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PubMed1972

The preparation and use of library manpower.

Trends in library education and manpower utilization in general are briefly surveyed, with special reference to the official ALA Policy on Library Education and Manpower approved in July 1970.The trends are marked by general upgrading of standards and content of library education, resulting in a longer period of formal education with more room for intensive specialization; different kinds of preparation for different levels of responsibility; and a serious exploration of the ways in which paraprofessional or supportive staff can be utilized to release the librarian for more professional responsibilities.The Policy Statement is analyzed to show its support of most of these developments. A key concept is that the demands of the position should be the test of professional quality, and not the diploma held by the applicant. The hope is that the changes suggested will improve the quality of library service and the preparation for it and that this general improvement will be applicable also to such special fields as medical librarianship.

Journal Article↗
PubMed2006

Physician use of the curbside consultation to address information needs: report on a collective case study.

PURPOSE: The author reports key findings from a doctoral dissertation investigating what the curbside consultation is, how and why physicians use it, and what the implications for health sciences library services might be. SETTINGS/INFORMANTS: Primary informants included sixteen primary care physicians at six sites in one Midwestern state. Additional informants included twenty-eight specialists and subspecialists identified by the primary informants as colleagues who provided curbside consultations. METHODS: Qualitative research methods were used, including field observations, formal and informal interviews, and conversations with peer review physicians. RESULTS: Despite a lack of consensus about what constitutes a "good" curbside consultation, physician informants reported that curbside consultations were part of their medical education and that they continued to take part in them for a number of reasons. Tacit rules govern curbside consultation interactions, and negative consequences result when the rules are misunderstood or not observed. DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION: Acknowledging and understanding physicians' use of the curbside consultation to obtain and construct knowledge may suggest new ways for health sciences librarians to work with physicians in locating, diffusing, and disseminating clinical information.

Education, Medical, Continuing↗
PubMed1989

Health promotion and prevention.

Techniques of promotive and preventive health care include: The use of proactive skills in the consultation; and the co-ordinated use of posters and pamphlets with media campaigns. An efficient medical record and patient recall system; and a doctor initiated health check programme with selected patients. A cost effective method of informing practitioners includes: Ensuring access to continuing medical education by supporting FMP and post-graduate medical institutes. The provision of educational material for both the patient and doctor combined with media publicity campaigns. Supporting RACGP CHECKUP and library services for isolated practitioners. Suggested changes to undergraduate medical education are: Promotive and preventive health care delivery needs to be an inbuilt part of the curriculum. Promotive and preventive health care needs to be taught by both academic and private general practitioners who have received tutor training. It should be presented in tutorial form and during student attachment at surgeries. It needs to be followed up by continuing education by postgraduate institutes, the RACGP and FMP. Government input required includes: The provision of increased academic resources and continued funding of FMP. Remuneration for general practitioners who are involved in undergraduate teaching. Alteration of the fee structure to reward quality of care. Allowing Medicare rebate for promotive and preventive health care delivery.

Health Promotion↗