Director, Mulford Health Science Library, and Assistant Professor, Library Administration, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH,
J Med Libr Assoc. 2020 Jan;108(1):17-28. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2020.777. Epub 2020 Jan 1.
Reflective practice is common in nursing and other professions. In the published literature, there is very little about librarians' use of reflective practice and no studies of health librarians' use of reflective practice. This study examined the use of reflective practice among health sciences librarians, perceived benefits, and perceived barriers to use.
This cross-sectional study replicated the 2014 study by Greenall and Sen, using a version of their questionnaire. The research population in this study was health sciences librarians who were members of the MEDLIB-L email discussion list, Medical Library Association (MLA) chapter email discussion lists, and/or MLA section email discussion lists.
There were 106 librarians who completed the questionnaire, ranging from those new to the profession through midcareer to longtime librarians. While a high percentage of respondents considered themselves to be reflective practitioners (77%), a larger percentage (87%) reported that they consciously spent time reflecting. Respondents selected a wide variety of benefits of reflective practice, while barriers tended to center on lack of time, knowledge, skills, or experience.
The diversity of benefits that respondents selected suggests that reflective practice can play an important positive role in librarians' professional development. Reported barriers to reflective practice suggest that there is a need for educational opportunities to develop skills.
反思实践在护理和其他专业中很常见。在已发表的文献中，关于图书馆员使用反思实践的内容很少，也没有关于卫生图书馆员使用反思实践的研究。本研究调查了卫生科学图书馆员使用反思实践的情况、他们认为的益处，以及使用反思实践的障碍。
本横断面研究复制了 Greenall 和 Sen 在 2014 年的研究，使用了他们问卷的一个版本。本研究的研究对象是医学图书馆协会（MLA）电子邮件讨论列表、MLA 分会电子邮件讨论列表和/或 MLA 部门电子邮件讨论列表的成员，这些成员是健康科学图书馆员。
共有 106 名图书馆员完成了问卷，他们的职业经验从新手到中期到资深不等。虽然很大比例的受访者认为自己是反思实践者（77%），但更大比例（87%）的人报告说他们有意识地花时间反思。受访者选择了广泛的反思实践的益处，而障碍往往集中在缺乏时间、知识、技能或经验上。
受访者选择的多样性益处表明，反思实践可以在图书馆员的专业发展中发挥重要的积极作用。报告的反思实践障碍表明，需要有机会发展技能的教育机会。
