AN ANALYSIS ON THE AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH IN NIGERIA

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AN ANALYSIS ON THE AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH IN NIGERIA (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)

 

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Efficient use of information is of paramount importance in the medical world. Medical professionals seek high-quality medical information which consists of a collection of facts and theories that can be integrated and synthesized to care for patients, conduct research and educate health professionals1. The 1988 national health policy recognises that more efficient delivery of health care can be achieved in Nigeria by a more efficient management of the health resources, through the establishment of functional information system.
This health information could be regarded as a management tool to: assess the state of the health of the population, monitor the progress towards stated goals and targets of health services, identify major health problems and set priorities on the local, state and national levels, provide indicators for evaluating the performance of the health services and their impact on the health status of the population. Also, to provide information for those who need to take action.
On the other hand, medical and health care practitioners must have access to and supply of information resources in any format {electronic, text, audiovisual, etc} for efficient and effective performance3. However, such medical information resources must be readily made available to them on demand and at least cost. Also, in the medical libraries, the medical practitioners, researchers, students and others in allied fields who are the patrons of the library need up-to-date information frequently in education programmes, diagnostic procedures, research on varied field and treatment of various ailments (Rees 1993).

This is why the establishsearchers. Since medical research is closely associated with the collection, dissemination and use of medical data and information to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of health care delivery services. It is in the light of this that the researchers are interested in studying the use of information resources in some selected health science libraries in Lagos, Nigeria.
Information is the life blood of health services management. It has always been used extensively in the provision of health care services. Information is the basic resource of health managers and its availability and use within the health service can promote better clinical decision making. Popoola and Komolafe averred that the provision and efficient use of information resources in medical libraries are central to any meaningful research, teaching and health care delivery services in Nigeria.
It was also reported that maximum access to information resources available in Nigerian special libraries if provided to policy makers and planners and all information users would promote better utilization of libraries in general and special libraries in particular, it will also contribute to individual and national development. However, information use by medical researchers and healthcare professionals are of paramount importance in the development of functional health information services and system.
Hence the study is to evaluate the level of availability and utilization of information resources in medical research as well as stating out the challenges encountered in ensuring the accessibility of those information resources to improve medical research. Therefore the Adeola Odeku library at the University College Teaching Hospital, Ibadan serves as the case study.

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