Crumley Ellen T
HealthInfo & Searching Practice Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
J Med Libr Assoc. 2006 Jan;94(1):81-9.
The researcher conducted qualitative research about the role of health care professionals and librarians involved with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The goals were to identify resources these professionals use to explore the librarians' role as well as their approaches to teaching and searching with respect to CAM, to acquire information about CAM education, and to connect with other librarians in the CAM field.
Semi-structured interviews with open-ended questions were used.
Sixteen health care and information professionals from ten different institutions in Boston, Baltimore, and Calgary were interviewed. Major themes from the interviews were: CAM funding, integration of CAM and conventional medicine, roles of librarians, "hot" CAM issues, and information access. Information about four aspects of CAM education--technology, undergraduate, graduate, and continuing--is presented. A wealth of information resources was identified.
A CAM librarian's role is unique; many specialize in specific areas of CAM, and opportunities exist for librarians to partner with CAM groups. CAM information professionals' major roles involve information access and retrieval and education. Further study is required concerning CAM consumer health, integrative CAM and conventional medicine models, and the librarian's role in a CAM environment. CAM funding is a major concern.
研究人员针对医疗保健专业人员和图书馆员在补充与替代医学（CAM）中所扮演的角色开展了定性研究。目标是确定这些专业人员用于探索图书馆员角色的资源，以及他们在CAM教学和检索方面的方法，获取有关CAM教育的信息，并与CAM领域的其他图书馆员建立联系。
采用带有开放式问题的半结构化访谈。
对来自波士顿、巴尔的摩和卡尔加里十个不同机构的16名医疗保健和信息专业人员进行了访谈。访谈的主要主题包括：CAM资金、CAM与传统医学的整合、图书馆员的角色、“热门”CAM问题以及信息获取。呈现了有关CAM教育四个方面——技术、本科、研究生和继续教育——的信息。确定了丰富的信息资源。
CAM图书馆员的角色是独特的；许多人专门从事CAM的特定领域，图书馆员有机会与CAM团体合作。CAM信息专业人员的主要角色包括信息获取与检索以及教育。关于CAM消费者健康、整合性CAM与传统医学模式以及图书馆员在CAM环境中的角色，还需要进一步研究。CAM资金是一个主要问题。
