Future proofing the profession

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Future proofing the profession

• CILIP Health Executive Advisory Group
• Jackie Lord
• Chair Health Libraries Group

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Cilip home page
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Health Libraries Group
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What is an EAG?

• Task and finish group
• Fresh thinking and insight into key policy areas
• Regionalism and devolution, national information
  plan, social inclusion

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Terms of reference

• Identify and explore key agendas and challenges
  that LIS faces within health care
• Consider the relevance of the developments within
  LIS healthcare to the LIS profession more
  generally
• Advise CILIP on its role and activities within
  the healthcare sector

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HEAG Core group

• Judy Palmer, Bodleian (Chair)
• Anne Brice, NeLH
• Guy Daines, CILIP
• Veronica Fraser, DoH
• Jackie Lord, HLG

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Process

• Workshop May 2003
• The example of health a prognosis for the
  profession?
• Report of workshop
• Series of interviews with groups of individuals
  based on initial report - iterative
• UK-wide, variety of sectors, roles
• Final report June 2004

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Final report

• Premise health as laboratory for LIS - where
  will LIS be in 5 years?
• Context healthcare sector and major drivers and
  influences
• Skills, competencies and roles
• Knowing and proving our worth
• Role of CILIP and HLG

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Themes

• Consumers and patients - drivers in change
• Globalisation
• Informatics
• Diversity

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New roles

• Primary publishers
• Primary care knowledge managers
• Clinical governance facilitators
• Information analysts
• Health informaticians
• Clinical librarians
• Electronic resource managers
• R D facilitators
• Information providers for patients/public

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New opportunities

• Cross-sectorally, across national borders
• Using traditional skills in new ways e.g. web
  navigation
• Working in multidisciplinary teams
• Developing evidence based services
• Developing critical appraisal skills and
  information skills in the workplace
• Educating providers of information
• Quality of information

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New opportunities

• Possibilities of health informatics e.g.
  supporting clinical decision making
• Communication specialists
• Conducting research
• Information strategists
• Facilitating/co-ordinating role in organisations
• Information to advice
• Analysing/synthesising/value added

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Need

• Framework for CPD in health information
• Financial skills
• Leadership
• Influencing
• Entrepreneurial skills
• Project management
• Creative thinking
• Negotiation
• Risk management

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Need

• Information architects
• Anticipation
• Attracting sponsors
• Policy development
• Communication skills
• Strategic thinking
• Advocacy and promotion skills

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Recommendations?

• CILIP more actively involved with employers
• Leadership programme
• CILIP kite mark
• Networking with other organisations - new
  alliances and partnerships
• Attract broader community into CILIP
• Benchmarking against other professional
  associations e.g. RCN

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Recommendations?

• Development of women in the profession
• Regulated LIS?
• Definition of librarianship?
• How does librarianship fit in with informatics?
• Consultancy around information strategy
  development - free?
• Development of a Communication strategy
• Workforce development in context of Agenda for
  Change, Skills for Health

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Recommendations?

• Register of mentors
• Future proofing CILIP
• HLG/CILIP act as advocate to government and link
  health LIS into wider political arena

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Implications for HLG?

• Policy development
• CPD framework for health information
• Consult with members around findings of HEAG
• Implement findings with CILIP