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Semesters: Year One
Our first year on semesters is behind us, and a little celebration is in order. The changes brought about by the switch to semesters rippled through the entire year, but in many cases I saw students use these changes to their advantage and develop extremely interesting research projects. Several of the classes that I worked with over the past year took full advantage of this opportunity, leading to more in depth research and better research papers. On the quarter system, History 2800 (Introduction to the Discipline of History) packed a huge amount of information into ten weeks. Students enrolled in this class engaged directly in the secondary literature of their chosen topic and developed a unique research question that…
Good Thinking, Critical Thinking, Info Lit and EBP
As educators, we often hope our students will, through hard work and determination, reach a level of critical thinking that allows them to face the unknown with confidence. As a librarian educator who works primarily with medical students and faculty, staff nurses and nursing students and faculty, my vision for students is to be able to critically think about research literature to ultimately improve the care of their patients. I can dissect and teach the process of asking a question, searching and retrieving evidence, evaluating that evidence, and applying findings to a real-world situation. I can further dissect the critical appraisal process for biomedical literature, prompting the student to examine the study’s relevancy, internal validity, clinical significance and statistical…
