Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association 2002 Annual Meeting Collecting User Preferences for Web- Based MEDLINE Training: A Capitol Idea Kelly Near Andrea Horne Karen Grandage Claude Moore Health Sciences Claude Moore Health Sciences Library Library
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Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association2002 Annual Meeting
Collecting User Preferences for Web-Based MEDLINE Training:
A Capitol Idea
Kelly Near
Andrea Horne
Karen Grandage
Claude Moore Health Sciences LibraryClaude Moore Health Sciences Library
Overview
• Proliferation of electronic resources
• Busy health professionals and students
• Need for continual end-user training and support, available any time & any place
Tutorial Study Objectives:
Compare user preferences
Gain experience with new technologies for delivering online training
Evaluate the educational effectiveness of each tutorial format
Evaluate the cost/benefit ratio for each tutorial format
Background
• Advancements in technologyWeb frames
Streaming audio & video
Flash
Java Script Applets
Background –MEDLINE Training
• Still our “bread and butter” resource
• Medical and Nursing School curriculum training sessions
• Monthly classes
• Individual consultations
Planning
• Always allow more time than you think you’ll need!
• We began with the assumption that online tutorials were an important part of educational delivery
Planning
• Tutorial formats were chosen based on - learning style theory
our skill & comfort level with the necessary technology
Tutorial A
• Interactive
• Created in Web frames
• Search instructions in the left frame
• “Live” version of the MEDLINE database active in the right frame
Tutorial A
Tutorial B
• Short animated screen capture illustrations of commonly performed database tasks
• Audio narrative
Tutorial B
Tutorial C
• Classroom format
• Streaming video and audio
• Clips of an instructor interspersed with screen shots of the database
Tutorial C
Study Design• Wanted our study participants to be a
cross-section of our usual MEDLINE class students
• 10 participants were randomly assigned to each tutorial
• We did not determine their MEDLINE searching abilities prior to the testing
• None of the tutorials were meant to be as detailed as an actual class
• Debate: - should they answer specific search questions, such as “what is the symbol used to truncate in Ovid MEDLINE”
or- should they conduct a complete search on a given topic, and have it measured against a “gold standard”?
Search Question
• Use MEDLINE
1996 – present
Perform a comprehensive search on the question:
Is there a connection between head injuries and depression in children?
Six Steps to a Good Search
• Rated each search on a 6 point scale1 point for selecting the MeSH term
“craniocerebral trauma”
1 point for exploding it
1 point for selecting the MeSH term “depression”
1 point for NOT exploding it!
1 point for combining the terms with AND
1 point for applying the age limit
Gold Standard
Explode !
Developing Tutorial A
Key: =development time $=money spent
• Key features: HTML frames Ovid Jumpstarts
• Products used: HTML Assistant Notepad
• Cost = 0• Challenges:
Condensing a full class down to key learning points and brief descriptions
Developing Tutorial B
• Key features: Short video &
audio clips with text
• Products used: SnagIt! Microphone and
headset
• Cost = $39.95 for single
user copy
$Key: =development time $=money spent
Developing Tutorial B
• Challenges:Time required to write a concise script
Time for the multiple takes needed to do a clean audio track …
especially using non-union help!
Take 5!
Starting a Subject Search This example will demonstrate a search for articles about oral cancers in teenage boys who use chewing tobacco.Begin by separating your search topic into individual concepts.Type your first search concept into the box labeled Enter Keyword or Phrase. For our search, we begin by typing in the keywords "oral cancer".Be sure that the checkmark is in the box by Map Term to Subject Heading