Abstract
Objectives: To expand the opportunities for continuing education (CE) to the international medical librarian community. Methods: The evidence-based medicine (EBM) and the medical librarian course broke new ground as a collaborative effort between a library school and MLA in providing an opportunity for students and practicing librarians to participate in a distance education course. The course allows librarians working across the US to engage in timely studies with all the benefits of distance education. A welcomed consequence was the enrollment of librarians from around the globe. For the last three years, we have had a consistent enrollment of three to five Australian librarians per semester. This led to a collaboration between five Australian medical librarians and the two US instructors to plan and deliver an on-site EBM workshop in Brisbane. The poster will describe the steps taken to change our game,–from a local CE course to an international seminar
Highlights
The authors love assessment and evaluation, and we believe it should be integrated into all aspects of library programming
Health sciences librarians must ask: What do librarians really contribute to our institutions? Are patients receiving better care because of what librarians are doing? Which activities best support our users? How does our training enhance lifelong learning skills? How do librarians contribute to the research process? What infrastructure is needed for these activities? Once these questions have been asked, librarians must decide what metrics will help us address them
The NN/LM MCR program focuses on six areas of outreach: assessment and evaluation, library advocacy, health information literacy, education, technology, and member services
Summary
The authors love assessment and evaluation, and we believe it should be integrated into all aspects of library programming. The authors believe in the value of librarians and libraries and that they contribute to the mission of the hospitals, health centers, universities, and organizations they serve.
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