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Personalizing A Librarian: Support For A Problem-Based Learning Medical Campus, Mercedes Byrd, Charles J. Greenberg
Personalizing A Librarian: Support For A Problem-Based Learning Medical Campus, Mercedes Byrd, Charles J. Greenberg
Libraries Scholarship
Background
The Rowan-Virtua University School of Osteopathic Medicine opened a second campus in Sewell, New Jersey, to serve a planned increase of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) students and integrate them with clinical care at the new campus. In order to better serve the students and faculty, the new librarian researched how to best engage a cohort of 72 new PBL medical students, as well as 1st and 2nd year PBL students on the main campus as well.
Objectives
The main objective of ensuring the students, faculty, and staff on campus viewed the library as an integrated resource with their …
Librarian Involvement In Medical Students’ Ebm Assessment: Does It Help?, Rachael Lebo, Shelie Vacek, Valerie Hearns
Librarian Involvement In Medical Students’ Ebm Assessment: Does It Help?, Rachael Lebo, Shelie Vacek, Valerie Hearns
Posters and Presentations
Background: The multi-station, summative OSCE includes a case designed to assess third-year medical students’ ability to access information at the point of care using Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) resources. Over the years, students have perceived this case to be difficult and confusing, which resulted in low performance. To address these concerns, a librarian-led EBM case learning session was developed and integrated into the formative, practice OSCE starting in 2018. The goals of the session were to increase understanding of how to search the vetted resource effectively and efficiently, incorporate evidence into practice, and emphasize the importance of EBM in clinical care. …