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The Impact Of Library Instruction On Medical Student Information Seeking Behavior, Angela Barr
The Impact Of Library Instruction On Medical Student Information Seeking Behavior, Angela Barr
Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association (MAC- MLA) Annual Meeting Posters/Presentations
Background
To describe initial efforts to impact the information seeking behaviors of medical students during Grand Rounds exercises completed in their first and second years of pre-clinical education.
Description
Librarians received student responses to an information literacy question that is embedded in the Grand Rounds activity and analyze the data as follows. Sources were tallied and grouped according to resource type. Next, librarians attempted to assess the quality of certain sources. Third, search terms provided by students were aggregated and analyzed to determine frequency of use. Finally, a DML librarian-educator presented the compiled data to the entire class, making suggestions …