Authors: K. Mercer, K Grindrod, C Burns, L Guirguis, J Chin, J Dogba, L Dolovitch, L Guénette, L Jenkins, F Légaré, A McKinnon, J McMurray, K Waked.
Objective: To describe how engaging patients and other disciplines can change conclusions in qualitative health services research.
Approach: A recent qualitative research project included a multi-disciplinary research team of health care professionals, engineers, information specialists, health systems specialists and patients. From this, two papers are...
Kelly Grindrod; Catherine Burns; Jessie Chin; Maman Joyce Dogba; Line Guénette; Lisa Guirguis; Damla Kerestecioglu; France Legare; Annette McKinnon; Kate Mercer; Khrystine Waked
Context: In shared-decision making (SDM), clinicians and patients works together to make treatment decisions that includes patient values and preferences. For medications, most SDM research has focused on interactions between prescriber and patient or patient and pharmacist but not the interdisciplinary collaboration across disciplines. Objective: To study how electronic health records (EHRs) and...
Objective: To describe how engaging patients and other disciplines can change conclusions in qualitative health services research. Approach/Methods: A recent qualitative research project included a multi-disciplinary research team of health care professionals, engineers, information specialists, health systems specialists and patients. From this, two papers are being developed: 1) patient perspective on shared decision making; 2) healthcare professionals and...
Authors: : Kelly Grindrod, Catherine Burns, Samina Abidi, Jonathan Boersema, Christian Chabot, Jessie Chin, Maman Joyce Dogba, Lisa Dolovich, LIne Guénette, Lisa Guirguis, Damla Kerestecioglu, France Légaré, Annette McKinnon, Kathryn Mercer, Khrystine Waked.
To study how electronic health information is shared across patients, family physicians and pharmacies, including the types of information typically exchanged, tools that support interprofessional shared medication decision-making and best practices related to the use of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) for decision...
In Spring 2014, two librarians co-instructed an undergraduate Pharmacy course at the University of Waterloo. Providing students with the skills to access medical/drug information, this course gave students the skills to critically appraise literature to support an evidence-based patient care model. This poster shares their experience co-instructing a required course co-taught with the School of Pharmacy’s Director, an expert in critical appraisal.
Authors: Kate Mercer, Ariel Stables-Kennedy, Kari Weaver
How do undergraduate engineering students access information and understand what constitutes a good and legitimate source in the field? This scoping review summarizes the existing research on this topic, identifies potential future research directions, and provides librarians with guidance on the conduct of scoping review methodology.
Authors: Kate Mercer, Ariel Stables-Kennedy, Kari Weaver.
What is a scoping review? How does it differ from other knowledge transfer approaches? Why would we employ it within a library context? How can a librarian actively lead or contribute to scoping reviews? Scoping reviews are an increasingly popular way of synthesizing research and identifying gaps in existing evidence, especially in the health field (Pham et al., 2014). Arksey and O’Malley (2005) highlight the importance of scoping reviews in address broad, complex research questions, or research questions that are...
