title: PubMed instruction for medical students: searching for a better way.
abstract: In 2007, Duke University Medical Center Library instituted an interactive, online PubMed tutorial and quiz for medical students to replace an in-person lecture. This article describes the events leading to this educational paradigm shift and how the tutorial was implemented. Important concerns in the switch to an online approach to PubMed training were student satisfaction and the extent to which searching skills would improve. To determine the effectiveness of the online model, two years of student quizzes and evaluations were examined. Results indicate that students benefit from and appreciate the interactive tutorial.
authors.affiliation: Duke University Medical Center Library, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. brandi.tuttle@duke.edu
authors.forename: Brandi D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Tuttle
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Von Isenburg
authors.forename: Connie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schardt
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Powers
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D039781:PubMed; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D013337:Students, Medical; D013663:Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration*