Mahabaleshwara Rao ¹, Mahesh V. Mudhol ², K. Shivananda Bhat ³

Affiliations
1 Health Sciences Library, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal 576 104, IN
2 Department of Library and Information Science, Mangalore University, Mangalore 574 199, IN
3 Health Sciences Library, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal 576 104, IN

Abstract

The current trend is ‘e’ with everything: e-commerce, e-science and e-learning. The world is embarking on a new age, an age of e-learning. Electronic education is rapidly becoming a fixture in higher education. e- Learning encompasses concepts such as ‘virtual universities’ and networked and online learning. It is almost two decades now that various schemes and programs have been launched both at government and non-governmental levels to develop ICT (Information and Communication Technology) skills in teachers. Various universities in India have designed specific courses for this purpose. Organizations like the NCERT, UGC, NCTE etc. have been launching schemes to enhance the ICT skills of teachers. However, in a big country like India with millions of teachers at different levels, it is indeed difficult to produce ICT-enabled teachers on a large scale within a short period. The problems are complex and issues are numerous. In this paper, we present an overview of e-learning initiative at Manipal University, Manipal.

Keywords

E-Learning, Teaching Tool, Manipal.

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A. Jessy ¹, Mahabaleshwara Rao ², K. Shivananda Bhat ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Library and Information Science, Manipal University, Manipal – 576 104, IN
2 Department of Library & Information Science and Health Sciences Library, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal – 576 104, Karnataka, IN

Abstract

A survey was undertaken to study how the medical professionals of clinical departments of Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Manipal, utilize the Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) resources provided by the KMC Health Sciences Library, Manipal and to identify their preferred EBM resources. A questionnaire survey was carried out to collect the information. From 74 respondents, 20 were medical faculty and 54 were pursuing postgraduate courses in different medical subject areas in clinical departments. The questionnaire was designed to collect demographic details of participants, general information regarding the usage of EBM resources and the factors leading for the selection of the most preferred EBM resource. A large segment of the participants were familiar with the EBM resources available in the library and few of them were also familiar with EBM resources available through other sources. The data on the pattern of EBM resources utilization revealed that PubMed was the resource accessed daily by the most number of faculty and UpToDate by Postgraduate (PG) students. The most preferred EBM resource by both faculty and PG students was UpToDate. The details of the data analysis, results and the major findings are presented in this article.

Keywords

EBM Resources, Evidence Based Medicine, Health Sciences Library, Medical Professionals.

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