Collaboration Focus Areas EDUCATION RESEARCH Partners: AAHSL and GEA

1. Librarians Strengthening Partnerships: Ongoing Collaborations with Colleagues in Medical and Healthcare EducationCynthia Robinson, AAHSL and Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center; Lauren Maggio, Western LiME and Stanford University School of Medicine; Jacqueline Doyle, AAHSL and University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix; Julia Sollenberger, AAHSL and University of Rochester Medical Center • Collaboration Focus Areas • EDUCATION RESEARCH • Partners: AAHSL and GEA • Coordinated by: AAHSL Education Research Task Force • Activities/Progress: Conducts collaborative research with GEA and others to address the research priorities outlined in the IIME report on reshaping the future of medical education. Currently conducting a systematic literature review to document the state of educational research in four key areas. • Contact: Karen Brewer, New York University, brewek01@library.med.nyu.edu • ONLINE INSTRUCTIONAL MODULE DEVELOPMENT • Partners: LiME, AAHSL, GEA • Coordinated by: LiME/AAHSL Joint Task Force • Activities/Progress: Develops self-paced, interactive instructional modules that teach and assess competencies in evidence-based search, retrieval and evaluation skills. Currently refining the MERC course on "Literature Searching in Medical Education" with GEA. • Contact: Lauren Maggio, Stanford University, lmaggio@sstanford.eduand Kerry O’Rourke, UMDMJ, orourke@umdnj.edu • INFORMATICS CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT • Partners: AAHSL, AAHC, AMIA and other AAHC affiliates • Coordinated by: Rick Forsman, AAHSL Teaching/Learning Project Manager • Activities/Progress: AAHSL participates on an AAHC/AMIA Steering Committee formed to develop an inter-professional informatics curriculum. In November a major grant proposal will be submitted to establish shared learning objectives and design a core curriculum for use across all heath professions. • Contact: Project Manager, Rick Forsman, Rick.Forsman@ucdenver.edu • AAHSL, AAMC’s GEA/GIR, AMIA, AAHC and LiME share a vision and many similar goals for the education of physicians and other health professions across the continuum and throughout their careers, among them: • evidence-based healthcare principles and skills • learning needs assessment, competencies and outcomes assessment • development of self-paced, interactive instruction • health sciences educational research • integration of evidence-based information into the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Partnerships among these organizations offer extraordinary opportunities to achieve these and other mutually complementary goals. AAHSL’s Teaching & Learning Oversight Committee (TLOC) is the coordinating body for these efforts, including: • Partnering to determine and assess competencies related to evidence based search, retrieval and evaluation skills. • Supporting LiME in taking responsibility for literature searching courses in MERC. • Developing self-paced, interactive instructional modules that teach and assess competencies of evidence-based search, retrieval and evaluation skills. • Conducting research to address research priorities outlined in IIME and GEA reports. • In collaboration with AMIA and/or GIR, developing a review article on the current state of integration of evidence-based information into the electronic health record. • Communicating with AAHSL members regarding progress on implementation plan. • Contact: Cynthia Robinson, Penn State University, crobinson1@hmc.psu.edu