Basler Medizinstudierende werden "medical information professionals": med.info.pro als Blended-Learning-Lerneinheit zur medizinischen Informationsrecherche

The concept of a new learning unit called med.info.pro was developed jointly by the medical faculty and the medical library of the University of Basel. Through interviews with doctors and scientists, we first identified gaps in our existing teaching. A doctor also worked hand in hand with an information specialist in holding the course. The close interaction between the library, faculty and subject experts should ensure the most practice and customer oriented content possible. Whereas our previous training for medical students was purely based on classroom teaching, during which great emphasis was put on interactivity and practical exercises, the new training offered uses a blended learning format, i.e. the combination of classroom and electronic components. On the one hand, this format represents a sustainable form of leaning. On the other hand, the electronic component has the advantage of meeting the requirements of users in terms of time and that it can be used again by an extended group of participants. med.info.pro consists of the electronic component webinar that presents the course content as well as a classroom event in order to assess performance. We called this session "Searchaton", which should emphasise the playful nature of the event. In a competition evaluated by a jury, the students apply what they have learned in the webinar under time pressure.