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ArticleJournal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA2014

Evidence-based practice instruction by faculty members and librarians in North American optometry and ophthalmology programs.

Katherine A MacDonald, Patricia K Hrynchak, Marlee M Spafford

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Article in Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Standards for vision science librarians: 2026 review and revisions.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Katherine A MacDonald(corresponding author), kamacdonald@uwaterloo.ca , Head, Information Services and Resources, Dana Porter Library; patricia.hrynchak@uwaterloo.ca , Clinical Professor and Head, Primary Care Clinic, School of Optometry and Vision Science; marlee.spafford@uwaterloo.ca , Associate Dean of Science, Undergraduate Studies, and Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science; University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Patricia K Hrynchak(corresponding author), kamacdonald@uwaterloo.ca , Head, Information Services and Resources, Dana Porter Library; patricia.hrynchak@uwaterloo.ca , Clinical Professor and Head, Primary Care Clinic, School of Optometry and Vision Science; marlee.spafford@uwaterloo.ca , Associate Dean of Science, Undergraduate Studies, and Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science; University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Marlee M Spafford(corresponding author), kamacdonald@uwaterloo.ca , Head, Information Services and Resources, Dana Porter Library; patricia.hrynchak@uwaterloo.ca , Clinical Professor and Head, Primary Care Clinic, School of Optometry and Vision Science; marlee.spafford@uwaterloo.ca , Associate Dean of Science, Undergraduate Studies, and Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science; University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

North American optometry and ophthalmology faculty members and vision science librarians were surveyed online (14% response rate) about teaching evidence-based practice (EBP). Similar to studies of other health care programs, all five EBP steps (Ask, Acquire, Appraise, Apply, Assess) were taught to varying degrees. Optometry and ophthalmology EBP educators may want to place further emphasis on (1) the Apply and Assess steps, (2) faculty- and student-generated questions and self-assessment in clinical settings, (3) online teaching strategies, (4) programmatic integration of EBP learning objectives, and (5) collaboration between faculty members and librarians.

Indexed as

Computer-Assisted InstructionDatabases, BibliographicEvidence-Based PracticeFaculty, MedicalHumansInformation Storage and RetrievalLibrariansLibraries, MedicalOphthalmologyOptometryUnited States

Identifiers

PMID25031564
PMCPMC4076132

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