1. PubMed for Nurses:
Creating an Online Tutorial
Megan Kellner & Kate Majewski, Supervisor
Special thanks to the nurses and librarians who participated in the needs assessment and provided feedback on the prototype tutorial.
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Skills Acquired or Developed
Proficiency searching PubMed
 Completed PubMed Tutorial 2
Outreach experience
Familiarity with user instruction
 Attended PubMed for Trainers Course
Knowledge of instructional design (see ADDIE
Model) 3
Use technology to facilitate online instruction
 Camtasia screen recorder software
Tutorial Content
Five 1 to 3 minute videos. Practice
exercises with suggested answers are
provided for each part.
Part 1- What is PubMed?
Part 2- Simple subject search
Part 3- Applying filters
Part 4- Clinical Queries
Part 5- My NCBI
Instructional Design Process
1.Conduct a needs assessment
2.Identify nurses’ top tasks
3.Develop objective and measurable learning
outcomes
4.Create a rough script
5.Record prototype tutorial
6.Prototype testing
7.Revise the script
8.Record final tutorial
9.Implementation
What does this tutorial add to NLM’s
resources?
Existing tutorials are one-size-fits-all
 Nurses have unique information needs and
limited time to dedicate to searching the
literature.
This tutorial covers the skills required to quickly
begin searching PubMed.
References
1. U.S. National Library of Medicine. (2015). Primary Logo. [Online
Image] Retrieved from
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/logos_and_images.html.
2. U.S. National Library of Medicine. (2015). PubMed Tutorial.
Retrieved from
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmedtutorial/cover.html.
3. Educational Technology. (2014). The ADDIE Model:
Instructional Design. Retrieved from
http://educationaltechnology.net/the-addie-model-instructional-
design/.
ADDIE Model
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/nurses/