Abromitis Rebecca A, Saghafi Ester, Folb Barbara L
WPIC Library, Thomas Detre Hall, 2nd Floor, 3811 O'Hara St., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Acad Psychiatry. 2003 Summer;27(2):100-3. doi: 10.1176/appi.ap.27.2.100.
Staff at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic Library conducted a survey of residents and fellows to determine their informational needs and their interest in an orientation to the library's resources.
A brief questionnaire was distributed to the facility's 59 psychiatric residents and fellows to determine their awareness of 12 library resources and services (e.g., online databases and database searches conducted by librarians), their interest in an orientation to these resources and services, their self-rated level of skill in using them, whether they would attend training sessions, and, if so, when the best time for such sessions might be.
A total of 28 questionnaires were returned. Respondents favored an orientation (82%) and indicated that a 1-hour session would be appropriate, although the best time to hold it was less clear. Fifty percent or more were aware of each of the six resources they would be most likely to use in their work. Nearly all had used MEDLINE, but most respondents had not used most of the other resources and services.
Instruction on the use of information resources can be useful to psychiatric residents and fellows. On the basis of the survey results, a library orientation session was developed to address the information needs indicated by respondents and to enhance their skills in retrieving pertinent literature for clinical care and research. A post-orientation questionnaire indicated that the session was useful and well received.
西部精神病学研究所及诊所图书馆的工作人员对住院医师和研究员进行了一项调查，以确定他们的信息需求以及对图书馆资源使用指南的兴趣。
向该机构的59名精神病学住院医师和研究员发放了一份简短问卷，以了解他们对12种图书馆资源和服务（如在线数据库以及由图书馆员进行的数据库检索）的了解程度、对这些资源和服务使用指南的兴趣、他们自评的使用这些资源和服务的技能水平、是否会参加培训课程，以及如果参加，培训课程的最佳时间。
共收回28份问卷。受访者赞成举办使用指南培训（82%），并表示1小时的课程为宜，不过举办培训的最佳时间不太明确。50%或更多的受访者了解他们在工作中最可能使用的六种资源中的每一种。几乎所有人都使用过MEDLINE，但大多数受访者未使用过其他大部分资源和服务。
信息资源使用指导对精神病学住院医师和研究员可能有用。根据调查结果，开展了一次图书馆使用指南培训课程，以满足受访者指出的信息需求，并提高他们检索相关文献用于临床护理和研究的技能。培训后的问卷显示该课程有用且受到好评。
