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A Building Block Of Empathy: Establishing A Graphic Medicine Collection In An Academic Health Sciences Library., Jess King, Alison Bobal
A Building Block Of Empathy: Establishing A Graphic Medicine Collection In An Academic Health Sciences Library., Jess King, Alison Bobal
Journal Articles: Leon S. McGoogan Health Sciences Library
To help address the well-being of the campus and contribute to empathy building amongst students pursuing careers as healthcare providers, an academic health sciences library built a graphic novel collection focused on comics that discuss medical conditions and health-related topics. The collection contains the experiences of patients, providers, and caregivers. The reader-friendly format of graphic novels provides an easy entry point for discussing empathy with health professions faculty and students. The collection has been used in the classroom during library instruction sessions, with the idea of integrating it within the curriculum.
Starting With I: Combating Anti-Blackness In Libraries, Peace Ossom-Williamson, Jamia Williams, Xan Goodman, Christian I.J. Minter, Ayaba Logan
Starting With I: Combating Anti-Blackness In Libraries, Peace Ossom-Williamson, Jamia Williams, Xan Goodman, Christian I.J. Minter, Ayaba Logan
Journal Articles: Leon S. McGoogan Health Sciences Library
When millions saw the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota by the police during the COVID-19 pandemic where Black, along with Indigenous and Latinx, people had higher death rates, this led to a major awakening from white Americans that Black lives and Black bodies are treated differently. In response, many libraries issued statements supporting Black people in general and supporting their Black library workers. These statements were commitments to make change and to impact the inequities in libraries. As time passed after these statements, reading lists, LibGuides, and reading groups were created, Black bodies are still being harmed; so, …
Navigating The Us Health Care System: A Video Guide For Immigrant And Diverse Populations., Alison M. Bobal, Heather Brown, Teresa Hartman, Martha L. Magee, Cynthia M. Schmidt
Navigating The Us Health Care System: A Video Guide For Immigrant And Diverse Populations., Alison M. Bobal, Heather Brown, Teresa Hartman, Martha L. Magee, Cynthia M. Schmidt
Journal Articles: Leon S. McGoogan Health Sciences Library
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Navigating The Us Health Care System: A Video Guide For Immigrant And Diverse Populations., Alison M Bobal, Heather L Brown, Teresa L Hartman, Marty Magee, Cynthia M Schmidt
Navigating The Us Health Care System: A Video Guide For Immigrant And Diverse Populations., Alison M Bobal, Heather L Brown, Teresa L Hartman, Marty Magee, Cynthia M Schmidt
Journal Articles: Leon S. McGoogan Health Sciences Library
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One Library's Experience With Live, Virtual Reference., Alison Bobal, Cynthia M. Schmidt, Roxanne Cox
One Library's Experience With Live, Virtual Reference., Alison Bobal, Cynthia M. Schmidt, Roxanne Cox
Journal Articles: Leon S. McGoogan Health Sciences Library
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Circulation Of Core Collection Monographs In An Academic Medical Library., Cynthia M. Schmidt, N. L. Eckerman
Circulation Of Core Collection Monographs In An Academic Medical Library., Cynthia M. Schmidt, N. L. Eckerman
Journal Articles: Leon S. McGoogan Health Sciences Library
Academic medical librarians responsible for monograph acquisition face a challenging task. From the plethora of medical monographs published each year, academic medical librarians must select those most useful to their patrons. Unfortunately, none of the selection tools available to medical librarians are specifically intended to assist academic librarians with medical monograph selection. The few short core collection lists that are available are intended for use in the small hospital or internal medicine department library. As these are the only selection tools available, however, many academic medical librarians spend considerable time reviewing these collection lists and place heavy emphasis on the …