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ReviewJournal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA2020

Designing a model of professional ethics excellence for clinical librarians.

Hasan Ashrafi-Rizi, Zahra Kazempour, Fatemeh Sheikhshoaei, Zahra Ghazavi

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Review in Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Hasan Ashrafi-Rizihassanashrafi@mng.mui.ac.ir, Professor, Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6052-2087
Zahra Kazempourzahrakazempour00@gmail.com, Assistant Professor, Library and Information Science, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6834-2814
Fatemeh Sheikhshoaei(corresponding author), fashoaei@sina.tums.ac.ir, Assistant Professor, Medical Library and Information Sciences, School of Allied Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8804-5403
Zahra Ghazavighazaviz@ymail.com, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveDeveloping and promoting professional ethics principles for clinical librarians can help the health care system balance the interests of all stakeholders, including clinical librarians, health care professionals, and patients. Therefore, the goal of this study was to design a model of professional ethics excellence for clinical librarians.

methodsThe authors conducted a descriptive applied study using literature review and the delphi method. The delphi panel included eleven experts in medical librarianship, library and information sciences, or information sciences and knowledge studies.

resultsAfter the delphi rounds, five concepts and forty-six components were identified and confirmed to provide a model of professional ethics excellence for clinical librarians. The highest-rated concept was excellence in communication. The highest-rated component was mastery in developing search strategies in information resources and databases.

conclusionsIdentifying and applying principles of professional ethics among clinical librarians can enhance the professionalization of clinical librarians and result in better information services for physicians. Furthermore, incorporating these principles into the curriculum for health sciences library and information sciences students or into workshops for active clinical librarians can further formalize the profession and practice of evidence-based medicine.

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Ethics, ProfessionalLibrariansHumansInformation ServicesLibrary Science

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PMID33013214
PMCPMC7524624

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