Searching and Evaluating the Medical Education Literature - 9/16/2024

Includes a Live Web Event on 09/16/2024 at 12:00 PM (EDT)


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This workshop is intended for individuals, medical educators, and clinician educators who want to learn how to effectively search the published medical education literature and to evaluate the value of those searches. 

After participating in this workshop, learners will be able to:

  1. Formulate an effective approach to searching the medical education literature;
  2. Conduct a search using relevant MeSH headings;
  3. Communicate effectively with a research librarian;
  4. Evaluate the search results using specific review criteria.

Recordings will be made available for viewing following the completion of each workshop. Viewing of recordings may not be substituted for participation in live workshops.

This workshop is a part of the MERC Virtual Workshop 2024 - Series 3.

John Cyrus

As part of the Research and Education Department at the Virginia Commonwealth University Health Sciences Library, John works with physicians, students, and residents in the VCU School of Medicine and at VCU Health to support research, learning, and patient care. John also served as Interim Co-Head of the Research and Education Department for 2020-2021. His scholarly interests include uncertainty in evidence-based practice and decision-making, evidence synthesis methods, and assessment of consultative library services. Before joining the faculty at VCU Libraries in 2012, he was a health sciences librarian at Louisiana State University in Shreveport, Louisiana. John earned his MLIS from Louisiana State University in 2009.

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Searching and Evaluating the Medical Education Literature - Workshop - 9/16/2024
09/16/2024 at 12:00 PM (EDT)  |  180 minutes
09/16/2024 at 12:00 PM (EDT)  |  180 minutes
MERC Workshop Evaluation: Searching and Evaluating the Literature - 9/16/2024
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