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Breaking Boundaries: Supporting a New Pathways Scholars Program

Kathleen Carlson, MLS, AHIP, University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix and Susan Barrett, MLIS, MAS, Knowledge Manager, UTO, Arizona State University

PATHWAY SCHOLARS 2014

ABSTRACT

COURSE OBJECTIVESThe librarian Identifies four key and two

bonus resources that will assist the scholars in their research

Describes the process of searching the literature: controlled vocabulary, key terms and phrases

TEACHING RESEARCH METHODSKey resources provide the students with foundational skills in research methods and efficient search strategies

CONCLUSIONSLibrary instruction strengthens Pathway Scholars information- literacy

skills Instruction relies on a learner-centered approachAcquired skills prepare students for the rigor of medical school

The Pathways Scholars Program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix is designed for students who have experienced greater-than-average challenges in preparing to become competitive medical school applicants. The purpose of the Pathways Scholars Program is to prepare students who possess the qualities that would make them excellent physicians, but lack some of the foundational skills. The program provides students with the academic health sciences instruction, introduction to research practices, and study and time-management skills that are required of successful applicants.

(l-r:) Issam Awwad, Juliana Liang, Janelle Rodriguez, Angelica Almader, Nuria Sisterna, Monica Gomez-Lopez, Mei So, Diana Elizalde, Jaziel Llanes Hernandez and Thanh Cao

Students are encouraged to use their new skills

REFERENCES

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Andretta S. Evaluating information literacy educators' practices before and after the course facilitating information literacy education: From tutor to learner-centered. Health Info Libr J. 2011;28(3):171-178.Blakely AW, Broussard LG. Blueprint for establishing an effective postbaccalaureate medical school pre-entry program for educationally disadvantaged students. Acad Med. 2003;78(5):437-447.Maggio LA, Kung JY. How are medical students trained to locate biomedical information to practice evidence-based medicine? A review of the 2007-2012 literature. J Med Libr Assoc. 2014;102(3):184-191.Rumala BB, Cason FD, Jr. Recruitment of underrepresented minority students to medical school: Minority medical student organizations, an untapped resource. J Natl Med Assoc. 2007;99(9):1000-4, 1008-9.

Arizona Health Sciences Library website is the gateway to licensed content, print books, and library services

Resources for Phoenix are specific videos, guides, handouts and instructions to the Phoenix Biomedical Campus PubMed (via AHSL) provides

Pathways Scholars access to full-text licensed content

Students register for an NCBI account, which allows them to save their search criteria. This teaches the students to build knowledge on prior search criteria and to be efficient searchers

Using the PubMed single citation matcher to find partial citations by title, author, journal, etc.

Finding e-journals using the AHSL websiteto access licensed resources available at the institution

Searching within a specific journal title to learn how publishers provide access

Demonstrates a literature search in the PubMed database

RefWorks reference manager saves the student time by creating a personal library of citations on a given topic, citing and recording a citation within a research paper and creating a bibliography in a specific format

Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery: students learn how to obtain materials not owned or licensed by the Arizona Health Sciences Library (AHSL)

Google Scholar (via AHSL): students define personal preferences and settings for library resources

Using MeSH Controlled Vocabulary, Keyword and Key Phrases in PubMed

This poster shows how a librarian without limits at the Arizona Health Sciences Library Phoenix teaches these promising students information literacy and life-long learning skills.

Finding scholarly articles using a PMID number