Integrating an Informationist Into Graduate Education: Case Study With Preliminary Results |
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| Authors: | Lyubov L Tmanova Jessica S Ancker Stephen B Johnson |
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| Institution: | 1. S. J. Wood Library and C.V. Biomedical Information Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USAlyt2002@med.cornell.edu;3. Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA |
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| Abstract: | An informationist taught, consulted, and mentored graduate students enrolled in a graduate research project course in Health Informatics. An observational cohort study was conducted to determine the effect of an early (first term) and continued (subsequent term) exposure of course-integrated instruction, individual consultations, information resource mentoring, and educational collaboration partnership on the development of information literacy, research skills, and integrative competencies in graduate students. Student progress was assessed by survey, class performance, and faculty feedback. The course-integrated lectures, consultations, mentoring, and educational partnership between the informationist and academic advisors increased the students’ course performance, information literacy, and research skills in graduate students. |
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| Keywords: | Course-integrated instruction educational collaborative partnership individual consultations information literacy information mentoring informationists research skills |
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