MAC-MLA is offering two virtual and one in-person continuing education courses this year. All CE courses cost $40, and you will receive 4 MLA CE credits for each course. Once registered, you will receive more information on accessing or attending the CE class. You do not need to be registered for the MAC 2022 Annual meeting to sign up for a CE course!
Consulting on systematic reviews and other research syntheses can be a rewarding and challenging experience. This is especially true when the client presents with little or no understanding of the wide range of review types and the need to appropriately frame the research question and select the best review type to answer it. This 4-hour hybrid course is offered through Canvas.
Participants will be asked to do some prereading before the first meeting which will focus on the background of review types and review consulting. The live meeting will give further insights into the process of determining the appropriate review method with examples. Then exercises will be provided to explore the content and apply it. Lastly, we will meet again to discuss teaching the content to others. The course will remain up for a few weeks afterward to continue discussions and ask questions.
At the end of this session participants will be prepared to:
Margaret J. Foster, Margaret J. Foster, MS, MPH, AHIP, is a Professor at Texas A&M University where she serves as the Director of the Center for Systematic Reviews and Research Syntheses. She is the founder of the Systematic Reviews Caucus of the Medical Library Association, and the co-author of the only book written on systematic reviews for librarians- Assembling the Pieces of a Systematic Review: A Guide for Librarians. She has nearly 2 decades of experience collaborating on reviews in medicine, education, veterinary medicine, agriculture, engineering, and several other fields.
This class will show a variety of active learning strategies to enhance instruction delivered face-to-face, online, or in a blended setting. Topics covered will include learning theory, instructional design, audience response systems, screencasting, and other technologies. The instructor will engage participants in discussions about their experiences with creating engaging instructional sessions while also modeling techniques she has used in her own classes.
Amy Blevins is the Associate Director for Public Services and oversees research, liaison, education, and data services at the Ruth Lilly Medical Library at the Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM)-Indianapolis. Since 2017, Ms. Blevins has served as the thread leader for evidence-based medicine (EBM) for IUSM. She is a founding instructor for the Critical Appraisal Institute for Librarians and has been involved with other nationally recognized EBM workshops. She has worked on more than fourteen published systematic reviews and co-edited the book,
Leadership and management skills are important to librarians at all levels. It may feel impossible to develop these skills if you are not the “boss,” but this class will show how leadership is possible at all levels. Several theories will be presented, and applications of these theories will be discussed.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
Janna Lawrence, MLIS, AHIP, FMLA has been the director of Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa since November 2019. Most of her 34-year career as a health sciences librarian has focused on instruction and reference services.
Linné Girouard, MLIS, AHIP, FMLA has been a hospital librarian at Houston Methodist, an eight-hospital system, for 36 years.
Janna and Linné both received their MLIS from the University of Texas at Austin.
*This course will be offered in-person at the Annual Meeting only; there will not be a virtual option.