Integrating Medical Librarians Into Infectious Disease Rounding Teams: Survey Results From a Pilot Implementation Study

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Apr 17;11(5):ofae218. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae218. eCollection 2024 May.

Abstract

Medical librarians participating as infectious disease rounding team members add value by facilitating knowledge acquisition and dissemination and by improving clinical decision making. This pilot study implementing medical librarians on infectious disease rounding teams was a well-received and beneficial intervention to study participants.

Keywords: clinical librarianship; clinical library support; clinical rounding support; decision support; infectious diseases consultation.