J Med Libr Assoc. 2021 Jul 1;109(3):432-440. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2021.1126.
An innovative funding scheme for health care librarians to attend an intensive short course in teaching evidence-based practice was established in the West of England in 2016. This evaluation aims to understand the value of the scheme and the impact of the training opportunity for the librarians, establish an evidence base for continuing with the funding scheme, and inform the development of plans to build additional capacity among health care librarians to provide critical appraisal training.
Seven librarians working in health care system settings were funded by the scheme between 2016 and 2018. Post-course feedback forms gathered initial views on course content and delivery, which informed the development of questions for the qualitative phase of the evaluation. All seven librarians participated in group discussions and individual interviews.
The course boosted confidence, provided valuable new skills, and positively impacted careers of the librarians through access to new opportunities. It inspired the development of new approaches to critical appraisal training. An important need was identified among the librarians for more education in teaching. Librarians funded by the scheme have successfully cascaded the training to their colleagues.
This evaluation supports the continuation of the funding scheme to further build capacity among health care librarians to teach evidence-based practice. It suggests additional investment in this type of specialist training, as well as in education in teaching skills, would be beneficial for health care librarians. Evidence from this evaluation is informing new plans to support these professionals with the vital service they provide, which contributes to the evidence-based culture of their organizations and to patient outcomes.
2016 年，英格兰西部为医疗保健图书馆员设立了一项创新的资助计划，供其参加强化短期循证实践教学课程。本评估旨在了解该计划的价值以及培训机会对图书馆员的影响，为继续资助该计划提供证据基础，并为计划的制定提供信息，以在医疗保健图书馆员中建立额外的能力，提供关键评估培训。
2016 年至 2018 年，共有 7 名在医疗保健系统环境中工作的图书馆员获得了该计划的资助。课程结束后的反馈表收集了对课程内容和交付的初步意见，为评估的定性阶段的问题提供了信息。所有 7 名图书馆员都参加了小组讨论和个人访谈。
该课程通过提供新的机会，增强了图书馆员的信心，提供了宝贵的新技能，并对其职业生涯产生了积极影响。它激发了新的批判性评估培训方法的发展。图书馆员们还强烈希望在教学方面接受更多的教育。该计划资助的图书馆员已经成功地将培训向下传递给了他们的同事。
本评估支持继续资助该计划，以进一步增强医疗保健图书馆员教授循证实践的能力。它表明，在这种类型的专业培训以及教学技能培训方面进行额外投资，将对医疗保健图书馆员有益。本评估的证据正在为支持这些专业人员提供他们提供的重要服务提供新的计划，这有助于他们组织的循证文化和患者的结果。
