Systematic reviews and the consequences – the implementation of a research supporting course program in medicine at the University and State Library Saxony-Anhalt: a case report

Abstract

In 2021, the University and State Library Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale), launched a course on systematic reviews in medicine. Since then, this course has been repeatedly offered, and led to the organization of other courses concerning literature search in medicine, including seminars within the curriculum of medical studies in Halle. The systematic review course became the nucleus of the library’s training activities in supporting research in medicine. It bundled up the library’s efforts in teaching skills in literature searching in medicine and culminated in a modular, at the same time open course program addressing patrons in different stages of their scientific career.

Keywords

• systematic review
• literature search
• literature searching
• curriculum of medical studies in germany
• scientific/bibliographic database
• library courses