Journal of Education and Health Promotion 2277-9531 10 2 2020 02 01 The educational role of clinical informationist on improving clinical education among medical students: Based on Kirkpatrick model 1 7 28863 EN . Marzieh Tahmasebi Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences . Peyman Adibi Integrative Functional Gastroenterology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences . Firoozeh Zare‑Farashbandi Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan . Ahmad Papi Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences, Virtual School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran . Alireza Rahimi Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan Journal Article 2023 02 28 INTRODUCTION: Due to time constraints and a significant increase in medical information, one<br />of the ways to keep physicians and medical teams up to date is to use evidence‑based medicine.<br />The current research focused on the effects of the educational role of clinical informationist (CI) on<br />improving clinical education among medical students based on the Kirkpatrick (KP) model.<br />METHODS: The method was semiexperimental research in two group designed with pretest and<br />posttest. The research population included thirty medical students for each group that was selected<br />by the convenience time‑based sequential sampling method. The study data were collected using a<br />researcher‑made two questionnaires and a checklist. Data were analyzed by the descriptive statistics<br />and inferential statistics using SPSS version 20 software.<br />RESULTS: Based on the first level of the KP model, the total mean of medical students’ satisfaction<br />in the experimental group was 4.06 from 5. Based on the second, third, and fourth levels of the model,<br />the independent t‑test showed that before the intervention, the mean scores of attitude, knowledge,<br />information‑seeking skills and behaviors, and also clinical skills were not significantly different in both<br />the intervention and control groups (P > 0.05). After the intervention, the results of covariance test<br />showed that attitude, knowledge, information‑seeking skills and behaviors, and also clinical skills of<br />the intervention group are significantly better than that of the control group (P < 0.001).<br />CONCLUSION: Training and the presence of the CIs in the clinical round had resulted in the<br />improved satisfaction, attitude, knowledge, and information‑seeking skills while also improving<br />information‑seeking behaviors and clinical skills of medical students.<br /><br /> https://jehp.mui.ac.ir/article_28863_17c3613df50203d147fc87ccd0f1436d.pdf