Breaking Boundaries: Supporting a New Pathways Scholars Program

Breaking Boundaries: Supporting a New Pathways Scholars Program

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  Prin% This  po It’s  des large-­‐fo Custo The pla formaF placeh an  icon SmartA mul%m To  add from  te buFon If  you  n %tles,  c make  a drag  it   Smart   with  ev Want  t instead right-­‐cl Change propor by  drag 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