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Creating and sustaining a library journal club at a French-language university
(2018-05-31)
A library journal club was initiated at Université de Montréal (UdeM), a French-language university in the province of Quebec, with the objectives of improving librarians’ critical appraisal skills, integrating evidence ...
Integrating information literacy in health sciences curricula: a case study from Québec
(2013-02-11)
Objective: To portray an information literacy programme demonstrating a high level of integration in health sciences curricula and a teaching orientation aiming towards the development of lifelong learning skills. The ...
Evidence-Based Practice in PubMed: Are Shared Filters Useful to Health Sciences Academic Users?
(2012-05)
Objectives
In April 2010, the Université de Montréal’s Health Sciences Library has implemented shared filters in its institutional PubMed account. Most of these filters are designed to highlight resources for evidence-based ...
Dare to Dream: Promoting ndigenous children's interest in health professions through book collections
(2017-05)
Objectives: Indigenous peoples in Canada face significant health challenges. They represent 4.3% of the population, but less than 1% are doctors, and few pursue careers in the health sciences. We will present descriptions ...
“When I Grow Up I Want to be a Doctor”: Promoting Atikamekw children’s interest for health professions through a book collection
(2015-06-20)
Introduction: Aboriginal peoples are underrepresented within the healthcare professions, and recruitment of Aboriginal students has become a priority for medical schools in Canada. Because of very low high-school completion ...
Health and literacy: the Mini-Med School and the Literacy Foundation working together to reach native children
(2016-05-18)
The Mini-Med School (MMS) aims to motivate Native children to stay in school, introduce them to the health professions and encourage them to have healthy living practices. As reading skills play a major role in student ...
Reaching Innu and Atikamekw Youths in their communities: Future Healthcare Professionals Working Together
(2017-10-03)
Background
Mini-Schools of Health are held since 2011 in indigenous communities by the Université de Montréal's
Faculty of Medicine and the student's Groupe d’intérêt en santé autochtone (GISA). These events take
place ...
Dare to Dream: Promoting Indigenous Children’s Interest in Health Professions through Book Collections
(2018-07-27)
Introduction: Indigenous peoples in Canada experience significant health challenges, but few pursue careers in the health sciences. Two programs by medical librarians designed to encourage children in First Nations communities ...
A Case Study on Citation Accuracy: The Letter That “Became" a Research Article
(2017-05)
Since its publication in 2006, a two-paragraph letter by Handoll H.H. on the need for Cochrane reviews on rehabilitation interventions has been repeatedly cited, erroneously, in meta-analyses of genetic risk factors as a ...
Graphic medicine from library to classroom
(2013-05-24)
Introduction.
Graphic medicine is defined as the use of comics in health sciences education and patient care. Graphic stories about personal experiences of illness from patients and their families can be used to illustrate ...