Exploring the Conceptual Model of Ray-experts and their Search and Acquisition Processs of Medical Care Information: From the Personal Interview with the Participans in some Patient Advocacy Groups.

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23700287
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Library and information science/Humanistic social informatics
• Research Institution: Surugadai University
• Principal Investigator: KUNIMOTO Chihiro 駿河台大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 講師 (10599129)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Keywords: レイ・エキスパート / lay-expert / 患者の知 / 実践知 / 患者会 / 情報探索行動 / 医療情報 / 図書館情報学

Research Abstract

Main results of this research are following; 1) Japanese "Lay-expert" patients become acquainted with various sides of health and medical care enough to collaborate with medical professionals on some research projects. 2) They have acquired the practical knowledge as patients through their illness experiences and activities in the patients' advocacy groups, and also the knowledge of health and medical care through their information searching and reading some medical papers. 3) They have gained expertise in a wide range of subjects, but tend to pay more attention to some particular area.

Research Products

• [Presentation] Exploring the possibility of more active use of medical articles by laypeople : How and what would they read? (2014)
  • Author(s): Sakai, Yukiko; Kunimoto, Chihiro
  • Organizer: Medical Library Association Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Chicago, IL, USA
  • Year and Date: 20140518-20
• [Presentation] レイ・エキスパートが有する「知識」の特徴 (2012)
  • Author(s): 國本千裕
  • Organizer: 日本図書館情報学会
  • Place of Presentation: 三重大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-05-12
• [Presentation] レイ・エキスパートによる専門的な医学・医療情報の取得と知識習得のプロセス (2011)
  • Author(s): 國本千裕
  • Organizer: 日本図書館情報学会
  • Place of Presentation: 日本大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-11-12