Information Treasure Hunt: Supporting Evidence-Based Practice @ Your Institution
Contributed by Alan Carr, Member Services & Exhibits Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Southwest Region. Reposted from Latitudes, the newsletter of the NN/LM PSR. This one-day symposium was held on March 2, 2012, at the newly renovated UCLA Library Conference Center, at the Charles E. Young Research Library. Funded by NN/LM PSR […]
Virtual Poster 8: The Library’s changing role in the evidence-based medical curriculum.
Emily Brennan, MLIS, ebrennan@usc.edu Information Services Librarian, Norris Medical Library, University of Southern California In order to keep up with a constantly evolving curricular focus on evidence-based medicine (EBM), the medical school library liaison has learned to adapt to new technology, teaching styles, and subject matter. Until recently, only year two students received librarian-led EBM […]
Virtual Poster 7: Nourishing the Garden for evidence based health care: initial steps in establishing a clinical librarian program at a comprehensive cancer center
Janet Crum, Director, Library Services, jcrum@coh.org Laura Brown, Clinical Librarian, laurabrown@coh.org City of Hope BACKGROUND City of Hope includes both a medical center, with acute and ambulatory care, and a research institute focused on basic biosciences research. The Lee Graff Medical & Scientific Library serves the entire institution but until recently had devoted a majority […]
Virtual Poster 6: The role of librarians in obtaining magnet status
Adele Dobry, MLIS, adobry@library.ucla.edu UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library ANCC (American Nurses Credentialing Center) Magnet Recognition is a top honor which recognizes a hospital’s nursing excellence. Several of the fourteen “Forces of Magnetism” which characterize a Magnet hospital, are directly influenced by a librarian’s involvement. Forces in which librarians actively participate will be discussed. […]
Virtual Poster 5: opportunities for hospital librarians in the era of genomic medicine: helping clinicians implement new approaches to patient care.
Kathryn J. Elliott, M.S., kelliottsd@earthlink.net Graduate Student, MLIS Program, San Jose State University PURPOSE To evaluate ways in which hospital librarians can help clinicians keep up with the rapid growth of genetic information and incorporate it into patient care as clinicians enter the era of genomic medicine. SETTING Hospital medical libraries DESCRIPTION The fast-growing field […]
Virtual Poster 4: Evidence-Based Practice at the bedside: The librarian’s role in promoting EBP Mobile apps.
Lisa Federer, MLIS, lmfederer@library.ucla.edu Health and Life Sciences Librarian, UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library As mobile devices become increasingly ubiquitous and new apps are developed to support evidence-based practice, smart phones and tablets have begun to make their way into clinical settings. Though much of the health-related research on mobile devices has focused on […]
Virtual Poster 3: Librarians Collaborating with Faculty to Develop and Deliver an Evidence-Based eye care course
Ruth Harris, MLIS, Instruction and Education Coordinator, harrisr@westernu.edu Frances Chu, MSN, MLIS Rudy Barreras Harriet K. & Philip Pumerantz Library, Western University of Health Sciences Librarians at the Harriet K. & Philip Pumerantz Library at Western University of Health Sciences worked with the Dean of the College of Optometry to develop and teach a course […]
Virtual Poster 2: X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia Marks The Spot: Rare Diseases in Evidence-Based Practice
Lori Tagawa, ltagawa@library.ucla.edu Community Outreach Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Southwest Region Evidence-based practice is “the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients” (Sackett 1996). Under normal circumstances, evidence-based practice can be easily utilized. However, difficulties arise when seeking best practice […]
Virtual Poster 1: Librarian Involvement in Evidence-Based Practice among Clinical Nurses
Mary A. Wickline, MLIS, M.Ed., MAWickline@library.ucsd.edu Instruction and Outreach Librarian, UC San Diego Biomedical Library INTRODUCTION Librarian activities with nurses are based on a research-based needs assessment of nurses’ barriers to evidence-based practice. The poster will describe a few interventions that followed including the librarian’s outreach to the Education, Development, and Research (EDR) department; active […]
Poster abstract deadline coming up — January 16th, 2012
MLGSCA is soliciting submissions for a contributed poster session at the 2012 Symposium, “Information Treasure Hunt: Supporting Evidence-Based Practice @ Your Institution.” Posters will be presented virtually as the Symposium will be a full day. You do not need to attend the Symposium in order to present a poster, and poster authors will receive AHIP […]
Call for Virtual Posters at MLGSCA Symposium
MLGSCA is soliciting submissions for a contributed poster session at the 2012 Symposium, “Information Treasure Hunt: Supporting Evidence-Based Practice @ Your Institution.” Posters will be presented virtually as the Symposium will be a full day. You do not need to attend the Symposium in order to present a poster. We strongly encourage you to share […]