Caitlin Plovnick

My research is primarily based on the practical side of Medical Education. Areas of focus include the development and assessment of health sciences library instruction programs and teaching evidence-based medicine through practice-based learning. My research has previously focused on instructional design and pedagogy for information literacy.  

My main interest is supporting evidence-based medicine (EBM) in the continuum of undergraduate to graduate medical education. To this end, I have participated in assessment of an EBM-focused activity as part of an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) for students preparing to enter Residency. I have also supported assessment of library-led EBM-focused courses embedded in the Pre-Clinical Foundational Clinical Skills Curriculum. 

As a librarian, I am particularly interested in finding optimal ways to support the information needs of health sciences institutions through coordinated library instruction. My work in this area so far has looked at instructional design, curriculum mapping, and scalability of instructional offerings.  

I additionally provide expert searching services to support systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and literature searches across many topics. I am interested in exploring more efficient ways to conduct these reviews leveraging new technology without sacrificing quality.