Providing Information-Seeking Skills Feedback Within a Medical School Curriculum: A Partnership between Librarians and Education Specialists

Abstract

The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) revised their standards for MD program curricula with increased emphasis on the teaching and assessment of skills needed for life-long learning. This case study describes the collaboration between a team of librarians and a curriculum office to continuously improve information-seeking skills activities for medical students. This positive collaborative experience has firmly embedded librarians into the medical curriculum. Based on student feedback, the majority of students found the librarian-involved activities useful.

KEYWORDS:

• Academic health sciences librarians
• evidence-based medicine
• information-seeking skills
• medical education

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the other members of the librarian team who were instrumental in the POM 1 and 2 activities; Michelle Doering, Kim Lipsey, Laura Simon, and Lauren Yaeger.

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Deborah Thomas

Deborah Thomas, MLS, AHIP ([email protected]) is Associate Director of Health Information Services at Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110.

Angela Hardi

Angela Hardi, MLIS, AHIP ([email protected]) is a Clinical Librarian of Health Information Services at Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110.

Carolyn Dufault

Carolyn Dufault, PhD ([email protected]) is Assistant Dean of Education Technology and Innovation in the Office of Medical Student Education at Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110.