[CANMEDLIB] Invitation to participate in PhD research study – librarian instruction of methods for evidence syntheses

[Robin Parker]

Dear colleagues,

I'm still looking for a few more participants, especially from Eastern and Atlantic Canada (but anywhere in Canada welcome). Feel free to complete the recruitment form<https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=mRm4YH8LLUGSo-F9iunj4FcXCNT8DARMgzGkJ6zShRdUN0MxWlRCOFkzSjBVWUYxM1ozTE5PNVpQQi4u> or email me for more information if you are interested. Apologies for the cross-posting.

I’d like to invite you to participate in my doctoral research studying the teaching practices of Canadian academic health librarians who support learners with review projects. I’m conducting an ethnographic study with a focus on the social and material/technical factors that influence the online instruction of evidence synthesis methods. This includes, but is not limited to, teaching comprehensive searching. The findings will be published as part of my doctoral work and may also contribute to conversations about continuing professional education regarding review support in academic libraries or generate recommendations for technological support related to evidence synthesis methods instruction

This research has been reviewed and approved by the Research Ethics Board at Dalhousie University and is part of my doctoral studies which are funded in part by the Killam Trust.

You are invited to participate in any of the online data collection methods used for this study: focus groups, observation of evidence synthesis instruction, and individual interviews. Participation is open to any academic librarian who provides evidence synthesis methods instruction (including, but not limited to, comprehensive searching instruction) to health professions trainees (e.g. learners in programs of any level for medicine, nursing, dentistry, physical therapy, occupational therapy, nutrition, psychology, etc.). If you provide individual and/or group evidence synthesis methods instruction to any of these types of learners at least once per month, you may choose to participate in all or any of the means of contributing data.

Participation in this study is completely voluntary and can be withdrawn at any time and for any reason prior to data analysis (up to one month after any given collection of data). In the event that you choose to withdraw from the study, all personal information and responses you have provided will be destroyed.

To learn more about this study and confirm that you meet the screening criteria, please complete the form at this link<https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=mRm4YH8LLUGSo-F9iunj4FcXCNT8DARMgzGkJ6zShRdUN0MxWlRCOFkzSjBVWUYxM1ozTE5PNVpQQi4u>. You are also encouraged to forward this message to other librarians who may be interested. I will be in touch with eligible participants to provide additional information and schedule next steps.

Please also feel free to contact me (robin.parker at dal.ca<mailto:robin.parker at dal.ca> or 902-401-2541) or Research Ethics, Dalhousie University at (902) 494-1462, or email: ethics at dal.ca<mailto:ethics at dal.ca> (and reference REB file # 2021-5642) if you have any questions about this study.


Thank you for your time and consideration,

Robin Parker


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Robin Parker<http://dal.ca.libguides.com/prf.php?account_id=48425>, MLIS, PhD(c) [she/her]
Evidence Synthesis & Information Services Librarian


Robin.Parker at Dal.Ca<mailto:Robin.Parker at Dal.Ca>

Schedule a consultation<https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/RobinParker@dalu.onmicrosoft.com/bookings/>


DALHOUSIE LIBRARIES | W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library

Cross-Appointed: Dept. of Community Health & Epidemiology

Doctoral Candidate and Killam Scholar, Interdisciplinary PhD, Faculty of Graduate Studies


DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY


http://libraries.dal.ca/Kellogg


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