Teaching/Learning Initiative

As is reflected in the AAHSL mission, academic health sciences libraries actively participate in the teaching programs of their home institutions, particularly where learning objectives focus on the acquisition and application of information management skills.  In 2007 an AAMC/IIME Report Response Task Force was appointed to assess and respond to the work of AAMC's Institute for Improving Medical Education and recommendations it issued in 2004.  The AAHSL task force (aka, the GEA Task Force) produced a report and recommended targeted collaborative endeavors be established with the Association of Academic Health Centers, AAMC's Group on Educational Affairs and its Group on Information Resources, the American Medical Informatics Association, and regional groups of Libraries in Medical Education.  The AAHSL Board of Directors endorsed this document and quickly created the working bodies described below to pursue vigorously these partnerships and to begin activating an implementation plan.

During 2008 AAHSL has pushed forward with various tasks on the implementation plan while engaging in dialog and negotiation with prospective collaborating organizations.  These efforts are coordinated by the following bodies, whose activities are detailed on the web pages found at the links below.  The overall scope of AAHSL's initiatives and the specific plans for accomplishment will continue to be refined as we engage in further discussions and reach mutual agreement with key partners.

AAHSL GEA Task Force report:
http://www.aahsl.org/Committees_Representatives/
AAMC_GEA_Response_IIME_Task_Force/GEA_Task_Force_Final_Report2.pdf

Implementation Plan:
http://www.aahsl.org/Committees_Representatives/
Teaching_Learning_Oversight_Committee/TLOC_special_report_02-08.pdf

Teaching/Learning Oversight Committee

The Teaching/Learning Oversight Committee is a standing committee that oversees all AAHSL activities related to the skills needed for information discovery and management in all phases of health sciences education.  The committee guides the development of collaborative partnerships with other organizations and coordinates the efforts of the three working bodies below.

The committee charge, roster, current activities, and reports are found under the Committees, Representatives heading on the AAHSL home page.

Education Research Task Force

This task force plans and conducts collaborative research focused on the priorities outlined in the 2004 report of the Association of American Medical Colleges' Institute for Improving Medical Education.

The task force charge, roster, current activities, and reports are found at under the Committees, Representatives heading on the AAHSL home page.

The AAMC/IIME report is available at:
https://services.aamc.org/publications/index.cfm?fuseaction=
Product.displayForm&prd_id=115&cfid=1&cftoken=356001F6-045F-4196-8B6370EB1FBDA6FC

AAMC's Group on Educational Affairs issued a 2006 response available at:
https://services.aamc.org/publications/index.cfm?fuseaction=
Product.displayForm&prd_id=168&cfid=1&cftoken=356001F6-045F-4196-8B6370EB1FBDA6FC

LiME/AAHSL Joint Task Force

In partnership with Libraries in Medical Education, AAHSL will develop self-paced, interactive instructional modules that assess and teach competencies related to skills for searching, retrieving and evaluating evidence-based information.

The task force charge, roster, current activities, and reports are found under the Committees, Representatives heading on the AAHSL home page.  See also the LiME web page at http://www.aahsl.org/lime/index.htm .