Table 3.
Educational needs for clinical informationist
| n | Main needs | Secondary needs | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Research methods and statistics | Familiarity with qualitative and quantitative research methods | [5,8,12,14,15,16,17,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27] |
| Familiarity with medical research methods | |||
| Knowledge of research design, interpretation, and evaluation | |||
| Familiarity with design and implementation of systematic reviews | |||
| Critical evaluation | |||
| Biostatistics and clinical statistics | |||
| Clinical epidemiology | |||
| 2 | Education | Ability to develop patient educational programs | [1,3,5,8,10,12,15,16,20,24,25,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34] |
| Ability to participate in medical education programs | |||
| Ability to create information literacy educational programs | |||
| Ability to provide the necessary education for clinical staff | |||
| Ability to participate in continuous medical training | |||
| Ability to teach information seeking skills | |||
| 3 | Medical knowledge | General and basic medical knowledge | [3,5,9,12,14,15,17,22,25,28,35] |
| Specialized knowledge in the relevant clinical or research area | |||
| Medical terminology | |||
| Health-care knowledge | |||
| Drugs information | |||
| 4 | Information and librarianship knowledge | Ability to understand and evaluate the information needs of users | [3,5,11,16,18,21,25,26,28,36,37,38] |
| Familiarity with information-seeking behaviors and decision-making methods of clinical specialists | |||
| Providing information services based on users’ needs | |||
| Ability to search specified information sources related to clinical fields | |||
| Knowledge of medical and clinical databases | |||
| Familiarity with different sources and scientific evidence | |||
| Familiarity with referencing methods and related software | |||
| Knowledge of MeSH and NLM cataloging | |||
| Health information literacy | |||
| Familiarity with management and organization of health information sources | |||
| Familiarity with information services in health sciences | |||
| Understanding regarding health information resource management with different formats | |||
| Data/information/knowledge management | |||
| Familiarity with biomedical resources | |||
| Access to organizational data | |||
| Basic competencies in information transfer (inter-disciplinary) | |||
| Knowledge of information environment | |||
| 5 | Clinical environment knowledge | Familiarity with healthcare and clinical environment and policies | [3,8,9,10,12,15,16,24,25,27,30,31,34,39] |
| Familiarity with hospital processes | |||
| Knowledge of financial support and planning of medical cares | |||
| Knowledge of health-care services in the country and abroad and their relations | |||
| Knowledge of legal and ethical considerations in healthcare | |||
| Knowledge of international medical organizations | |||
| Knowledge of national medical organizations and their duties | |||
| Familiarity with clinical teams and their roles | |||
| 6 | Evidence-based practices knowledge | Familiarity with the evidence-based process | [1,12,14,17,32,33,34] |
| Familiarity with the design and formulation of clinical inquiries | |||
| Ability to answer clinical inquiries | |||
| Ability to summarize and distribute research results | |||
| Ability to combine different information | |||
| Reasoning abilities | |||
| Providing evidence-based documents | |||
| 7 | Information technology and systems | Familiarity with information technologies and systems | [5,11,12,15,18,21,22,24,25,27,28,31,34,36,39,40,41] |
| The ability to use information and communication technology in medical communications | |||
| Familiarity with applications in health care | |||
| Familiarity with medical information retrieval systems | |||
| Ability to use technologies and systems for information management | |||
| Using software to access databases and knowledgebase | |||
| Ability to support web and multimedia services | |||
| Familiarity with ontologies and the ability to design | |||
| Familiarity with medical information retrieval systems | |||
| 8 | Management and leadership | Familiarity with management and organizational behavior | [5,8,10,11,15,16,17,18,20,22,24,25,26,27,28,31,36,37,39,40] |
| Familiarity with leadership skills | |||
| Familiarity with financial issues | |||
| Familiarity with communication skills | |||
| Project management capabilities |
MeSH=Medical Subject Headings, NLM=National Library of Medicine