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Librarians can help teach patient values to health professions students, presenter says
Summary
Vida Vaughn told NNLM Region 4 attendees that librarians have opportunities to integrate patient narratives into education to promote empathy and better decision-making, and described curriculum alignment strategies used at University of Louisville.
Vida Vaughn argued that libraries and librarians can play an active role in teaching health professions students to include patient values when using evidence-based practice.
"The foundations... is to integrate the research evidence, the clinical expertise, and the patient values," Vaughn said, urging that librarians bring narrative tools and visual storytelling into curricula so students learn to treat patients as whole people rather than only clinical problems. She noted the library established coursework linkages so students must pick a photographed subject and prepare a report as part of a rubric-driven assignment.
Vaughn described additional educational strategies—guest speakers, case-based discussions, and linked support resources online—that help students learn about local social supports and agencies relevant to specific patient conditions. She emphasized that resource limits (insurance, socioeconomic constraints) should be considered alongside clinical guidelines when forming treatment plans.
