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 […]
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