breaking boundaries: supporting a new pathways scholars program

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Breaking Boundaries: Supporting a New Pathways Scholars Program Kathleen Carlson, MLS, AHIP, University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix and Susan BarreA, MLIS, MAS, Knowledge Manager, UTO, Arizona State University PATHWAY SCHOLARS 2014 ABSTRACT COURSE OBJECTIVES The librarian IdenEfies four key and two bonus resources that will assist the scholars in their research Describes the process of searching the literature: controlled vocabulary, key terms and phrases TEACHING RESEARCH METHODS Key resources provide the students with founda7onal skills in research methods and efficient search strategies CONCLUSIONS Library instrucEon strengthens Pathway Scholars informaEon literacy skills InstrucEon relies on a learnercentered approach Acquired skills prepare students for the rigor of medical school The Pathways Scholars Program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix is designed for students who have experienced greaterthanaverage challenges in preparing to become compeEEve medical school applicants. The purpose of the Pathways Scholars Program is to prepare students who possess the qualiEes that would make them excellent physicians, but lack some of the foundaEonal skills. The program provides students with the academic health sciences instrucEon, introducEon to research pracEces, and study and Ememanagement skills that are required of successful applicants. (lr:) Issam Awwad, Juliana Liang, Janelle Rodriguez, Angelica Almader, Nuria Sisterna, Monica GomezLopez, Mei So, Diana Elizalde, Jaziel Llanes Hernandez and Thanh Cao Students are encouraged to use their new skills REFERENCES LEARNING OBJECTIVES AndreAa S. EvaluaEng informaEon literacy educators' pracEces before and aXer the course facilitaEng informaEon literacy educaEon: From tutor to learner centered. Health Info Libr J. 2011;28(3):171178. Blakely AW, Broussard LG. Blueprint for establishing an effecEve postbaccalaureate medical school preentry program for educaEonally disadvantaged students. Acad Med. 2003;78(5):437447. Maggio LA, Kung JY. How are medical students trained to locate biomedical informaEon to pracEce evidencebased medicine? A review of the 20072012 literature. J Med Libr Assoc. 2014;102(3):184191. Rumala BB, Cason FD, Jr. Recruitment of underrepresented minority students to medical school: Minority medical student organizaEons, an untapped resource. J Natl Med Assoc. 2007;99(9):10004, 10089. Arizona Health Sciences Library website is the gateway to licensed content, print books, and library services Resources for Phoenix are specific videos, guides, handouts and instrucEons to the Phoenix Biomedical Campus PubMed (via AHSL) provides Pathways Scholars access to fulltext licensed content Students register for an NCBI account, which allows them to save their search criteria. This teaches the students to build knowledge on prior search criteria and to be efficient searchers Using the PubMed single citaEon matcher to find parEal citaEons by Etle, author, journal, etc. Finding ejournals using the AHSL website to access licensed resources available at the insEtuEon Searching within a specific journal Etle to learn how publishers provide access Demonstrates a literature search in the PubMed database RefWorks reference manager saves the student Eme by creaEng a personal library of citaEons on a given topic, ciEng and recording a citaEon within a research paper and creaEng a bibliography in a specific format Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery: students learn how to obtain materials not owned or licensed by the Arizona Health Sciences Library (AHSL) Google Scholar (via AHSL): students define personal preferences and sejngs for library resources Using MeSH Controlled Vocabulary, Keyword and Key Phrases in PubMed This poster shows how a librarian without limits at the Arizona Health Sciences Library Phoenix teaches these promising students informaEon literacy and lifelong learning skills. Finding scholarly arEcles using a PMID number

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Breaking  Boundaries:    Supporting  a  New  Pathways  Scholars  Program  

Kathleen  Carlson,  MLS,  AHIP,  University  of  Arizona  College  of  Medicine  Phoenix  and    Susan  BarreA,  MLIS,  MAS,  Knowledge  Manager,  UTO,  Arizona  State  University  

 

PATHWAY  SCHOLARS  2014  

ABSTRACT  

COURSE  OBJECTIVES  The  librarian  v IdenEfies  four  key  and  two  bonus  resources  that  will  assist  the    scholars  in  their  research  

v Describes  the  process  of  searching    the  literature:  controlled  vocabulary,  key  terms  and  phrases    

TEACHING  RESEARCH  METHODS  Key  resources  provide  the  students  with  founda7onal  skills  in  research  methods  and  efficient  search  strategies    

     

 

CONCLUSIONS  v Library  instrucEon  strengthens  Pathway  Scholars  informaEon-­‐  literacy  skills  

v InstrucEon  relies  on  a  learner-­‐centered  approach  v Acquired  skills  prepare  students  for  the  rigor  of  medical  school  

The  Pathways  Scholars  Program  at  the  University  of  Arizona  College  of  Medicine  Phoenix  is  designed  for  students  who  have  experienced  greater-­‐than-­‐average  challenges  in  preparing  to  become  compeEEve  medical  school  applicants.    The  purpose  of  the  Pathways  Scholars  Program  is  to  prepare  students  who  possess  the  qualiEes  that  would  make  them  excellent  physicians,  but  lack  some  of  the  foundaEonal  skills.  The  program  provides  students  with  the  academic  health  sciences  instrucEon,  introducEon  to  research  pracEces,  and  study  and  Eme-­‐management  skills  that  are  required  of  successful  applicants.    

(l-­‐r:)  Issam  Awwad,  Juliana  Liang,  Janelle  Rodriguez,  Angelica  Almader,  Nuria  Sisterna,  Monica  Gomez-­‐Lopez,  Mei  So,  Diana  Elizalde,  Jaziel  Llanes  Hernandez  and  Thanh  Cao  

Students  are  encouraged  to  use  their  new  skills            

 

       

REFERENCES  

LEARNING  OBJECTIVES  

AndreAa  S.  EvaluaEng  informaEon  literacy  educators'  pracEces  before  and  aXer  the  course  facilitaEng  informaEon  literacy  educaEon:  From  tutor  to  learner-­‐centered.  Health  Info  Libr  J.  2011;28(3):171-­‐178.  Blakely  AW,  Broussard  LG.  Blueprint  for  establishing  an  effecEve  postbaccalaureate  medical  school  pre-­‐entry  program  for  educaEonally  disadvantaged  students.  Acad  Med.  2003;78(5):437-­‐447.  Maggio  LA,  Kung  JY.  How  are  medical  students  trained  to  locate  biomedical  informaEon  to  pracEce  evidence-­‐based  medicine?  A  review  of  the  2007-­‐2012  literature.  J  Med  Libr  Assoc.  2014;102(3):184-­‐191.  Rumala  BB,  Cason  FD,  Jr.  Recruitment  of  underrepresented  minority  students  to  medical  school:  Minority  medical  student  organizaEons,  an  untapped  resource.  J  Natl  Med  Assoc.  2007;99(9):1000-­‐4,  1008-­‐9.  

v  Arizona  Health  Sciences  Library  website  is  the  gateway  to  licensed  content,  print  books,  and  library  services  

v  Resources  for  Phoenix  are  specific  videos,  guides,  handouts  and  instrucEons  to  the  Phoenix  Biomedical  Campus  v  PubMed    (via  AHSL)  provides  

Pathways  Scholars  access  to    full-­‐text  licensed  content  

v  Students  register  for  an  NCBI  account,  which  allows  them  to  save  their  search  criteria.  This  teaches  the  students  to  build  knowledge  on  prior  search  criteria  and  to  be  efficient  searchers  

v  Using  the  PubMed  single  citaEon  matcher  to  find  parEal  citaEons  by  Etle,  author,  journal,  etc.  

v  Finding  e-­‐journals  using  the  AHSL  website  to  access  licensed  resources  available  at  the  insEtuEon  

v  Searching  within  a  specific  journal  Etle  to  learn  how  publishers  provide  access  

v Demonstrates  a  literature  search  in  the  PubMed  database    

v  RefWorks  reference  manager  saves  the  student  Eme  by  creaEng  a  personal  library  of  citaEons  on  a  given  topic,  ciEng  and  recording  a  citaEon  within  a  research  paper  and  creaEng  a  bibliography  in  a  specific  format  

v  Interlibrary  Loan/Document  Delivery:  students  learn  how  to  obtain  materials  not  owned  or  licensed  by  the  Arizona  Health  Sciences  Library  (AHSL)  

v  Google  Scholar  (via  AHSL):  students  define  personal  preferences  and  sejngs  for  library  resources  

v  Using  MeSH  Controlled  Vocabulary,  Keyword  and  Key  Phrases  in  PubMed  

This  poster  shows  how  a  librarian  without  limits  at  the  Arizona  Health  Sciences  Library  Phoenix  teaches  these  promising  students  informaEon  literacy  and  life-­‐long  learning  skills.    

v  Finding  scholarly  arEcles  using  a  PMID  number