Information specialists and Health technology Assessment: collaborating or transferring skills?
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Information specialists and Health Technology Information specialists and Health Technology Assessment: collaborating or transferring skills? Assessment: collaborating or transferring skills? Patrice CHALON, Laurence KOHN What we would like to share… z Information specialists must meet their users to learn their needs and demands z Information specialists are seen as an important support when searching the evidence z Close collaboration with information specialists is seen as a valuable scenario… once suggested Contact [email protected] Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE) http://kce.fgov.be What literature says… What we planned… Public KCE experts in HTA, the Information Specialist (IS) Intervention Experts conduct the literature search on their own Comparison Literature search is conducted by an Information Specialist, in collaboration with the expert Outcome Process efficiency, time management, expert well-being What we conclude… KCE experts are happy with the existing situation, which corresponds to what they did previously. Some aspects could still be enhanced in the context of HTA: z The access to more e-journals has been achieved by participating to a consortium: this must be further developed. Providing rapidly a copy of articles is also essential: Inter-Library Loan will continue, other options will be explored. z Training must be established on a regular basis to take into account the turnover of experts. Knowledge sharing should be enhanced, live solution should be preferred to IT tools. z Lack of time can not be solved by the Information specialist, but keeping services efficient is essential. Systematically ask the Information Specialist to control the literature search process is suggested by the experts. “(…) it is advisable to consult health information specialists. These experts can be especially helpful when planning which databases to search, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and other aspects of literature searches.” Goodman CS, The Lewin Group. HTA 101. [Webpage] 2004 2007-07-20 [cited 2008-06- 04] “The selection of resources for elucidating the question can often be carried out advantageously by an information specialist/librarian who is familiar with the various databases and knows how to search the individual databases.” Børlum Kristensen F, Sigmund H. Health Technology Assessment Handbook. Copenhagen: Danish Centre for Health Technology Assessment, National Board of Health 2008. “The HTA researcher will find it beneficial to work with an information specialist to identify information for an assessment.” Etext on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Information Resources. [Webpage] 2004 2004- 11-16 [cited 2008-06-04] “The systematic literature search starts with an interview between main reviewer and information specialist who has to understand the research scenario.” Guba B. The Role of the Information Specialist in the Context of Health Technology Assessment. EAHIL Workshop 2007: Pathway to new roles. Krakow, Poland: EAHIL 2007. “Literature search prepared by Information Specialist (…)” Brown A. Reviewing the Economic Evidence on Point-of-Care Devices for Oral Anticoagulation: An Application of the CADTH Economic Guidelines. 5th Canadian Cochrane Symposium: Knowledge for Health. Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Cochrane Centre 2007. “The ten roles identified are: project leader, project manager, literature searcher, reference manager, document supplier, critical appraiser, data extractor, data synthesiser, report writer and disseminator.” Beverley CA, Booth A, Bath PA. The role of the information specialist in the systematic review process: a health information case study. Health information and libraries journal. 2003 Jun;20(2):65-74. What we learned… THREATS z Several interfaces to bibliographical databases z Not enough e-journals z Lack of time to control the strategy z Lack of time to update the strategy z EndNote custom files managed by the Information Specialist only STRENGTHS z KCE experts are happy with the current situation z collaboration with colleagues brings other vision (multi disciplinary) z templates and procedures allow a transparency z selection of article by two experts in parallel reduces subjectivity z searching literature directly facilitates the project management WEAKNESSES z time to control the strategy is often scarce z time to update the strategy is often lacking OPPORTUNITIES Library services z Access to Bibliographical databases z Access to e-journals (VDIC consortium) z Articles from ILL Tools z Procedures z Templates z EndNote Training and support z Support from colleagues (knowledge transfer) z Support from the Information Specialist (counselling, quality control) z Internal trainings (by the IS or field experts) z External trainings (CEBAM: Belgian Cochrane Centre) Focus group (2 hours)
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Information specialists and Health Technology Information specialists and Health Technology Assessment: collaborating or transferring skills?Assessment: collaborating or transferring skills?
Patrice CHALON, Laurence KOHN
What we would like to share…Information specialists must meet their users to learn their needs and demandsInformation specialists are seen as an important support when searching the evidenceClose collaboration with information specialists is seen as a valuable scenario… once suggested
[email protected] Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE)http://kce.fgov.be
What literature says… What we planned…Public KCE experts in HTA, the Information Specialist (IS)
Intervention Experts conduct the literature search on their own
Comparison Literature search is conducted by an Information Specialist, in collaboration with the expert
Outcome Process efficiency, time management, expert well-being
What we conclude…KCE experts are happy with the existing situation, which corresponds to what they did previously. Some aspects could still be enhanced in the context of HTA:
The access to more e-journals has been achieved by participating to a consortium: this must be further developed. Providing rapidly a copy of articles is also essential: Inter-Library Loan will continue, other options will be explored.
Training must be established on a regular basis to take into account the turnover of experts. Knowledge sharing should be enhanced, live solution should be preferred to IT tools.
Lack of time can not be solved by the Information specialist, but keeping services efficient is essential. Systematically ask the Information Specialist to control the literature search process is suggested by the experts.
“(…) it is advisable to consult health information specialists. These experts can be especially helpful when planning which databases to search, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and other aspects of literature searches.” Goodman CS, The Lewin Group. HTA 101. [Webpage] 2004 2007-07-20 [cited 2008-06-04]
“The selection of resources for elucidating the question can often be carried out advantageously by an information specialist/librarian who is familiar with the various databases and knows how to search the individual databases.” Børlum Kristensen F, Sigmund H. Health Technology Assessment Handbook. Copenhagen: Danish Centre for Health Technology Assessment, National Board of Health 2008.
“The HTA researcher will find it beneficial to work with an information specialist to identify information for an assessment.”Etext on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Information Resources. [Webpage] 2004 2004-11-16 [cited 2008-06-04]
“The systematic literature search starts with an interview between main reviewer and information specialist who has to understand the research scenario.”Guba B. The Role of the Information Specialist in the Context of Health Technology Assessment. EAHIL Workshop 2007: Pathway to new roles. Krakow, Poland: EAHIL 2007.
“Literature search prepared by Information Specialist (…)”Brown A. Reviewing the Economic Evidence on
Point-of-Care Devices for Oral Anticoagulation: An Application of the CADTH Economic Guidelines. 5th Canadian Cochrane Symposium: Knowledge for Health. Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Cochrane Centre 2007.
“The ten roles identified are: project leader, project manager, literature searcher, reference manager, document supplier, critical appraiser, data extractor, data synthesiser, report writer and disseminator.”Beverley CA, Booth A, Bath PA. The role of the information specialist in the systematic review process: a health information case study. Health information and libraries journal. 2003 Jun;20(2):65-74.
What we learned…
THREATSSeveral interfaces
to bibliographical databasesNot enough e-journalsLack of time to
control the strategyLack of time to
update the strategyEndNote custom files
managed by the Information Specialist only
STRENGTHSKCE experts are happy with the current situationcollaboration with colleagues brings other vision (multi disciplinary) templates and procedures allow a transparencyselection of article by two experts in parallel reduces subjectivitysearching literature directly facilitates the project management
WEAKNESSEStime to control the strategy is often scarcetime to update the strategy is often lacking
OPPORTUNITIESLibrary services
Access to Bibliographical databasesAccess to e-journals (VDIC consortium)Articles from ILL
ToolsProcedures
TemplatesEndNote
Training and supportSupport from colleagues(knowledge transfer)Support from the Information
Specialist(counselling, quality control)Internal trainings(by the IS or field experts)External trainings(CEBAM: Belgian Cochrane Centre)
Focus group (2 hours)
Information specialists and Health Technology Assessment: collaborating or transfering skills?
AuthorPatrice CHALON, Laurence KOHNInstitutionBelgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE), Brussels, BelgiumPresenting authorPatrice Chalon
AbstractHealth Technology Assessment (HTA) is the process by which evidence on the clinical
effectiveness and the costs and benefits, long term as well as short term, of transferring the technology into clinical practice is systematically evaluated and recommendations generated as to the best approach.
Information specialists or librarians are usually involved in the Health Technology Assessment process. They help their patrons in writing the search question, search the appropriate bibliographic databases with all their knowledge in order to retrieve the most pertinent citations, and provide support in the management of the references. They may also assess the results by themselves or take part to the writing of the report. In some case, the Information Specialist teaches and advises experimented scientists who lead the literature searching.
At the Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE – Belgium), the information specialist organises the transfer of information literacy skills to the scientists. Those trainings are provided by the information specialist or by scientists experimented in Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) and Health Technology Assessment (HTA). The scientists are then independent in their work process and the project planning is not dependant on the availability of the information specialist.
In this paper, we will present how we organize this skills transfer, the first results and the planned improvement.
