Training the trainer Nordic Baltic EAHIL Workshop June 26, Oslo Irene Wiik & Lena Nordheim Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs How to plan a Finding the evidence workshop

Aims and objectives n Aim –To help participants improve their ability to organise and carry out a finding the evidence workshop n Objectives –to be aware of important issues in planning a successful workshop –to be aware of different teaching methods –to share and learn from the experience of other participants

This is NOT a workshop on how to find the evidence, but how to train others to find the evidence

Workshop planning n Practical issues n Programme issues n Evaluation issues n Equipment n Training materials n On the day...

Workshop planning - example You have been asked to organise a Pubmed course at your local hospital. You have been told that there will be a group of 15 participants. The course is set for 3 and a half hours.

Questions - example n Who ? –Nurses and doctors n Level of knowledge –Little or no experience in searching PubMed n Where? –The hospital librarys PC-lab n When? –In two weeks n Resources –10 computers with Internet access –Video projector

Aims and objectives - example n Aims –To help participants improve their skills in searching PubMed n Objectives –To know the basics about Pubmed coverage and contents –To know the difference between free text and MeSH searching –Know how and when to use the Clinical Queries- function –To be able to use MeSH –Printing and saving references

Programme - example 09.00Introduction Question formulation 09.30Basic search techniques 10.30Coffee break 11.00MeSh searching 12.15Summary

Teaching methods n Classroom approach n Interactive: –Small groups –Intermediary tasks –Hands-on n A mix of both approaches

Tips and tricks n Ice-breakers n Power-point slides: cartoons, animations etc. n Scenarios n Play and playthings n Intermediary tasks

Ice-breaker n Example: –Think about a situation where you needed to search for information in order to do a proper job. Describe this to your neighbour and tell him/her what sources you used

Scenarios Ole is a young public health physician who has just started to practise medicine. He has a lot of patients who smoke. He is not sure whether there is any point in advising them to stop smoking. He asks a colleague who says that he does not want to talk about smoking with his patients because he thinks it can ruin the positive doctor-patient relationship he feels he has with his patients. Ole is aware of this discussion and that some practitioners still choose not to raise smoking cessation as an issue. He wants to know what is the effectiveness of advice from physicians in promoting smoking cessation.

Who wants to be a millionaire? Play and playthings

NOK 1000 What does MeSH mean? A) Medical Stupid Headings B) Medical Subject Headings? C) Medical Surgery Headings D) Medical Search Headings

NOK Which database provides Clinical Queries? A) Pubmed B) Best Evidence C) Ovid MedlineD) Cochrane Library

Colourline is a database about colour therapy. It consists of 15 documents. You want to find documents about: A) red AND blue B) red OR blue C) red NOT blue REMEMBER: The terms occur in the same document The terms occur in the same document or in separate documents The one term occurs alone in the document, the other is absent

Document 1Document 2Document 3Document 4Document 5 Document 6Document 7Document 8Document 9Document 10 Document 11Document 12Document 13Document 14Document 15 redblack blue greenyellow blue green purple black purple yellow green pink greenyellow purple red pink yellow black blue green red pinkyellow red green purple black blue pink greenyellow black purple green pink yellow green blue yellow red black pink purple green black green yellow red purple pink yellow blue green black purpleblue black yellowpink yellow pink red green pinkblack purple red blueyellow

Intermediary tasks n See hand-outs!!

Sharing training tips and resources n Examples from England: –National Electronic Library for Health –Cochrane Library n How can you share your resources and tips with others?

NeLH: Digital Libraries Net

NeLH: Information skills training

Cochrane Library: