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University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences Library
Mr. Masimba Muziringa
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My participation at this Health Libraries Group Conference 2012, has been made possible
courtesy of a bursary from CILIP HLG.
I want to thank them all for affording me this great opportunity.
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Brief background about Zimbabwe
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Understanding the role of the University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences
(UZ CHS) Library to inform medical education, teaching, research, and
improved health outcomes in Zimbabwe.
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Interesting Questions?
• What is the role of the medical library in medical education and teaching?
• Is the medical library important in medical research?
• Is the medical librarian a valid member of the healthcare delivery team?
• Are there any new skills required to function and perform effectively in this environment?
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Presentation Overview
• Background to the UZCHS Library• Access to Information resources.• Training Programmes
– Health Information Literacy– Evidence based medicine literature searching– Information Retrieval and Online Research.
• Partnerships and collaborations• Conclusion
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Background to UZCHS Library
• UZCHS Library is the medical branch unit of the University of Zimbabwe Libraries
• Currently the ONLY Medical Library in Zimbabwe.
• It caters for 23 teaching departments as well as 4 research institutes.
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• It has the mandate of providing access to scholarly medical information.
• Supports medical education, teaching and research in Zimbabwe.
• Nominated as the national focal point for the dissemination of health information in Zimbabwe.
• UZCHS Library is also the W.H.O country depository library
Background…..contd
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Access to Information Resources• 70 000 printed copies of health sciences
textbooks.
• Provides access to 6 000 e-Books.
• Access to 8 500 journals through HINARI.
• INASP PERI resources
• UpToDate Clinical database
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HINARI homepage
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UpToDate Point-of-Care Database
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UpToDate search results
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Access to ICT infrastructure..
• Wireless connection available
• Internet bandwidth has been increased from 50 to the current 150 megabits per second. (A 10 paged article can take less than 1 minute to
download)
• Internet access available to students, medical researchers, academics, clinicians.
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Three Pieces of the Puzzle
AVAILABILITY OF
RESOURCES
ACCESSTO
RESOURCES
UTILISATIO N OF THE
RESOURCES
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Health Information Literacy Training
• 7 NLM Affiliates/Associates from Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia & Zimbabwe submitted a proposal to NLM to develop IL manual.
• There was a need to standardise the training of Health Information Literacy in Africa.
• The course is now being taught and is part of the curriculum at UZ CHS.
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Health Information Literacy Training: Modules
Module 1-Information Sources
Module 2-Searching Tools
Module 3- Searching Techniques Module 4-Intellectual Property Rights
Module 5-Evaluating & Managing Information Resources
Module 6-Communication Skills
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Health Information Literacy: Training manual
• The NAML received funding from the National Library of Medicine (NLM)in USA for the production of the manual.
• The manual has also been translated into French and Portuguese and is also available in print as well as an online versions.
• Currently the manual is being used to train health care professionals in Africa.
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Health Information Literacy: Online Manual
http://karibouconnections.net/wordpress/medlibafrica/training_module/index.html
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NAML :Network Members
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Information Retrieval and Online Research
• The UZCHS library conducted a needs survey on the utilisation of electronic resources among academic staff.
• The survey indicated a lamenting lack in:– Knowledge of the electronic resources available– The skills in accessing and retrieving the
information.– Critical skills of evaluating the literature.
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Information Retrieval and Online Research
• As a direct response, the UZCHS came up with an evidence informed training curriculum that covered:• Planning a research search strategy• Generic ICT skills required in online research.• Evaluation of information sources• Reference management and anti plagiarism.
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Training in Progress
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Information Retrieval and Online Research: Evaluation
• Post training assessment done have currently showed:
– Increased utilisation of electronic resources through download statistics.
– Increased research output by medical researchers through total number of articles published in a year.
– Improved quality in research.
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Evidence Based Medicine Literature Searching
• The UZCHS has started rolling out trainings on evidence based literature searching which are aimed at improving access to information that results in improved health care delivery..
• This training seeks to achieve these objectives:– Constructing a clinical question.– Search strategy formulation using a PICO.– Selection of appropriate sources for searching– Appraising the evidence for its validity and
applicability.
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Searching Strategy Overview: Formulate clinical questions
• Patient, Population, Problem.– What are the characteristics of the patient or population?– What is the condition or disease you are interested in.
• Intervention or exposure– What do you want to do with this patient (e.g treat,
diagnose, observe?)• Comparison
– What is the alternative to the intervention (e. g Placebo, different drug, surgery?)
• Outcome– What are the relevant outcomes (e.g morbidity, death,
complications)
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Example of a Case
• In female diabetic adult patients, the treatment given at a rural clinic for vaginal candida is clotrimazole vaginal cream. Could there be a shorter period to cure if miconazole were used instead?
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Answerable question
TherapyMiconazole Vaginal Cream
Clotrimazole Vaginal Cream
Reduced period to cure, candida
Female Diabetic Adults With Vaginal Candida
In [Female Diabetic Adults With Vaginal Candida] is [Miconazole Vaginal Cream] better than [Clotrimazole Vaginal Cream] at [reducing Period to cure of candida]?
P I C O DOMAIN
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Outreach Activities
• UZCHS Library has a mandate of being the national focal point for the dissemination of health information.
• Capacity building programmes in finding, organising and using health information– Health Sciences Librarians– Health care professionals
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Partnerships and Collaborations: Resource Mobilisation
• Health Inter Network Access to Research Initiatives (HINARI)
• INASP PERI programme• Book Aid International• Global Health Delivery Online (UpToDate
Clinical Database)• ITOCA
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Partnerships and Collaborations: Professional
• Zimbabwe Health Libraries Consortium
• Network of African Medical Librarians (NAML)
• Association of Health Information Libraries in Africa (AHILA)
• CILIP HLG/ILIH/PHI
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Challenges
• Limited/No budgetary support for collection development.
• Limited computing training facilities.
• Limited support for outreach programmes
• Limited support for capacity building programmes
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Opportunities and the way forward
• Stronger collaborations and cooperation
• Capacity building initiatives
• Sustainability
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Thank you