Helwig, Melissa: Recent submissions
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The impact of transitional care programs on health services utilization in community-dwelling older adults: A systematic review
(Wolters Kluwer, 2018-02)Objective: The objective was to identify and synthesize the best available evidence on the impact of transitional care programs on various forms of health services utilization in community-dwelling older adults. Introduction: ... -
Health Sciences Librarian Participation in Continuing Education Initiatives: A Scoping Review
(2022-06-12)Introduction Continuing education (CE) is an expectation of many healthcare professionals and librarians to maintain credentials and keep their skills current. Since librarians have experience providing instruction, ... -
Deprescribing Interventions in Primary Health Care Mapped to the Behaviour Change Wheel: A Scoping Review
(Elsevier, 2021-07)Background: Polypharmacy and inappropriate medication use are an increasing concern. Deprescribing may improve medication use through planned and supervised dose reduction or stopping of medications. As most medication ... -
Cite it right!: An Introduction to Citation Styles and Citation Management Tools
(2021-01-05)APA Style, Vancouver Style, Chicago Style and more! Have you been asked to include citations in papers or follow a particular citation style in your projects but you’re unsure where to start? This session will introduce ... -
Key Priorities to Implement Deprescribing in Primary Health Care in Nova Scotia: Results from the Deprescribing in Primary Health Care in Nova Scotia Knowledge Exchange Event (June 20, 2019)
(2020-03-03)Inappropriate medication use and polypharmacy are associated with increased adverse drug reactions, hospitalizations and mortality. Deprescribing has been found to decrease the use of medications and medication costs and ... -
Local capacity for quality evidence syntheses: methodological and reporting quality of systematic reviews from Dalhousie University-affiliated reviewers
(Cochrane Colloquium Abstracts, 2018-09)Background: In order to best support the conduct of systematic reviews (SRs) in our institutional setting, we set out to examine the SRs produced by Dalhousie University affiliates. Initiation of an institutional subscription ... -
Formation of a Collaborative Interprofessional Primary Healthcare Deprescribing Research Team in Nova Scotia
(2019-06)Study objective: To describe the development of a collaborative interprofessional primary health care deprescribing research team in Nova Scotia. Methods: Initiated by two College of Pharmacy faculty members, a core ... -
Supporting digital identities at academic libraries
(2019-06)In the academic world there is intensifying interest in the creation and maintenance of online professional identities. Academic librarians must work through how to match that interest with services and use of library ... -
It's Time for a Makeover! Remodeling our Medicine Subject Guide to Improve Usage and Impact.
(Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Journal de l'Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada, 2019-06)The Medicine subject guide for UGME at Dalhousie University was once one of the most highly used guides offered, but usage has steadily declined over the past few years. While revising and updating our guide, we also want ... -
Impact of Research Consults: Development and Implementation of a Survey at the W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library.
(Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Journal de l'Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada, 2019-06)Introduction: Individual research consults in academic libraries are rarely evaluated, and when they are, their impact on scholarly pursuit or the specific projects for which the consults were booked is not assessed. We ... -
Lights, Camera, Learn! A Cross-Organizational Approach to Noon-Hour Information Literacy Instruction
(Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Journal de l'Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada, 2018-06)Introduction: Lunch and learn series are a common method of education delivery in healthcare. Increasingly, learners want and expect the option to view recordings and supplemental materials afterwards. How do librarians ... -
Mapping the Methodologies Used in Retraction Reviews
(Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Journal de l'Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada, 2018-06)Introduction: The impact of retracted publications has been studied across disciplines using various review methods often with limited search documentation, making replication and validation difficult. Retraction studies ... -
Re-examining the words we used: Revamping our LibGuides for improved user engagement
(Workshop for Instruction for Library Use (WILU), 2019-05)Early in our LibGuide revision planning process we examined how other universities in Canada and abroad organize their guides in select subject areas, what content they prioritize, and how they label the LibGuide navigation. ... -
Mobile Device Use in Pharmacy: A Multi-Institutional Study
(2015)Although there are studies that explore the use of mobile devices by physicians and pharmacists, there has not been a study to date that examines the prevalence and usage patterns of mobile devices amongst pharmacy students ... -
Research Support in Health Sciences Libraries: A Scoping Review
(2018)Background: As part of a health sciences library’s internal assessment of its research support services, an environmental scan and literature review were conducted to identify research services offered elsewhere in Canada. ... -
Mapping the literature of hospital pharmacy
(2016-04)OBJECTIVES: This study describes the literature of hospital pharmacy and identifies the journals most commonly cited by authors in the field, the publication types most frequently cited, the age of citations, and the ... -
Inquiry, strategy, context: Information literacy threshold concepts and the curriculum
(2016-06)Threshold concepts have recently ignited the discussion around information literacy, and have provided a context for librarians to re-evaluate how we contribute to student success. Last year, the Association of College & ... -
Waking up the library tour: Keeping it interesting with Instagram
(Atlantic Provinces Library Association, 2014-11)