Hurt Emily, McLoughlin Alison
J Med Libr Assoc. 2021 Jan 1;109(1):112-119. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2021.842.
Despite a strong research presence in Lancashire Teaching Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust (LTHTR), allied health professionals from the organization are underrepresented in developing and publicizing research that is inspired by day-to-day clinical practice and staff experiences. Two LTHTR departments, Library and Knowledge Services (LKS) and Research and Innovation (R&I), came together to enable a group of staff to develop the knowledge and skills that they needed to access information and create new "home grown" research.
A clinical librarian and an academic research nurse created a research engagement program in the diagnostic radiography department at LTHTR, which included the development, delivery, and evaluation of 6 workshops. Sixteen individuals took part in these workshops, and data were collected on library usage, self-efficacy in information literacy, and research output before and after their delivery. Library membership increased by 50% among diagnostic radiography staff, literature search requests from this department increased by 133%, and all participants who attended at least 1 workshop reported an increased Information Literacy Self Efficacy Scale (ILSES) score. An increase in research activity and outputs was also attributed to the program.
This project has resulted in a set of freely available workshop plans and support resources that can be customized for other health care professionals and has won several awards for its innovative use of departmental collaboration. Through the evaluation of the program from workshop attendees and non-attenders, we have identified impacts, outputs, and barriers to engagement in order to continue to deliver this content to other departments and embed a home grown research culture at LTHTR.
尽管兰开夏郡教学医院国民保健服务（NHS）基金会信托基金（LTHTR）有强大的研究力量，但该机构的专职医疗人员在开展和宣传受日常临床实践及员工经验启发的研究方面代表性不足。LTHTR的两个部门，图书馆与知识服务部（LKS）和研究与创新部（R&I），联合起来使一群员工能够培养获取信息和开展新的“本土”研究所需的知识与技能。
一名临床图书馆员和一名学术研究护士在LTHTR的诊断放射科创建了一个研究参与项目，其中包括6个工作坊的开发、举办和评估。16人参加了这些工作坊，并收集了他们在工作坊举办前后的图书馆使用情况、信息素养自我效能感以及研究产出的数据。诊断放射科员工的图书馆会员人数增加了50%，该部门的文献检索请求增加了133%。所有至少参加过1个工作坊的参与者报告称其信息素养自我效能量表（ILSES）得分有所提高。研究活动和产出的增加也归功于该项目。
该项目产生了一套可免费获取的工作坊计划和支持资源，可针对其他医疗保健专业人员进行定制，并且因其创新性地利用部门合作而荣获多个奖项。通过对工作坊参与者和非参与者对该项目的评估，我们确定了参与的影响、产出和障碍，以便继续向其他部门提供此内容，并在LTHTR营造一种本土研究文化。
