allied health students; collaboration; e-learning; information literacy.

MeSH terms

  • Allied Health Personnel / education*
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Evidence-Based Practice*
  • Information Literacy*
  • Information Storage and Retrieval
  • Libraries, Medical*
  • Oklahoma
  • Organizational Case Studies
  • Program Development
  • Program Evaluation