185023 Evidence-Based Health Practice: Construct a strategic and valuable search strategy

Saturday, October 25, 2008: 9:45 AM

Mellanye J. Lackey, MSI , Health Sciences Library, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
In this section, students will learn how to be expert searchers. This section will break down complicated search questions into individual concepts or facets. Students will then brainstorm synonyms for each facet and learn to incorporate MeSH terms (or other controlled vocabulary terms) into their search. They will combine the concepts, synonyms and controlled terms into a finely-tuned, valuable search strategy. By learning strategies to develop sophisticated searches, they will improve their relevancy and accuracy, saving time and energy.

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, the participant will be able to distinguish between good quality versus biased information. Upon completion of the course, the participant will be able to identify key resources for finding public health information. Upon completion of the course, the participant will apply evidence-based principles in their daily practice. Upon completion of the course, the participant will be able to construct strategic and valuable search strategies.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I'm qualified to be planning, coordinating or organizing because I have extensive experience in designing educational activities regarding information literacy competencies for students, faculty, staff, and practitioners in public health. This experience includes integrating searching online bibliographic citation databases (such as PubMed, Ovid Medline, PsycINFO, etc.), researching statistical data from international, national, or local sources, and organizing information retrieval into bibliographic management software (e.g. EndNote, RefWorks).
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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