Librarian-lead tutorial for enhancement of pharmacy students' information-searching skills in advanced experiential rotations.
Pharmacy schools across the United States expose students to literature searching and evaluation mostly during required didactic drug information courses. The majority of Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) students do not utilize library-available electronic resources on a regular basis, and their didactic experience alone is not sufficient to make them successful in their advanced experiential drug information (DI) rotations. This pilot study demonstrates an improvement of students' perceptions regarding information searching and evaluating abilities as the result of their participation in a small group tutorial with a reference librarian, thus indicating effectiveness of the tutorial in refreshing and enhancing database knowledge skills.
Lapidus
Mariana
M
Henrietta DeBenedictus Health Sciences Library, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, 179 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. mariana.lapidus@mcphs.edu
Kostka-Rokosz
Maria D
MD
Dvorkin-Camiel
Lana
L
D000328:Adult; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000592:standards*; D016245:Librarians; D007993:Libraries, Medical; D008297:Male; D024382:Professional Role; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D013663:Teaching; D055815:Young Adult