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Negotiating concepts of evidence-based practice in the provision of good service for nursing and allied health professionals.
- Source :
- Health Information & Libraries Journal; Mar2017, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p45-57, 13p, 4 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Objective The principles of evidence-based medicine have been critiqued by the 'caring' professions, such as nursing and social work, and evidence-informed medicine has been proposed as a more client-centred, integrative approach to practice. The purpose of this study was to explore how Canadian health science librarians who serve nurses and allied health professionals define good service and how they negotiate evidence-based principles in their searching strategies. Method Twenty-two librarians completed a 30 minute, semi-structured phone interview about strategies for providing good service and supporting evidence-based services. Participants were also asked to respond to three challenging search scenarios. Analysis of results used grounded theory methods. Results Participants' definitions of good service and strategies for supporting evidence-based practice involved discussions about types of services provided, aspects of the librarian providing the service and aspects of the information provided during the service. Analysis of search scenarios revealed four justifications librarians rely upon when providing evidence that is in opposition to what their patron hopes to receive (evidentiary, ethical, practice-based and boundaries of the profession). Conclusion The findings of this study suggest that health science librarians are both constrained and enabled by the principles of evidence-based medicine and especially by understandings of 'best evidence'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MEDICAL libraries
NURSES
ALLIED health personnel
CINAHL database
DATABASE searching
GROUNDED theory
MEDICAL databases
INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems
MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems
INTERVIEWING
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL librarians
MEDLINE
ONLINE information services
EVIDENCE-based medicine
LIBRARY public services
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14711834
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Health Information & Libraries Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 121468206
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12167