Palliative Care Knowledge for All Australians: Librarians’ Work within a Multidisciplinary Team Creating a National Health Knowledge Network

Sarah Hayman and Jennifer Tieman

IFLA World Library and Information CongressCape Town, August 2015

Who are we?Sarah HaymanResearch Fellow (Evidence), Flinders Filters, Flinders University (formerly with CareSearch)

Jennifer TiemanAssociate Professor, Palliative and Supportive Services; Director of CareSearch; Chief Investigator of Flinders Filters

CareSearch

Flinders Filters

What I shall cover today

• Introduction to CareSearch• Evidence based information and CareSearch• Teamwork and CareSearch• Librarians in CareSearch• Anatomy of a CareSearch Hub• Concluding Remarks

Introduction to CareSearch

Evidence Based Information and CareSearch

CareSearch:– identifies evidence– enables access to evidence– supports creation of evidence

through research– bases service provision on

evidence• website design• user engagement• communication • education and training• evaluation• continuous improvement

Evidence Based Information and CareSearch … ctd.

The Knowledge Translation Cycle

http://ktclearinghouse.ca/knowledgebase/knowledgetoaction

Teamwork and CareSearch

Librarians in CareSearch

Smart Searching

Search Filter Development1. Establish Expert Advisory Group2. Determine scope3. Investigate literature terminology4. Create gold standard set5. Divide into subsets: Term Identification, Filter Development and Filter

Validation6. Identify and test candidate search terms7. Build and test search strategy8. Validate strategy’s sensitivity in the Filter Validation set9. Validate strategy’s sensitivity in an external validation set if available10.Assess precision through post hoc relevance testing11. Translate the search filter for PubMed12.Develop expert topic searches 13.Publish, communicate, disseminate, promote14.Provide training

Anatomy of a CareSearch Hub

Concluding Thoughts• Multidisciplinary team members in CareSearch supplement each

other’s broad range of skills• Librarians’ skills include:

o skills in finding, analysing and organising informationo supporting information needso training users in information literacy

• Colleagues’ skills include:o clinical and research experience in palliative careo Skills in knowledge translationo technical web expertise and experienceo Skills in marketingo Expertise in public administration and finance

• In the supporting academic context, both education and research are integral

• Triple strand of activity supports and delivers palliative care: clinical practice, research and education

Thank you

Sarah Haymansarah.hayman@flinders.edu.au

Jennifer Tiemanjennifer.tieman@flinders.edu.au

www.caresearch.com.au CareSearch and Flinders Filters teams

CareSearch would like to thank the many people who contribute their time and expertise to the project, including members of the National Advisory Group and the Knowledge Network Management Group.

CareSearch is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health.

www.caresearch.com.au