Category: Teaching
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Aligning Instruction to Objectives
I occasionally collaborate with the Evidence-Based Medicine team at our College of Medicine to provide in-class instruction to medical students. I was recently asked to teach a session on conducting literature reviews and was given a set of objectives that need to be met during the instruction. To keep my thoughts straight and make sure…
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Our Library Workshops Have Lived to See Another Term!
The last time I talked about the workshops presented by my library, I discussed how we were trying a new online format to boost accessibility and attendance. During the Fall 2018 term, my colleagues and I held six workshops on the following topics: PubMed Basics Using EndNote Basic in Research Research Data Management Basics Open…
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Facing My Worst Fear
At the end of August, I will be teaching a two-hour session that will introduce our first-year medical students to the principles of evidence-based medicine. Which means that I will be standing in front of 60 young adults for two hours, speaking. I have the material cold, and usually I can just stand in front of…
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Learning to Teach
One thing I didn’t realize when I took a job in academia is how much instruction would be involved. I’m teaching health professionals how to use a health information resource, and soon I’ll be teaching medical students about evidence-based practice and information literacy. So lately, I’ve been taking some time to improve my teaching skills.…
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DIY Learning
I mentioned in a previous post that I planned to work on an online self-study module to provide another avenue for people to learn about health information resources. Now, approximately a month later, I am ready to launch this new learning resource to my target audience. I have high hopes that it will meet their…
Kathryn Vela 