scholarly journals Designing a model of professional ethics excellence for clinical librarians

2020 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasan Ashrafi-rizi ◽  
Zahra Kazempour ◽  
Fatemeh Sheikhshoaei ◽  
Zahra Ghazavi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Delphi Method ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Delphi Panel ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Applied Study ◽  
Based Medicine ◽  
Information Sciences

Objective: Developing and promoting professional ethics principles for clinical librarians can help the health care system balance the interests of all stakeholders, including clinical librarians, health care professionals, and patients. Therefore, the goal of this study was to design a model of professional ethics excellence for clinical librarians.Methods: The authors conducted a descriptive applied study using literature review and the delphi method. The delphi panel included eleven experts in medical librarianship, library and information sciences, or information sciences and knowledge studies.Results: After the delphi rounds, five concepts and forty-six components were identified and confirmed to provide a model of professional ethics excellence for clinical librarians. The highest-rated concept was excellence in communication. The highest-rated component was mastery in developing search strategies in information resources and databases.Conclusions: Identifying and applying principles of professional ethics among clinical librarians can enhance the professionalization of clinical librarians and result in better information services for physicians. Furthermore, incorporating these principles into the curriculum for health sciences library and information sciences students or into workshops for active clinical librarians can further formalize the profession and practice of evidence-based medicine.

scholarly journals Impact of deliberate practice on evidence-based medicine attitudes and behaviours of health care professionals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eelco Draaisma ◽  
Lauren A. Maggio ◽  
Jolita Bekhof ◽  
A. Debbie C. Jaarsma ◽  
Paul L. P. Brand
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Deliberate Practice ◽  
Medical Decision ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
Based Medicine

Abstract Introduction Although evidence-based medicine (EBM) teaching activities may improve short-term EBM knowledge and skills, they have little long-term impact on learners’ EBM attitudes and behaviour. This study examined the effects of learning EBM through stand-alone workshops or various forms of deliberate EBM practice. Methods We assessed EBM attitudes and behaviour with the evidence based practice inventory questionnaire, in paediatric health care professionals who had only participated in a stand-alone EBM workshop (controls), participants with a completed PhD in clinical research (PhDs), those who had completed part of their paediatric residency at a department (Isala Hospital) which systematically implemented EBM in its clinical and teaching activities (former Isala residents), and a reference group of paediatric professionals currently employed at Isala’s paediatric department (current Isala participants). Results Compared to controls (n = 16), current Isala participants (n = 13) reported more positive EBM attitudes (p < 0.01), gave more priority to using EBM in decision making (p = 0.001) and reported more EBM behaviour (p = 0.007). PhDs (n = 20) gave more priority to using EBM in medical decision making (p < 0.001) and reported more EBM behaviour than controls (p = 0.016). Discussion Health care professionals exposed to deliberate practice of EBM, either in the daily routines of their department or by completing a PhD in clinical research, view EBM as more useful and are more likely to use it in decision making than their peers who only followed a standard EBM workshop. These findings support the use of deliberate practice as the basis for postgraduate EBM educational activities.

Poor English skills as a barrier for Japanese health care professionals in learning and practising evidence-based medicine

2004 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 1204-1204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kunihiko Matsui ◽  
Nobutaro Ban ◽  
Shunichi Fukuhara ◽  
Takuro Shimbo ◽  
Hiroshi Koyama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Based Medicine

scholarly journals Advice for Health Care Professionals and Users: An Evaluation of Websites for Perinatal Anxiety (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Moore ◽  
Virginia Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Website Design ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Website Quality ◽  
Perinatal Anxiety ◽  
Support Resources

BACKGROUND Many websites are available with information and resources for perinatal anxiety; however, there is limited research on the quality and content of these sites. OBJECTIVE This study aims to identify what sites are available on perinatal anxiety, identify any information and therapeutic advice given, and review its accuracy and website design. METHODS We conducted an evaluation of websites for perinatal anxiety. Eligible websites (N=50) were evaluated for accuracy of information, resources for mothers, website quality, and readability. RESULTS Information was often incomplete and focused on symptoms rather than risk factors or impact of untreated perinatal anxiety. Websites often had information on treatment (46/50, 92%), but much less on screening (19/50, 38%). Most sites provided at least some resources to support mothers (49/50, 98%), but active, guided support was infrequent (25/50, 50%). Website quality was extremely variable and mostly difficult to read (42/50, 84%). CONCLUSIONS This study recommends the top 4 websites on perinatal anxiety for health care professionals and users. There is a need for websites to be developed that provide accurate, evidence-based information that women can relate to with quality support resources. Furthermore, these sites should be easy to use and readable.

scholarly journals Advice for Health Care Professionals and Users: An Evaluation of Websites for Perinatal Anxiety

10.2196/11464 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. e11464
Author(s):  
Donna Moore ◽  
Virginia Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Website Design ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Website Quality ◽  
Perinatal Anxiety ◽  
Support Resources

Background Many websites are available with information and resources for perinatal anxiety; however, there is limited research on the quality and content of these sites. Objective This study aims to identify what sites are available on perinatal anxiety, identify any information and therapeutic advice given, and review its accuracy and website design. Methods We conducted an evaluation of websites for perinatal anxiety. Eligible websites (N=50) were evaluated for accuracy of information, resources for mothers, website quality, and readability. Results Information was often incomplete and focused on symptoms rather than risk factors or impact of untreated perinatal anxiety. Websites often had information on treatment (46/50, 92%), but much less on screening (19/50, 38%). Most sites provided at least some resources to support mothers (49/50, 98%), but active, guided support was infrequent (25/50, 50%). Website quality was extremely variable and mostly difficult to read (42/50, 84%). Conclusions This study recommends the top 4 websites on perinatal anxiety for health care professionals and users. There is a need for websites to be developed that provide accurate, evidence-based information that women can relate to with quality support resources. Furthermore, these sites should be easy to use and readable.

Promoting Consumers' Demand for Evidence-Based Medicine

1998 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianfranco Domenighetti ◽  
Roberto Grilli ◽  
Alessandro Liberati
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
The Public ◽  
Practice Of Medicine ◽  
Vested Interests ◽  
Clinical Environments ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Based Medicine ◽  
Evidence Based Health Care

AbstractThe widespread implementation of rationing and priority-setting policies in health care opposes the stochastic practice of medicine induced by professional uncertainty and professional vested interests in market-oriented clinical environments. It also clashes with consumers' overly optimistic and “mythical” view of the effectiveness of medicine, which is bound to support a potentially unlimited provision of health services. Thus, for consumers and society at large, it is necessary to create conditions favorable for a more conscious demand of evidence-based health care. In pursuit of this goal, we suggest the adoption of a community-oriented strategy based upon delivery of information to the public in order a) to generate greater awareness (“healthy skepticism”) among consumers, through disclosure of data on the true effectiveness of health care interventions and on the existing variation in their utilization, and b) to provide tools to empower consumers in dealing better with both the uncertainty in their own individual patient-physician relationships and with the health policy issues to be faced in the future. Such a community-oriented strategy could also reinforce and support, through the generation of a “bottom-up” pressure from consumers toward physicians, a wider adoption of evidence-based interventions by health care professionals. This paper, using data from surveys on public opinions and attitudes toward the practice of medicine, focuses on how consumer demand for more evidence-based medical practice can be promoted.

scholarly journals Utilization of Smartphone Applications by Anesthesia Providers

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Green ◽  
Johann J. Mathew ◽  
Archana Gundigi Venkatesh ◽  
Parmis Green ◽  
Rayhan Tariq
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Smartphone App ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Smartphone Applications ◽  
Residency Programs ◽  
Anesthesia Providers ◽  
Based Medicine

Health care-related apps provide valuable facts and have added a new dimension to knowledge sharing. The purpose of this study is to understand the pattern of utilization of mobile apps specifically created for anesthesia providers. Smartphone app stores were searched, and a survey was sent to 416 anesthesia providers at 136 anesthesiology residency programs querying specific facets of application use. Among respondents, 11.4% never used, 12.4% used less than once per month, 6.0% used once per month, 12.1% used 2-3 times per month, 13.6% used once per week, 21% used 2-3 times per week, and 23.5% used daily. Dosage/pharmaceutical apps were rated the highest as most useful. 24.6% of the participants would pay less than $2.00, 25.1% would pay $5.00, 30.3% would pay $5–$10.00, 9.6% would pay $10–$25.00, 5.1% would pay $25–$50.00, and 5.1% would pay more than $50.00 if an app saves 5–10 minutes per day or 30 minutes/week. The use of mobile phone apps is not limited to reiterating information from textbooks but provides opportunities to further the ever-changing field of anesthesiology. Our survey illustrates the convenience of apps for health care professionals. Providers must exercise caution when selecting apps to ensure best evidence-based medicine.

The Preschool Stuttering Screen for Health Care Professionals

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-62
Author(s):  
Joseph Donaher ◽  
Christina Deery ◽  
Sarah Vogel
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Developmental Profile

Healthcare professionals require a thorough understanding of stuttering since they frequently play an important role in the identification and differential diagnosis of stuttering for preschool children. This paper introduces The Preschool Stuttering Screen for Healthcare Professionals (PSSHP) which highlights risk factors identified in the literature as being associated with persistent stuttering. By integrating the results of the checklist with a child’s developmental profile, healthcare professionals can make better-informed, evidence-based decisions for their patients.

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