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From Triage to the Big Picture: Developing a Comprehensive Information Literacy Program for a Medical Faculty
Download2010
The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta is large and diverse. Liaison librarians at the health sciences library are evaluating the information literacy (IL) instruction being delivered to the Faculty, in order to identify current strengths and gaps in instruction,...
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Using a Professional Continuing Medical Education Simulation to Engage Undergraduate Medical Students in Information Literacy
Download2011-04-01
Campbell, Sandy, Johnson, Brettany, Storie, Dale, Hayward, Robert
Objective: 1. To engage students by delivering an Evidence Based Medicine assignment in a system that simulates a professional medical continuing education system that many participants will use in residency and practice. 2. To convert a paper-based “searching for and evaluating evidence”...
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Teaching Health Librarianship with a Very Large Team: breaking the borders of the one-instructor model
Download2012-06-20
Storie, Dale, Chan, Liza, Chojecki, Dagmara, Seale, Linda, Dennett, Liz, Dorgan, Marlene, Chatterley, Trish, Slater, Linda, Tjosvold, Lisa, Chambers, Thane, Campbell, Sandy
Eleven practicing health librarians taught LIS 520, a graduate course in Health Librarianship, as a large team rather than as a course with one instructor and many guest lecturers. Finding little guidance from the literature of the field, the team undertook a research project to evaluate the...
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Using Pollutant Release and Transfer Register Data for Environmental Health Research
2011
Osornio-Vargas, A., Wine, Osnat, Hackett, Cian, Campbell, Sandy
Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) are national databases of chemical releases reported by industry to governments. The importance of pollutants to health is well documented, however the use of PRTR data to study relationships between health outcomes and pollution has not been...
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2016-01-01
Polkinghorne, Sarah, Chambers, Thane
The purpose of this poster is to highlight what is known about embodied information in people’s work experiences. This research extends our understanding of this issue by exploring embodiment in work settings beyond what has been examined to date in information behaviour and information practice...
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The Deakin Review of Children's Literature: a New Source for Reviews of Canadian Children's Literature
Download2012-05-25
Campbell, Sandy, Feisst, Debbie, Frail, Kim, Desmarais, Robert
The Deakin Review is anelectronic quarterly review of contemporary English-language materials of interest to children and young adults. The Review focuses primarily, but not exclusively, on Canadian English language children’s books. Books reviewed may be electronic or print and range from...
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2011-04-21
Seale, Linda, Dorgan, Marlene, Campbell, Sandy, Storie, Dale, Chan, Liza, Chor, Louis
On October 26, 2011, The John W. Scott Health Sciences Library at the University of Alberta opened a Traditional and Indigenous Healing Collection.
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2015-06-01
Shiri, Ali, Stobbs, Robyn, Farnel, Sharon, Cockney, Cathy, Rathi, Dinesh, Campbell, Sandy
This project seeks to: 1. Investigate and identify the information needs and information seeking behaviour of community members in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. 2. Identify and select cultural heritage information. 3. Create a culturally appropriate metadata framework for resource...
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Tweets to put Students in the Driver’s Seat: A Systematic Review of Twitter in Medical Education
Tweets to put Students in the Driver’s Seat: A Systematic Review of Twitter in Medical Education
Download2017-05-01
Background Social media has transformed communication and information dissemination. Despite its almost ubiquitous use among students, its impact on medical education (ME) is less clear. Among social media platforms, Twitter facilitates active participation, fosters concise discussions, may be...
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1967 Summer School of Frontier Medicine: Impact on Medical Students and Indigenous Communities
Download2010-06-01
Ross, Shelley, Campbell, Sandy, Behn Smith, Daniele
The poorer health status of First Nations, Inuit, Métis (FN/I/M) people in Canada is unacceptable and requires urgent attention. One potential means of improving FN/I/M health is to focus on improving training of medical students to enhance cultural safety. Experiential, community based...