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Project-Based Learning Guidelines for Health Sciences Students: An Analysis with Data Mining and Qualitative Techniques
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Complementary competencies: public health and health sciences librarianship
Marcus A Banks1, Keith W Cogdill, Catherine R Selden
1Frederick L. Ehrman Medical Library, New York University Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, New York 10016, USA. banksm01@library.med.nyu.edu
Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA
|August 2, 2005
Summary
Health sciences librarians and public health workers can collaborate effectively by leveraging shared competencies. This partnership can enhance public health initiatives and integrate librarians into the public health workforce.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Health Sciences Librarianship
- Informatics
Background:
- Public health and health sciences librarianship share overlapping competencies.
- Previous collaborations demonstrate successful integration of these professions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify opportunities for partnership between public health workers and health sciences librarians.
- To explore the potential for health sciences librarians to contribute to the public health workforce.
Main Methods:
- Review of competencies in public health and health sciences librarianship.
- Identification of public health informatics competencies.
- Analysis of the Medical Library Association's essential knowledge areas.
- Mapping points of correspondence between the two domains.
Main Results:
- Several past projects highlight successful collaborations.
- Health sciences librarians provide valuable services within public health organizations.
- Some health sciences librarians function as integral members of the public health workforce.
Conclusions:
- A framework for collaboration between health sciences librarians and public health workers is proposed.
- This framework aims to foster further partnerships and enhance public health initiatives.
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