Editorial—Evidence‐based practice: new opportunities for librarians

Haines, Margaret

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2532.1994.1140221.x

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“…She argued that librarians should not be content to ''play only a supporting role'' in EBM and should be more assertive about the value of their work. 19 Similarly, Rose stressed in a review article that librarians should market the value of their roles in the movement towards EBM. 20 McCarthy described how EBM had extended the role of librarians beyond expert searchers to involvement in teaching and training information retrieval.…”

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Librarians' Roles in Evidence-Based Dentistry Education: A Review of Literature and a Survey in North America

2010

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

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This study describes the current roles of dental librarians in Evidence-based Dentistry (EBD) education including their perceptions of EBD and barriers to their involvement. A Web-based survey was distributed to the dental librarians in North America, with a 71% response rate. The results showed that the majority of dental librarians are playing multiple and diverse roles in EBD education. The most frequently cited barrier to their involvement is the low level of interest from the dental faculty/student/school. Most dental librarians felt competent in supporting EBD, although continuing education needs in both EBD and teaching skills were pointed out.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Librarians' Roles in Evidence-Based Dentistry Education: A Review of Literature and a Survey in North America

2010

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

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“…If this is the case, then we are going to lose out on a golden opportunity to demonstrate just how important and relevant our particular information handling skills are ... If librarians are to survive, we must be more assertive about the value of our work.’ 2 …”

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Using Evidence in Practice: Retrospective

Booth

2008

Health Info Libraries J

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“…Health libraries and information services – arguably still a valued link between health professionals and information sources – embraced the EBP model and discourse wholeheartedly very early on: the Health Libraries Review published a thematic issue in December 1994 (Haines, 1994a). On the one hand, EBP was seen as an “exciting” opportunity to stress the place of information in the care continuum and the role of information specialists within it (Haines, 1994b): an “exciting and emerging future of new role opportunities” arising from a “maelstrom” of changes to engage in (Perry and Kronenfeld, 2005, p. 14). Response was rapid, proactive and wide‐ranging: the EBP theoretical and methodological framework was absorbed and spread through information retrieval and critical appraisal courses; evidence databases, expert gateways to knowledge and evidence search filters were developed and promoted; input was provided in devising condensed information formats to make usable evidence available at the point of care (e.g.…”

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Evidence‐based practice, healthcare delivery and information management

Isetta

2008

Aslib Proceedings

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PurposeThe evidence‐based practice (EBP) model appears to have established itself as the principal change driver and discourse for the healthcare sector. This study sets out to identify the emergence of the term EBP in the professional literature to establish an empirical foundation for discussion. The understanding of and relevance to healthcare practitioners in a large South West London hospital are assessed and their views related to the perspective of library and information professionals to assess implications for practice.Design/methodology/approachAn extensive literature search was carried out and the data generated used to produce a growth curve for the literature. A survey of health care professionals using e‐mail and follow‐up interviews was undertaken at the case hospital.FindingsBetween 1998 and 2004 the number of papers appearing to discuss the theme increased four‐fold. The first recorded reference was in 1991. The EBP model had strong official and political support in the field. On the user sample there is evidence of resistance to the orthodoxy.Practical implicationsThe EBP model – variously adopted by several healthcare agencies – has placed information management at the centre of the care process. In spite of this, there are few definite implications for the role of library and information professionals, since the world of information and the UK NHS itself are continually in a state of flux, and the current EBP dominance may neither strengthen nor safeguard it.Originality/valueThe bibliometric study provides a baseline. The study of healthcare professionals is a case study to add to knowledge of practice.

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Editorial—Evidence‐based practice: new opportunities for librarians

Cited by 8 publications

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Librarians' Roles in Evidence-Based Dentistry Education: A Review of Literature and a Survey in North America

Librarians' Roles in Evidence-Based Dentistry Education: A Review of Literature and a Survey in North America

Using Evidence in Practice: Retrospective

Evidence‐based practice, healthcare delivery and information management

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