. Elahe Zare‑Farashbandi; . Peyman Adibi; . Alireza Rahimi; . Firoozeh Zare‑Farashbandi
Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, , Pages 1-11
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Nowadays, providing access to the required information by clinical informationist (CI)is vital for clinical teams to make the best decision. This study was carried out to ...
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BACKGROUND: Nowadays, providing access to the required information by clinical informationist (CI)is vital for clinical teams to make the best decision. This study was carried out to identifying how CIsshould participate in grand round (GR).MATERIALS AND METHODS: The current study is an action research study. It was conducted in theGR sessions of the Gastroenterology department of Al‑Zahra Hospital affiliated with Isfahan Universityof Medical Sciences in 2017. Participants included attending physicians, fellowship students of theGastroenterology departments, a CI, and two supervising medical librarians. Data were collectedthrough observation and discussion. Qualitative content analysis and concept mapping were usedfor data analysis.RESULTS: The findings indicated that existing problems were related to the CI, medical team, andinfrastructural ones. The participation of the CI in medical team was arranged based on the followingsteps: planning, action, evaluation, and suggestions. It started from an initial diagnosis of patientsand ended in GR meetings. During evaluation step, suggestions were made to remove the existingproblems and in the fifth step, results were summarized and a framework for the participation of theCI in GR sessions was suggested.CONCLUSIONS: Medical team members were satisfied with the participation of the CI, but it isnecessary to remove the existing structural and personal barriers (related to the CI and medicalteam members), in order to improve the efficiency of this participation.
