臺灣醫學圖書館員繼續教育現況與需求之研究

臺灣的醫學圖書館員大多不具醫學相關學科背景，且具圖書資訊專業背景的館員在學校時很多也沒有修過醫學圖書館相關課程，這些現象突顯出醫學圖書館員繼續教育的重要性。本研究以問卷調查為研究方法，探討現今臺灣醫學圖書館員繼續教育的現況與需求，共發送240份問卷，回收196份有效問卷，回收率為81.7%。作者最後提出六點研究結果，並對我國醫圖專業組織、圖書資訊學系所及醫學圖書館主管提出建議，期望研究發現的實證資料可以做為他們規劃未來館員專業發展繼續教育方向與內容之參考。

關鍵字

醫學圖書館員；專業發展；繼續教育；需求調查；臺灣

並列摘要

In Taiwan, there is very few professional medical librarians has medical subject education background, and most of those who are LIS backgrounds has never taken medical librarianship related courses while at school. These issues highlight the importance of continuing education of Taiwanese medical librarians. This study adopts questionnaire survey method to explore the current status and needs of continuing education for medical librarians in Taiwan. The questionnaires were totally sent out 240 copies, and recovered 196 copies. The returned ratio is 81.7%. At the end, the author presents 6 findings, and proposes suggestions to the professional medical organizations and associations, library and information science schools, and medical library directors. Hope these findings could be references for planning continuing education in the future.

並列關鍵字

Medical librarians ； Professional development ； Continuing education ； Needs assessment ； Taiwan

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