Integrating the hospital library with patient care, teaching and research: model and Web 2.0 tools to create a social and collaborative community of clinical research in a hospital setting.
BACKGROUND
Research in hospital settings faces several difficulties. Information technologies and certain Web 2.0 tools may provide new models to tackle these problems, allowing for a collaborative approach and bridging the gap between clinical practice, teaching and research.


OBJECTIVE
We aim to gather a community of researchers involved in the development of a network of learning and investigation resources in a hospital setting.


METHODS
A multi-disciplinary work group analysed the needs of the research community. We studied the opportunities provided by Web 2.0 tools and finally we defined the spaces that would be developed, describing their elements, members and different access levels.


METHODS
WIKINVESTIGACION is a collaborative web space with the aim of integrating the management of all the hospital's teaching and research resources. It is composed of five spaces, with different access privileges. The spaces are: Research Group Space 'wiki for each individual research group', Learning Resources Centre devoted to the Library, News Space, Forum and Repositories.


CONCLUSIONS
The Internet, and most notably the Web 2.0 movement, is introducing some overwhelming changes in our society. Research and teaching in the hospital setting will join this current and take advantage of these tools to socialise and improve knowledge management.
Montano
Blanca San José
BS
Health Science Library, Hospital Universitario de Móstoles, Madrid, Spain. bsanjose.hmtl@salud.madrid.org
Garcia Carretero
Rafael
R
Varela Entrecanales
Manuel
M
Pozuelo
Paz Martin
PM
D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007992:Libraries, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017145:Models, Educational; D005791:Patient Care / Q000379:methods*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012944:Social Support; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*