Analysis of the Reporting of Search Strategies in Cochrane Systematic Reviews

Background: The Cochrane Handbook provides instructions for documenting the search strategy for a systematic review, listing the elements of the search strategy that should be included in the description. The purpose of detailed documentation of the search is to ensure that the process is replicable. Objective: To analyze recently published Cochrane reviews to determine whether the guidelines for describing search strategies are being followed. Methods: Sixty-nine of 83 new reviews added to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews in 1st quarter 2006 were randomly selected for analysis. Thirteen were excluded because the search strategies depended solely on Specialized Registers of trials. The remaining 56 reviews were analyzed for the seven elements of a search strategy description listed in the Handbook. Results: Of the 56 reviews analyzed, none included all seven elements of the search strategy description. Four reviews included six elements. One review included only two elements. The 56 reviews that were analyzed represent 31 different Cochrane Review Groups. Conclusion: The Cochrane guidelines for reporting search strategies are not being consistently employed by groups producing Cochrane reviews

Pediatric obesity‐related curricular content and training in dental schools and dental hygiene programs: systematic review and recommendations

ObjectivesThe authors conducted a systematic review to determine: a) What dental schools and dental hygiene programs are doing to promote knowledge and skills related to addressing childhood obesity and to reduce consumption of sugar‐sweetened beverages (SSBs) and b) What else these schools and programs could do to better equip future oral health professionals to address childhood obesity and reduce consumption of SSBs.MethodsThe authors searched PubMed, Scopus, Education Full Text (EBSCOHost), and ERIC (EBSCOHost) to identify peer‐reviewed publications reporting on obesity or dietetic‐related curricula in dental and dental hygiene education within the last 20 years. Three studies met inclusion and exclusion criteria. Outcomes of the identified studies were abstracted and summarized independently by two investigators.ResultsThe first study describes a 2009 survey of pediatric dentistry residents. Approximately, half had received formal training yet they lacked essential knowledge or skills for managing children who were obese. The second study describes nutrition‐related coursework offered in the second year of a predoctoral dental school curriculum in Saudi Arabia, and the third study reports on the development of an “oral health rotation” dietetic internship in a pediatric dentistry clinic, in the context of interprofessional education (IPE).ConclusionsEvidence of dental schools’ and dental hygiene programs’ efforts to address obesity and SSB consumption in children in their curricula is scant, while Commission on Dental Accreditation standards make sporadic mentions of diet and nutrition. Opportunities exist to leverage existing resources and innovative, experiential approaches, including IPE, to formally, and effectively address this important issue in predoctoral oral health education.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/138365/1/jphd12236.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/138365/2/jphd12236_am.pd

Staff Perceptions of LibAnswers

Introduction: User Services Department at UNC Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library: * Supports Schools of Dentistry, Nursing, Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Health and a teaching hospital * Staffed by 11 librarians, 7 information associates, 3 graduate assistants, 13 students. LibAnswers is a new third-party application: * Provides email and text/SMS presentation and tracking tools * Includes an integrated FAQ knowledgebase * Offers a statistics module to record data from other reference interactions. User Services Department launched LibAnswers July 1, 2010

Examining Two Instructional Methods: Is One More Magnificent than the Other?

Each year, a Librarian teaches PubMed searching to DDS students during two 50-minute class sessions of the one-credit School of Dentistry course, Information Management for Clinical Practice. In spring 2005, both DDS_1 And DDS_2 were required to take the course. Neither group had previous instruction from the Health Sciences Library. The groups were taught separately using two different instructional methods in order to evaluate which method was most effective

Building capacity in a health sciences library to support global health projects

This paper describes how a large, academic health sciences library built capacity for supporting global health at its university and discusses related outcomes. Lean budgets require prioritization and organizational strategy. A committee, with leadership responsibilities assigned to one librarian, guided strategic planning and the pursuit of collaborative, global health outreach activities. A website features case studies and videos of user stories to promote how library partnerships successfully contributed to global health projects. Collaborative partnerships were formed through outreach activities and from follow-up to reference questions. The committee and a librarian's dedicated time established the library's commitment to help the university carry out its ambitious global agenda

The Evolving Reference Collection: Examining Turbulent Waters

Electronic, Print, or Both? Making Choices When the Budget is Shrinking: Our Process: We started with the Standing Order List and searched for electronic versions. The following checklist evolved as we made title-by-title decisions: *Compare cost of each format (electronic may be free!) *Arrange for trial access before purchasing an electronic product *Consider both user and librarian demand for a particular format *Test ease and speed of use of electronic vs. print *Compare ability to search and to browse for information *Compare currency of the information in each format *Consider labor involved in print loose leaf services *Monitor use of print titles with electronic versions. Stop purchasing those that are seldom used, except for titles with archival value *Evaluate the archival value of print in your collectio

The impact of chronic conditions on the economic burden of cancer survivorship: a systematic review

This systematic review examines the excess cost of chronic conditions on the economic burden of cancer survivorship among adults in the US

Dreaming of the Perfect Fit: A Structured Evaluation of Four Reference Management Tools Supporting Collaborative Research

Background: F1000 Workspace, Mendeley, EndNote Basic (without Web of Science), and EndNote Desktop/Online are tools that facilitate building shared libraries of references with attached PDFs for groups such as research labs, medical residents and co-authors. This evaluation compares specific functionality of these tools to help librarians match recommendations with user needs. Methods: The structured evaluation includes these metrics: sharing; access; importing citations, PDFs, and databases; duplicate removal; ability to organize and make notes; ease of installing a word plugin; styles available for bibliography references; ability to upload and track versions of a co-authored article; and product support. Results: Sharing: F1000W and EndNote offer unlimited shared ”projects” and “groups,” respectively, although whole libraries may not be shared with EndNote Basic. EndNote desktop allows syncing one library with an online account. All the references in this library can be shared from the desktop with other EndNote v.7+ users, or by sharing groups within the library via the online account. Desktop users can accept unlimited library sharing invitations. Free Mendeley accounts offer one private group with 3 members. An institutional license provides unlimited groups with 25 members. Access: F1000W and EndNote Basic are entirely web based. Mendeley and EndNote are desktop based with online interfaces. Importing: All programs have browser web importers and import files in a variety of standard formats and, with the exception of EndNote Basic, will create records from PDFs of articles with DOIs. Deduplicating: F1000W merges exact duplicates on import. All products have tools to identify and merge duplicates upon verification. Organizing in shared groups: Mendeley has shared multi-level folders and tags; other products share just folders. Notes: All products, with the exception of EndNote Basic, provide highlighting and notes within stored PDFs. Mendeley and F1000W display PDF notes in the records and notes can be directly added to the records. Citing tool: Word plugins are easy to install for all programs. F1000W has a Google Docs add-in. Styles: EndNote Basic has 21 styles, while the other programs provide hundreds. Editing styles is available via support request in F1000W, in EndNote Desktop but not in EndNote Basic, and in Mendeley for those with scripting skills. Manuscripts: F1000W has a manuscript sharing tool with version tracking. Support: Response time to support requests are shortest in F1000W. Conclusions: The poster details user needs and tool recommendations in 4 cases: medical resident, public health student, systematic review team and research lab

F1000 Workspace

F1000 Workspace (F1000W) is a relative newcomer to the reference database scene, joining the ranks of EndNote, RefWorks, Mendeley, Papers, and Zotero. In 2015, the London-based Science Navigation Group launched F1000W, the third of a suite of products originally branded as the Faculty of 1000 with the goal of “Changing the way sci-ence is communicated” [1]. The first of this trio of products, F1000 Prime, was released in 2002 to pro-vide expert recommendations about the best research articles in biology and medicine. Following in 2012, F1000 Research is an open access, open science journal that facilitates rapid publication of life sciences findings with transparent post-publication peer review