Phinney, Jackie
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Item Open Access Librarians' Instruction to Practicing Physicians: Results from a Canadian Survey [Poster](2025) Phinney, Jackie; Manley, AlisonBackground/Purpose: Continuing medical education (CME) is required for the maintenance of physician competencies, and in selecting learning opportunities physicians may choose activities that align with the CanMEDS framework. This framework outlines the roles that physicians should embody to remain effective within their profession, including ‘Scholar’. With their subject expertise and demonstrated ability to teach, health sciences librarians are poised to support physicians’ growth in this domain through instructional offerings. Yet there is a paucity of literature regarding how and what health sciences librarians in Canada are teaching practicing physicians. Methods: A bilingual, electronic survey was distributed in May 2024 to gather data on the instructional activities of Canadian health sciences librarians who teach practicing physicians. Once the survey closed, data was cleaned and analyzed and answers to open-ended questions were reviewed for common themes. Results: Twenty-one participants responded to the survey, with sixteen remaining for analysis after meeting the inclusion criteria. Findings revealed that most librarians have taught physicians in-hospital, instruction sessions were mostly online (and synchronous), a variety of topics have been taught to this group of learners, and more. Discussion: While this study yielded a small sample, the results indicate that Canadian health sciences librarians are actively involved in supporting physicians in their pursuit of continuous learning. With the revised CanMEDS framework expected in 2026, these findings offer an opportunity for librarians and medical education units across Canada to reflect and collaborate as they plan their future instruction.Item Open Access Health Sciences Librarian Participation in Continuing Education Initiatives: A Scoping Review(2022-06-12) Phinney, Jackie; Rothfus, Melissa; Helwig, Melissa; Hancock, kristyIntroduction Continuing education (CE) is an expectation of many healthcare professionals and librarians to maintain credentials and keep their skills current. Since librarians have experience providing instruction, librarian provision of CE seems a natural fit. However, delivering content to healthcare professionals can be challenging due to time constraints, failed outreach, uncertainty surrounding topics, and more. Librarians may be wondering how they can provide helpful CE when they are unsure how to address these issues. Description Mindful of these challenges, we began a scoping review in February 2020 (search updated September 2021) to examine the literature on librarian instruction of CE for healthcare professionals. We conducted a comprehensive search across seven databases to capture all published articles on this topic. We also performed forwards and backwards searching of included studies, solicited real-life teaching materials from colleagues, and searched for grey literature using Google. Outcomes The literature revealed CE topics, delivery methods, and descriptions of initiatives. It also revealed gaps, such as lack of clear descriptions of assessment findings, efforts to accredit sessions, comprehensive learning objectives, mapping sessions to information literacy frameworks, and more. Discussion Despite the challenges, creating and delivering instructional sessions is a valuable contribution that connects us with our users. Learning from the past can allow us to improve our instructional services. Gaps in those lessons remind us that we should evaluate, benchmark and report our instruction so it remains resilient to the changing information landscape and allows us to build on the work of others.Item Open Access Scoping out how librarians support continuing education in the health sciences and beyond(2021) Phinney, Jackie; Helwig, Melissa; Rothfus, Melissa; Hancock, Kristy; McLean, KatieItem Open Access Welcome to the Dalhousie Libraries 2021 (Orientation Presentation)(2021) Phinney, Jackie; Hemming, DeborahItem Open Access Supporting curriculum changes through evidence syntheses: A systematic review of embedded research programs in undergraduate medical education(2015) Parker, Robin; Phinney, JackieItem Open Access Literature searches in a digital world(2016) Goudreau, Alex; Phinney, JackieItem Open Access Research in medicine: Early learnings from an innovative approach to undergraduate medical education(2016) George, Dr. Ron; Wheelock, Dr. Brian; Parker, Robin; Kyte, Darrell; Ogilvie, Rachel; Hayden, Dr. Jill; Phinney, JackieItem Open Access Libraries unite! Academic and hospital librarians' teamwork supports a shared community(2016) Phinney, Jackie; Goudreau, AlexItem Open Access Revitalizing the Maritimes Health Libraries Association's logo: A cost-effective, creative solution(2017) Visintini, Sarah; Killian, Lara; Phinney, Jackie; McLean, Katie; Horsman, AmandaItem Open Access Collaboration after change(2018) Phinney, Jackie; Goudreau, AlexItem Open Access Accessible and discoverable videos: Cleaning house before we move to YouTube(2018) McNiff, Lindsay; Phinney, JackieItem Open Access Are university libraries supporting medical student wellness? Results from an exploration of library social media [poster](2019) Kiester, Lucy; Phinney, JackieItem Open Access Teach them before they need it: Instilling research skills in pre-professional students(2019) Goudreau, Alex; Phinney, JackieItem Open Access Are university libraries supporting medical student wellness? Results from an exploration of library social media(2019) Phinney, Jackie; Kiester, LucyItem Open Access Energizing our spring MHLA meeting with lightning talks(2016) Phinney, Jackie; Parker, Robin; Goudreau, Alex; McLean, KatieItem Open Access Browzine [Product review](2015) Phinney, JackieItem Open Access Roundtable: How do you explain to your family, your friends, and strangers what you do as an information professional?(2016) Phinney, Jackie; Patterson, AmyItem Open Access TRIP Database [Product Review](2018) Phinney, JackieItem Open Access Item Open Access