Name of the Person Goes Here in the Master Template Title of the person goes here in the master template It can be extended to two lines Name of the Person.

Name of the Person Goes Here in the Master Template

Title of the person goes here in the master template

It can be extended to two lines

Name of the Person Goes Here in the Master TemplateTitle of the person goes here in the master template

It can be extended to two lines

Building Your Information Landscape

Lauren Maggio MS(LIS)Director of Research and Instruction

Stanford School of Medicine Lane Medical Library

Evans Whitaker MD, MLISEducation and Information Consultant for Medicine

UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management

© 2008. All right reserved.

Objectives

Participants will be able to: • Distinguish between the clinical and

educational information landscape • Identify new resources to include in personal

information search strategy• Find curricular and assessment materials• Use a reference management system

What are your current tools and approaches?

The challenge

You have been tasked with revitalizing the wellness curriculum at your institution over the next year to minimize resident burnout.

What is already known?

• What information is available in the biomedical literature?

• What information is available in the education literature, including other professions?

• What educational materials are available, including instruments?

Keep in mind

• Searches “scholarly literature” across multiple disciplines and sources, including theses, books, meeting abstracts and articles

• Searches the full-text of some journal articles and books

• Cited by data• The value of looking beyond the fold• The advanced search feature

Keep in mind….

• Includes citations for 600+ journals, dissertations, reports, lesson plans, etc.

• Covers all education levels, including professional education

• Includes limits for publication type, education level and audience

Web of Science

• Includes citations for 12,000+ journals, conference proceedings and meeting abstracts

• Presents “cited by” data• Covers social science across 55 disciplines• Provides an array of filters including

funding agencies and research groups

Other literature resources to consider

• Scopus• CINAHL• PsycINFO• Sociological Abstracts• Best Evidence in Medical Education

(BEME)

Keep in mind

• To access many of the materials you need to create an account

• Includes DREAM (Directory and Repository of Educational Assessment Measures) and Index of Health Professions Education Assessments

• Available at: https://www.mededportal.org/

Other resources for questionnaires, tests and surveys

• Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI)

• National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology

Other valuable resources in your information landscape:

• Your medical librarian [email protected]

• Twitter: –Ex: #meded, #foamed…

• Podcasts–Ex: KeyLIME (Key Literature in Med Ed