O1. MIL – innovative international, professional continuing education/ training programme based on the methods used by Andragogy
Programme created with 3 modules:
- The basics of medical and health information searching;
- Special medical and health information resources;
- Evidence-based medicine.
1st activity – Andragogy – teaching method – Preparation of the involved employees – training methods in adult education will be learned.
2nd activity – Approbation of the program – Development and improvement of the programme – After approbation and evaluation of the program – self-assessment
Program
Program description – English
Program description – Lithuanian
Program description – Estonian
Program description – Latvian
Lecturer’s thematic plans
Lesson planning is an essential part of any lecturer or teacher’s role. Lesson plans help make sure your teaching is packed full of fascinating content by providing a practical framework you can follow.
1st module – Industry terms and divisions. English; Estonian ; Latvian
2nd module – Health and medical Information Resources English ;Estonian ; Latvian: 1 and 2
2ndmodule – PubMed (English; Latvian )
3rd module – Evidence-based medicine (English ; Estonian ; Lithuanian; Latvian)
Some practical tips for the teachers – Various situations arise during training. How better to do it if suddenly you do not know what to do? – English
O2. Methodological materials – e-book – a publication for the lectures that ensure the organization and management of the learning process (teacher manual, methodological recommendations)
- a list of resources to use – databases (subscription and free access), websites, tutorials and lectures on the Internet, medical;
- blogs etc.;
- database descriptions and instructions – quick tip flyers about each database;
- examples and medical scenarios – using the PICO formula will provide scenarios that will help to build a search strategy and select resources;
- work sheets – search strategy; PICO formula, critical appraisal etc.;
- tasks – on different topics;
- glossary – Industry Key Terms (MeSH), medical subsectors and their relevance to search;
- list of recommended literature – books published over the past five years and useful articles that can be used to prepare for lessons about theoretical aspects of medical information literacy.
3rd module – Estonian Latvian Lithuanian
Medical Information Literacy 