Experiences with a cross-country exploratory project to offer current awareness (CAS) services to oncology nurses

dc.contributor.authorFourie, Ina
dc.contributor.authorBakker, Suzanne
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T06:15:50Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T06:15:50Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThe Central Cancer Library (The Netherlands Cancer Institute) and the Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria conducted a cross-country exploratory study to evaluate the current awareness service (CAS) offered by the Library via PUBMED. The intention was to determine satisfaction with the service, the topics of interest, the reasons for using the service and potential problems, and to pave the way for ongoing research that is manageable for library and information (LIS) practitioners and that can eventually make a theoretical contribution. The intention was furthermore to promote the service to South African oncology nurses as a method of staying abreast in their field: they have access to the library website and can access monthly updates on the topic(s) of their choice. Twenty eight oncology healthcare professionals (mostly oncology nurses) participated: 6 from The Netherlands and 22 from South Africa. For participants from The Netherlands it seems as if professional interest and evidence-based nursing are the most important reasons for using the CAS, and for South African participants it seems to be the need to offer a good service to patients. The value of small-scale evaluation projects and cooperation between academia and praxis was shown, and the way paved for continuation of the project.en
dc.identifier.citationFourie, I & Bakker, S 2009, 'Experiences with a cross-country exploratory project to offer current awareness (CAS) services to oncology nurses', Mousaion, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 65-96. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_mousaion.html or http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=20129]en
dc.identifier.issn0027-2639
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/13872
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUnisa Pressen
dc.rightsUnisa Pressen
dc.subjectOncology nursesen
dc.subject.lcshCurrent awareness services -- Evaluationen
dc.subject.lcshCancer -- Nursingen
dc.subject.lcshOccupational trainingen
dc.subject.lcshMedical personnel -- Information servicesen
dc.titleExperiences with a cross-country exploratory project to offer current awareness (CAS) services to oncology nursesen
dc.typeArticleen

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