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Improving Medical Students’ Learning Outcomes: Teaching A Web-Assisted Elective Course For Fourth-Year Medical Students, Misa Mi, Marlene Porter, Jolene Miller, Jodi Jameson, Jerry Natal
Improving Medical Students’ Learning Outcomes: Teaching A Web-Assisted Elective Course For Fourth-Year Medical Students, Misa Mi, Marlene Porter, Jolene Miller, Jodi Jameson, Jerry Natal
Jolene M. Miller
Since 1997, the Mulford Health Science Library at the University of Toledo Health Science Campus (formerly the Medical College of Ohio) has been offering a 3-credit-hour elective course for 4th year medical students. The goal of the course is to provide students with skill sets that are important for them to develop as current students and future health care practitioners. It has been the goal of the library to constantly update course content that would be relevant to the students and to seek innovative course delivery methods to enhance the students’ learning experience. A continuous improvement cycle also calls for …
Mastering The Biomedical Literature: Preparing For Learning-Centered Practice, Jolene Miller, Marlene Porter
Mastering The Biomedical Literature: Preparing For Learning-Centered Practice, Jolene Miller, Marlene Porter
Jolene M. Miller
Because of the volume of available information and incredibly busy schedules, physicians require a high degree of skill in accessing, evaluating, and organizing information for efficient retrieval and reuse. The Mastering the Biomedical Literature elective (a two-week elective) in the University of Toledo's College of Medicine is designed to equip students with core information skills in support of clinical decision-making and lifelong learning. Content, skills, and issues that were selected for the elective were based on the types of questions received at the Mulford Library from third- and fourth-year medical students and resident physicians. Content selection was also driven by …
Reference Triage At The Medical University Of Ohio: Just-In-Case To Just-In-Time At The Mulford Library, Marlene Porter, Jolene Miller
Reference Triage At The Medical University Of Ohio: Just-In-Case To Just-In-Time At The Mulford Library, Marlene Porter, Jolene Miller
Jolene M. Miller
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Personal Information Management In The Medical Professions: An Elective For Fourth-Year Medical Students At The Medical College Of Ohio, Jolene Miller
Personal Information Management In The Medical Professions: An Elective For Fourth-Year Medical Students At The Medical College Of Ohio, Jolene Miller
Jolene M. Miller
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Learning To Make A Difference To Students In Specialized Programs: Adapting The Texas Information Literacy Tutorial For Students In The Health Sciences, Jolene Miller
Jolene M. Miller
The purpose of this poster is to describe the process of revising the Texas Information Literacy Tutorial, from needs assessment to proposed evaluation. It also highlights the special information needs of students enrolled in health science education programs (nursing, allied health, medicine, health science research, etc.).
[Author And Subject Indexes], Jolene Miller
A Framework For The Multiple Roles Of Librarians In Problem-Based Learning, Jolene Miller
A Framework For The Multiple Roles Of Librarians In Problem-Based Learning, Jolene Miller
Jolene M. Miller
Librarians are playing numerous roles within problem-based learning curricula. While many of these roles are described in the literature, there is no framework to describe and organize these roles. This paper proposes such a framework. It arranges librarian roles according to level of curricular involvement and includes the following levels: assistance at the reference desk, instruction at the reference desk, course-related instruction, resource management and utilization, consultation with faculty and students, and group facilitation.
Problem-Based Learning Inside And Out: Multiple Roles For Librarians, Jolene Miller
Problem-Based Learning Inside And Out: Multiple Roles For Librarians, Jolene Miller
Jolene M. Miller
As an active learning technique, problem-based learning benefits students by encouraging them to apply what they have learned in class to real-world problems and by improving their information literacy skills. Librarians working in institutions with problem-based learning are most familiar with with these students through reference encounters. Our participation in problem-based learning, however, should not be limited to the reference desk. Librarians can and should play multiple roles in their institutions' problem-based learning curricula. This poster describes five levels of librarian participation in problem-based learning (reference assistance to students, information literacy training for students, consultations with departmental faculty regarding available …