Pathfinder task review

Task reminder• All master trainer teams to prepare a

pathfinder• Pathfinders are…

– subject guides / tools that can be used to find materials on the Web

– written documents, available online or in print form– give guidance about how to locate and access

different kinds of information resources– often written by librarians to help the end-users in

their own institutions to find materials on specific topics

– an important tool for us all to use (and share?)

Selected pathfinders 1• Accessing information resources through

HINARI and Medline/PubMed (Da Nang LRC) • Accessing information resources through

CIMSI and NACESTI (mixed Hanoi group)• Finding information for nursing training and

practice (PNT University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City)

• Finding information on infant and child health (Medical University of Hanoi)

• Finding information on pregnancy and childbirth (Hue Medical University)

Selected pathfinders 2• Finding information on cancer (Can Tho LRC)• Finding information on tobacco and smoking

(Thai Nguyen LRC)• Finding information on health economics and

management (Univ of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City

• Finding information for nursing training and practice (Hue LRC)

• Finding information on reproductive health (HSPH)

Preparing a pathfinder task review

• Buzz in pairs as directed• Ask the questions:

– What was easy about the task?– What was difficult?– Where there any particular challenges you faced?– What solutions to those challenges did you find?

• Share ideas and issues as directed by the facilitator