Location
Poster Session
Start Date
11-10-2019 3:30 PM
End Date
11-10-2019 5:00 PM
Type of Work
Poster
Description
Prioritizing Resources for Third Year Medical Students To assess the effectiveness of using library surveys as a means of prioritizing resources for collection development. In the third year of medical undergraduate education, students are undergoing their core clinical rotations. During this period, exams in the core areas must be passed and therefore, access to relevant library resources is vital for successful completion. As part of their curriculum, students were able to accumulate additional points toward their final average by completing a survey, which assessed how library resources and availability, or lack thereof, affected their performance during this critical year. Since survey results have been previously collected for the purposes of quality improvement by the medical school, use of this data received IRB exemption. Short answer or Likert scale responses were thematically or quantitatively analyzed for those resources that students considered most beneficial. A modified version of Ose’s method for coding open-ended questions from web-based surveys was used for the analysis. Based on survey results, a final resource list conforming to a limited library budget, was generated and prioritized. After engagement of the medical school’s Learning Resources Committee, the requested resources were submitted for approval. The next group of third year medical students will determine the effectiveness of the newly acquired resources when a similar survey is deployed toward the end of the academic year.
Included in
Collection Development and Management Commons, Health Sciences and Medical Librarianship Commons
Prioritizing Resources for Third-Year Medical Students
Poster Session
Prioritizing Resources for Third Year Medical Students To assess the effectiveness of using library surveys as a means of prioritizing resources for collection development. In the third year of medical undergraduate education, students are undergoing their core clinical rotations. During this period, exams in the core areas must be passed and therefore, access to relevant library resources is vital for successful completion. As part of their curriculum, students were able to accumulate additional points toward their final average by completing a survey, which assessed how library resources and availability, or lack thereof, affected their performance during this critical year. Since survey results have been previously collected for the purposes of quality improvement by the medical school, use of this data received IRB exemption. Short answer or Likert scale responses were thematically or quantitatively analyzed for those resources that students considered most beneficial. A modified version of Ose’s method for coding open-ended questions from web-based surveys was used for the analysis. Based on survey results, a final resource list conforming to a limited library budget, was generated and prioritized. After engagement of the medical school’s Learning Resources Committee, the requested resources were submitted for approval. The next group of third year medical students will determine the effectiveness of the newly acquired resources when a similar survey is deployed toward the end of the academic year.