Lapidus Mariana, Kostka-Rokosz Maria D, Dvorkin-Camiel Lana
Henrietta DeBenedictus Health Sciences Library, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, 179 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Med Ref Serv Q. 2009 Oct;28(4):351-62. doi: 10.1080/02763860903249217.
Pharmacy schools across the United States expose students to literature searching and evaluation mostly during required didactic drug information courses. The majority of Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) students do not utilize library-available electronic resources on a regular basis, and their didactic experience alone is not sufficient to make them successful in their advanced experiential drug information (DI) rotations. This pilot study demonstrates an improvement of students' perceptions regarding information searching and evaluating abilities as the result of their participation in a small group tutorial with a reference librarian, thus indicating effectiveness of the tutorial in refreshing and enhancing database knowledge skills.
美国各地的药学院主要在必修的药物信息理论课程中让学生接触文献检索和评估。大多数药学博士（PharmD）学生并不经常使用图书馆提供的电子资源，仅靠他们的理论学习经验不足以使他们在高级实践药物信息（DI）轮转中取得成功。这项试点研究表明，学生通过参与与参考馆员进行的小组辅导，对信息检索和评估能力的认知有所提高，从而表明该辅导在更新和增强数据库知识技能方面是有效的。
