Evidence-Based Practice in PubMed: Are Shared Filters Useful to Health Sciences Academic Users?

Objectives In April 2010, the Université de Montréal’s Health Sciences Library has implemented shared filters in its institutional PubMed account. Most of these filters are designed to highlight resources for evidence-based practice, such as Clinical Queries, Systematic Reviews and Evidence-based Synopsis. We now want to measure how those filters are perceived and used by our users. Methods For one month, data was gathered through an online questionnaire proposed to users of Université de Montréal’s PubMed account. A print version was also distributed to participants in information literacy workshops given by the health sciences librarians. Respondents were restricted to users affiliated to Université de Montréal’s faculties of Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Sciences, Nursing and Pharmacy. Basic user information such as year/program of study or department affiliation was also collected. The questionnaire allowed users to identify the filters they use, assess the relevance of filters, and also suggest new ones. Results Survey results showed that the shared filters of Université de Montreal’s PubMed account were found useful by the majority of respondents. Filters allowing rapid access to secondary resources ranked among the most relevant (Reviews, Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Practice Guidelines and Clinical Evidence). For Clinical Study Queries, Randomized Controlled Trial (Therapy/Narrow) was considered the most useful. Some new shared filters have been suggested by respondents. Finally, 18% of the respondents indicated that they did not quite understand the relevance of filters. Conclusion Based on the survey results, shared filters considered most useful will be kept, some will be enhanced and others removed so that suggested ones could be added. The fact that some respondents did not understand well the relevance of filters could potentially be addressed through our PubMed workshops, online library guides or by renaming some filters in a more meaningful way

Webinaire : augmenter sa visibilité sur le web : ORCID, Dimensions...

Ce webinaire vous aidera à comprendre l’utilité des profils et identifiants de chercheur.se.s pour augmenter votre visibilité sur le web. On y présente entre autres le profil et identifiant ORCID et des astuces pour y importer vos données facilement à partir d’autres outils tels que Publons et Dimensions.Enregistrement (durée: 00:22:47) sur YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LFzAlaAaj

Ancrage de l'idéologie de l'Union des producteurs agricoles et de l'utopie de l'Union paysanne dans des significations imaginaires sociales

Le but de cette thèse est de découvrir l'idéologie de l'Union des producteurs agricoles et l'utopie de l'Union paysanne et de les interpréter à la lumière de "significations imaginaires sociales" déterminantes de notre période historique. Dans la première partie de notre thèse, nous présentons l'évolution de l'imaginaire social du syndicalisme agricole québécois de 1924 à 2005. Nous distinguons quatre périodes et notre étude s'attarde à la dernière, c'est-à-dire celle qui débute en 2001 avec la naissance de l'Union paysanne. Afin d'étudier cette période nous présentons d'abord l'imaginaire social de la société, c'est-à-dire une configuration de significations imaginaires sociales (SIS) - des "idées-valeurs" générales et "englobantes" - qui fait qu'une société est ce qu'elle est et qu'elle ne pourrait être autrement compte tenu de son noyau de SIS. Ensuite, nous constatons que les travaux d'auteurs importants nous permettent de parler de niveaux et types d'imaginaires sociaux et d'établir des relations entre ces niveaux et formes d'imaginaires sociaux. C'est par l'entremise de la problématique générale agriculture-ruralité que nous démontrons, dans la deuxième partie de cette thèse, que des imaginaires sociaux "intermédiaires" - l'idéologie de l'UPA et l'utopie de la "minorité active", l'UP - permettent, en les ancrant dans quelqu'un et dans quelque chose, d'une part de découvrir les SIS de l'imaginaire social de la société et, d'autre part, de comprendre et d'interpréter ces deux imaginaires sociaux à la lumière des SIS. La problématique agriculture-ruralité est "opérationnalisée" à l'aide des trois dimensions suivantes: rapport à soi, rapport à l'autre et rapport à la nature. Le rapport à soi dévoile que la sphère du travail de l'agriculteur-éleveur dans l'idéologie de l'UPA correspond à la "sphère de la nécessité" qui implique notamment l'hétéronomie des agriculteurs, alors que l'utopie de l'UP la souhaite à la fois comme "sphère de la nécessité" et comme sphère de l'autonomie. Le rapport à l'autre permet de découvrir une utopie préconisant l'égalité des chances entre différents types d'agriculteurs et d'agricultures et entre la relève et les agriculteurs établis ainsi que l'égalité politique en territoire rural agricole. Dans l'idéologie de l'UPA, l'inégalité des chances et l'inégalité politique sont discutables mais inéluctables. Enfin, abstraction faite des nuances, la relation agriculture et nature est à l'utopie de l'UP ce que la relation agriculture ou nature est à l'idéologie de l'UPA. La construction partielle de l'idéologie et de l'utopie, nous permet, dans la troisième et dernière partie de cette thèse, d'y découvrir les SIS et de démontrer que l'utopie trouve son sens et sa cohérence en l'interprétant par l'entremise du naturalisme-écologie, de l'"autonomie" et de l'"autolimitation" comme SIS dominantes et de l'"expansion illimitée de la maîtrise rationnelle" (technique) et du capitalisme (économique) comme SIS "secondaires". Nous découvrons l'inverse dans l'idéologie de l'UPA. Les SIS dominantes et les SIS "secondaires" de l'utopie de l'UP sont respectivement les SIS secondaires et les SIS dominantes sous-jacentes à l'idéologie de l'UPA, ce qui correspond à la configuration des SIS dominantes de l'imaginaire social des sociétés constitutives de l'Occident contemporain.The main goal of this thesis is to disclose the ideology of the Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) and the utopia of the Union paysanne (UP) and to interpret them by anchoring it in prevailing "social imaginary significations" of our historical period. The first part of the thesis presents the social imaginary evolution of Quebec's agricultural trade unionism from 1924 to 2005. Four periods are established and this thesis is basically a study of the last period beginning in 2001 with the birth of the Union paysanne. To study this period, we first present the global social imaginary as configuration of "social imaginary significations" (SIS) - general and encompassing "ideas-values" - wich explain why a society is what it is and why it can not be otherwise. We then follow the works of significant thinkers allowing us to speak of social imaginaries and the relationship between forms and levels of social imaginaries. In the second part, we demonstrate that, through the general problematique of agricultural-rurality, "intermediate" social imaginaries - anchored in a person and in something through the UPA ideology and the utopia of the UP as an "active minority" - enable us to discover a society's SIS as a whole, and how these SIS make sense of the "intermediate" social imaginaries. The agricultural-rurality problematique is made operational within three dimensions: the relation to the self, the relation to the "other" and, the relation to nature. The relation to the self discloses an ideology in wich the farmer's working sphere is regarded mainly as a "sphere of necessity" wich implies, notably, inescapable alienating working conditions; whereas the UP utopia working sphere combines acceptable wage and the farmers "autonomy". The relation to the "other" unveils a utopia advocating equality of opportunity between types of farming and between established farmers and new comers on the one hand, and political equality between farmers and non farmers in agricultural rural area, on the other hand. In the UPA ideology, the existing inequality of opportunity and political inequality are questionnable but inescapable. Finally, leaving aside the subtleties, the relationship between agriculture and nature is to the UP utopia what the relation between agriculture or nature is to UPA ideology. The partial construction of the ideology and the utopia enables us, in the third and final part, to discover the SIS and to show that the meaning and consistency of the utopia is understandable through naturalism-ideology, autonomy and self-limitation as the dominant SIS and "unlimited expansion of rational mastery" (Technique) and capitalism (Economic) as a secondary SIS. We discover the opposite in the UPA ideology. The dominant SIS and the secondary SIS are inverted in the SIS underlying the UPA ideology, that is to say the SIS configuration of the "imaginary institution" of contemporary western civilisation

Intégrez les plans de cours à votre développement de collection grâce à Syllabo

Introduction Syllabo est une base de données maison visant à faciliter le processus de développement de collection, tout en ciblant le mieux possible les besoins des étudiants. L’objectif est d’atteindre la meilleure adéquation possible entre les collections des bibliothèques de l’Université de Montréal, et les ouvrages et sources d’information mentionnés dans les plans de cours. Méthodologie Le développement de Syllabo a débuté en juin 2009 à la Bibliothèque de la santé, dans la perspective de faciliter le processus de révision des syllabus des cours offerts à chaque trimestre par les facultés et les écoles desservies par les bibliothèques. Un procédurier décrit en détail la configuration de cette base élaborée à l’aide du logiciel EndNote. On y explique les étapes de repérage des syllabus et des données bibliographiques, les champs personnalisés disponibles (sigle du cours, statut du document, suivi des démarches, etc.), le vocabulaire contrôlé et les règles d’écriture associés à ces champs, ainsi que les procédures de sauvegarde. Résultats La base Syllabo facilite maintenant le repérage annuel de nouvelles éditions, assure un suivi plus systématique de toutes les démarches requises, tout en simplifiant les communications avec les professeurs. La Bibliothèque de la santé applique dorénavant cette même méthodologie à la gestion de ses sections référence et de réserve de cours. Exposé La base Syllabo a grandement amélioré l’efficacité du processus de révision des syllabus et est maintenant implantée dans cinq bibliothèques de l’Université de Montréal (Santé, Paramédicale, Optométrie, Lettres et sciences humaines et EPC-Biologie)

Integrating information literacy in health sciences curricula: a case study from Québec

Objective: To portray an information literacy programme demonstrating a high level of integration in health sciences curricula and a teaching orientation aiming towards the development of lifelong learning skills. The setting is a French-speaking North American university. Methods: The offering includes standard workshops such as MEDLINE searching and specialised sessions such as pharmaceutical patents searching. A contribution to an international teaching collaboration in Haiti where workshops had to be thoroughly adapted to the clientele is also presented. Online guides addressing information literacy topics complement the programme. Results and evaluation: A small team of librarians and technicians taught 276 hours of library instruction during the 2011-2012 academic year. Methods used for evaluating information skills include scoring features of literature searches and user satisfaction surveys. Discussion: Privileged contacts between librarians and faculty resulting from embedded library instruction as well as from active participation in library committees result in a growing reputation of library services across academic departments and bring forth collaboration opportunities. Sustainability and evolution of the library instruction programme is warranted by frequent communication with partners in the clinical field, active involvement in academic networks and health library associations, and reflective professional strategies

About the usefulness of contact precautions for carriers of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli

Extended-spectrum β-lactamases producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-E) are increasingly identified in health care facilities. As previously done for the control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, many hospitals have established screening strategies for early identification of patients being carriers of ESBL producers in general and ESBL-E in particular, and have implemented contact precautions (CP) for infected and colonized patients.Methods: The incidence of ESBL-E has been compared retrospectively between two French university hospitals (A and B) with different infection control policies over a 5-year long period of time (2006–2010).Results: While hospital A only implemented standard precautions after identification of patients colonized with ESBL-E, hospital B recommended additional CP. During the period of the study, the ESBL-E incidence rate significantly increased in both hospitals, but no significant difference was observed between the two hospitals.Conclusions: This observational study did not reveal that additional CP measures had a greater impact on the incidence of ESBL-E in hospital settings

Patient satisfaction with E-Oral Health care in rural and remote settings: a systematic review protocol

BACKGROUND: Individuals living in rural and remote settings face oral health problems and access-to-care barriers due to the shortage of oral health care providers in these areas, geographic remoteness, lack of appropriate infrastructure and lower socio-economic status. E-Oral Health technology could mitigate these barriers by providing the delivery of some aspects of health care and exchange of information across geographic distances. This review will systematically evaluate the literature on patient satisfaction with received E-Oral Health care in rural and remote communities. METHODS: This systematic review will include interventional and observational studies in which E-Oral Health technology is used as an intervention in rural and remote communities of any country worldwide. Conventional oral health care will be used as a comparator when provided. Patient satisfaction with received E-Oral Health care will be considered as a primary outcome for this review. Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, EMBASE and Global Health will be searched using a comprehensive search strategy. Two review authors will independently screen results to identify potentially eligible studies and independently extract the data from the included studies. A third author will resolve any discrepancies between reviewers. Two independent researchers will assess the risk of bias and the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation. DISCUSSION: The potential implications and benefits of E-Oral Health care can inform policymakers and health care professionals to take advantage of this technology to address health care challenges in these areas

Electrochemical Method for Direct Deposition of Nanometric Bismuth and Its Electrochemical Properties vs Li

We report that nanometric bismuth can directly be electrodeposited at room temperature without the use of a nanoporous template. The morphology, microstructure, and purity of the as-prepared electrodeposits were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and infrared spectroscopy. Typically, well-crystallized nanometer-sized particles of Bi ranging from 10 to 20 nm are obtained. The key to success of such a process lies in the electrochemical coreduction of pyrocatechol violet during the bismuth deposition, which disturbs the electrocrystallization process. As a first possible application, we show that Bi/Cu nanoarchitectured electrodes exhibit interesting rate capabilities when used as electrode material vs Li

Accident Damage Analysis Module (ADAM) – Technical Guidance, Software tool for Consequence Analysis calculations

This report provides a technical description of the modelling and assumptions of the Accident Damage Analysis Module (ADAM) software application, which has been recently developed by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC) to assess physical effects of an industrial accident resulting from an unintended release of a dangerous substanceJRC.E.2-Technology Innovation in Securit