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Considerations For Small Libraries In Adopting Virtual Reality Technology For Medical Education, Rachel Walden, Emily Weyant, Matthew Carroll
Considerations For Small Libraries In Adopting Virtual Reality Technology For Medical Education, Rachel Walden, Emily Weyant, Matthew Carroll
Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference
Objective: Describe considerations for small libraries considering the adoption of virtual reality technology as a resource for health sciences education.
Methods: A small academic medical library obtained grant funding to implement a virtual reality pilot project to support anatomy coursework.
Results: Observations were made related to the technology selection and purchasing process, space and safety requirements for implementing VR, student patterns of use, supplementary VR programs of interest to medical students (including gaming and meditation programs for stress relief), and staffing/scheduling/maintenance of the system.
Conclusions: Virtual reality technology is compelling for medical education; implementation resulted in increasing the library’s engagement …
Rapid Response: Librarian Integration Into An Expedited Pandemic Medicine Elective, Gail Kouame, Jacob Gallay
Rapid Response: Librarian Integration Into An Expedited Pandemic Medicine Elective, Gail Kouame, Jacob Gallay
Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference
Objective: Describe how two librarians contributed to a new graduate medical school elective course developed dynamically in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: Shortly after the COVID-19 outbreak, the Assistant Director for Research & Education Services attended a clerkship curriculum committee meeting for the medical college where a four-week Pandemic Medicine elective was proposed. Clerkship rotations were canceled due to the pandemic, so the elective would provide opportunities for graduate medical students to participate in service learning and contribute to pandemic response efforts. The leaders and faculty members who proposed the elective suggested five areas of focus: information services; …
An Unexpected Outcome Of A Pediatric Simulation Encounter For Occupational Therapy Students., Anne H. Zachry, K. Booker, S. B. Lancaster
An Unexpected Outcome Of A Pediatric Simulation Encounter For Occupational Therapy Students., Anne H. Zachry, K. Booker, S. B. Lancaster
Faculty Presentations
This presentation reviewed how to plan and implement a pediatric simulated educational experience to align with the targeted course learning objective(s). Participants learned how to incorporate best practices into simulation education in order to advance occupational therapy education.