A Novel Partnership Between Physicians and Medical Librarians During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Med Ref Serv Q. 2021 Jan-Mar;40(1):48-55. doi: 10.1080/02763869.2021.1873617.

Abstract

An ongoing collaboration between physicians and librarians provided critical information during the COVID-19 pandemic. A development team, which consisted of the hospital and medical school disaster preparedness medical director, the medical library director, professional librarians, and the Departments of IT and Marketing in a multi-state healthcare system worked together to develop a shared website to distribute and curate timely resources during COVID-19. The initial impacts of this collaboration and the website show the benefits of this novel partnership.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; Collaboration; healthcare providers; healthcare system; medical librarians.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • COVID-19*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Interprofessional Relations*
  • Librarians / psychology*
  • Librarians / statistics & numerical data
  • Libraries, Digital / organization & administration*
  • Libraries, Medical / organization & administration*
  • Libraries, Medical / statistics & numerical data*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pandemics
  • Physicians / psychology*
  • Physicians / statistics & numerical data
  • SARS-CoV-2