医学个性化书目情报服务机制探讨

由于从事医学专业领域活动的多样性,专业读者与非专业读者、本单位读者与外单位读者、本地读者与远程用户在医学书目情报需求目的、需求类型、需求层次及需求行为均存在差异。为满足读者个性化书目情报需求,医学图书馆要提升本地资源与远程资源相结合的文献保障能力、Web 2.0支持下的书目情报技术服务能力、具有医学与信息管理背景的专家服务能力、医学书目情报深度知识服务能力。个性化医学书目情报服务策略包括:知识提供与知识获取技能相结合的策略、多渠道书目情报交流相结合的策略、需求驱动书目情报配置的策略、专家服务推动公共服务的策略。     

编辑应重视对修改稿的复审

为了解《山东医药》近6年刊载文章统计学方法的应用情况,并对存在的问题提出意见和建议,随机抽取《山东医药》2009-2014年发表的论文进行统计学方法系统分析.结果发现统计学错误最常见的是t检验代替方差分析、不注明所用的统计学方法和不具体写出统计值.认为医学论文作者要充分认识统计学的重要性,编辑部应加强统计学方法审查工作.     

Comparison of three web-scale discovery services for health sciences research

Objective

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relative effectiveness of three web-scale discovery (WSD) tools in answering health sciences search queries.

Methods

Simple keyword searches, based on topics from six health sciences disciplines, were run at multiple real-world implementations of EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS), Ex Libris''s Primo, and ProQuest''s Summon. Each WSD tool was evaluated in its ability to retrieve relevant results and in its coverage of MEDLINE content.

Results

All WSD tools returned between 50%–60% relevant results. Primo returned a higher number of duplicate results than the other 2 WSD products. Summon results were more relevant when search terms were automatically mapped to controlled vocabulary. EDS indexed the largest number of MEDLINE citations, followed closely by Summon. Additionally, keyword searches in all 3 WSD tools retrieved relevant material that was not found with precision (Medical Subject Headings) searches in MEDLINE.

Conclusions

None of the 3 WSD products studied was overwhelmingly more effective in returning relevant results. While difficult to place the figure of 50%–60% relevance in context, it implies a strong likelihood that the average user would be able to find satisfactory sources on the first page of search results using a rudimentary keyword search. The discovery of additional relevant material beyond that retrieved from MEDLINE indicates WSD tools'' value as a supplement to traditional resources for health sciences researchers.     

Mapping the literature of hospital pharmacy

Objectives

This study describes the literature of hospital pharmacy and identifies the journals most commonly cited by authors in the field, the publication types most frequently cited, the age of citations, and the indexing access to core journals. The study also looks at differing citation practices between journals with a wide audience compared to a national journal with a focus on regional issues and trends in the field.

Method

Cited references from five discipline-specific source journals were collected and analyzed for publication type and age. Two sets were created for comparison. Bradford''s Law of Scattering was applied to both sets to determine the most frequently cited journals.

Results

Three-quarters of all cited items were published within the last 10 years (71%), and journal articles were the most heavily cited publication type (n=65,760, 87%). Citation analysis revealed 26 journal titles in Zone 1, 177 journal titles in Zone 2, and the remaining were scattered across 3,886 titles. Analysis of a national journal revealed Zone 1 comprised 9 titles. Comparison of the 2 sets revealed that Zone 1 titles overlapped, with the exception of 2 titles that were geographically focused in the national title.

Conclusion

Hospital pharmacy literature draws heavily from its own discipline-specific sources but equally from core general and specialty medical journals. Indexing of cited journals is complete in PubMed and EMBASE but lacking in International Pharmaceutical Abstracts. Gray literature is a significant information source in the field.     

Co-evolution of physical and social technologies in clinical practice: The case of HIV treatments

In this paper, we investigate the interplay of clinical knowledge and technological capabilities in the recent development of HIV/AIDS treatments and offer qualitative and quantitative evidence from the empirical setting of Italian practice. The study contributes to the literature on the co-evolution of physical and social technologies in medical innovation by showing how professional guidelines, systematic evaluative research and local coordination mechanisms contribute actively to the resolution of the uncertainty that surrounds technological advances, while leaving room for largely discretional therapeutic choices. The resulting variety in implementation strategies improves health outcomes, but may reduce productive efficiency.     

医学论文“统计学处理”常见问题分析及建议

【目的】 分析医学论文“统计学处理”中存在的问题,为提高医学期刊学术及编辑质量提供参考。 【方法】 审读已发表的医学论文,结合典型案例,对其中的“统计学处理”问题进行归纳总结。 【结果】 医学论文“统计学处理”部分主要存在下列问题：“统计学处理”内容不全,多组比较未交待两两比较的方法,统计软件与统计推断方法混淆,统计学基本概念模糊,统计描述与统计推断方法不一致,“统计学处理”与“结果”内容不一致,“统计学处理”中含有“结果”部分的内容。 【结论】 为了避免“统计学处理”中的错误,编辑应加强对统计学知识的学习,注意全文各部分统计学内容之间的联系;期刊应建立统一的编辑规范,严格按照正确的统计学方法修改论文;审稿中应充分发挥统计学专家的作用。     

非医学专业出版社医学图书出版的策略——以华中科技大学出版社为例

非医学专业出版社出版医学图书面临极大挑战.本文以华中科技大学出版社为例,探讨了非医学专业出版社利用相关的医学院机构和资源出版医学图书的策略及定位,即依托教学单位,出版医学教材教辅图书;依托附属医院品牌,出版医学临床参考书;依托科研机构,出版医学前沿图书.     

国际医学教育认证的发展与现状

医学教育认证作为医学教育质量的外部审核机制,其理念和做法已得到广泛认同。国际社会通过加强国际和区域间合作、建立和完善国家级认证体系、召开国际性论坛和研讨会、提供认证相关的培训项目、建立全球性的信息数据库等一系列举措,着力推进认证工作的规范开展。由于不同国家和地区在认识、资源和政策导向等方面的差异,全球医学教育认证制度和体系仍然呈现多元化的格局,认证效果也受到政治因素的影响和政策的制约,有待进一步规范。     

“以结果为基础”的教育在医学教育中的应用——美国威斯康星大学成功应用ACGME能力模型的经验和启示

本文在以结果为基础的教育理念基础上,介绍了美国医学研究生教育认证委员会提出的医学生及医师能力模型,总结了威斯康星大学医学院应用上述模型的成功经验。本研究认为制定严谨而完善的医学生及医师能力标准、针对不同阶段医学生细化操作要求、实施多样化的评估手段是影响以结果为基础的教育在我国医学教育中实施的重要因素。