An Education Session Developed in Response to Low Health Professional Awareness of Predatory Journals

Authors

  • Maureen Nicole Babb University of Manitoba
  • Orvie Dingwall University of Manitoba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29389

Abstract

Predatory journals have arisen as a significant problem within scholarly literature and efforts to raise awareness about them have focused on researchers looking to publish their work.  Because health professionals use scholarly literature to inform their practice, develop policy, and conduct their own research, they should be familiar with the harmfulness of predatory journals.  This paper describes an education session delivered to health professionals throughout the province of X.  Developed in response to health professionals’ low awareness of predatory journals, it was designed to raise awareness and to provide tools and techniques to critically appraise the scholarly literature.

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Published

2019-11-08

How to Cite

Babb, M. N., & Dingwall, O. (2019). An Education Session Developed in Response to Low Health Professional Awareness of Predatory Journals. Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association Journal De l’Association Des bibliothèques De La Santé Du Canada, 40(3), 99–110. https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29389

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 3 (2019): December

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Program Descriptions

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