Dear All,
I asked recently for experiences in teaching literature searching to operating department practitioner students. We just did this for the first time.
Several people asked for a summary of the findings, so here it is.
First, this is what we tried. We had already seen the students for a library tour and a look at the library catalogue. We then had one hour with them for a second visit, so demonstrated a search in British Nursing Index, and then gave them some exercises, which one group did not have time to do. For the demonstration we chose the subject of parents being present in the recovery room, which gave us the chance to talk about some issues, but did get rather complicated. The exercises included handwashing (searching for it, not doing it!!), body piercing (ditto!) and instrument counting.
Here is what others have suggested (I trust I have interpreted everyone's messages correctly).
One colleague had ODP students attending general sessions, so the search topics were more general (DVT and air travel, for example).
One asked them to bring their own subject to search for and then offered guidance.
One had done one to one teaching with ODPs. One had four two hour sessions in one semester and so had time to talk about referencing and demonstrate law resources as well. One found that the IT skills of the group were diverse: most of our students seemed well versed in using computers, but this could be an issue.
One looked at topics using relevant databases (Medline, BNI, Cinahl - this is what we mentioned to ours too) - subjects included diathermy plumes, latex allergy, failed intubation, parental presence at induction (of anaesthetics). Tutors had suggested MRSA, clinical governance.
I am very grateful to all who shared their experience. I hope the summary is useful to those awaiting their first experience of teaching ODP students.
(I tried to post my original question to lis-nursing, but it was rejected for technical reasons which are being investigated. Since I haven't asked the question on lis-nursing I will not try to get the summary posted there, so please pass this summary on to any colleagues who you think might be interested).
Best wishes,
Keith
Keith Nockels
Information Librarian
University of Leicester
Clinical Sciences Library
Leicester Royal Infirmary, PO Box 65
Leicester LE2 7LX
Tel.: +44 (0)116 252 3101
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