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Together We Learn: Collaborating With Medical Students To Build An Online Anti-Racism Guide, Gary S. Atwood, Kate E. Bright

University Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

In the summer of 2020, students from the medical school’s Social Justice Coalition asked if the library could support their project to build a digital collection of anti-racism resources. Specifically, they asked if the library could host the collection and purchase relevant materials when possible. The project presented interesting policy and technical issues related to LibGuides, the platform we eventually selected. It also provided educational opportunities for the medical students, staff, and the library. After six months of hard work, we launched the collection, titled “Together We Learn: Resources for Our Journeys in Justice & Inclusion” in December 2020.

While, …

Barriers And Facilitators To Use Of A Clinical Evidence Technology In The Management Of Skin Problems In Primary Care: Insights From Mixed Methods, Marianne D. Burke Ph.D., Liliane Savard Dpt, Alan Rubin Md, Benjamin Littenberg Md

University Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Objective: Few studies have examined the impact of a single clinical evidence technology (CET) on provider practice or patient outcomes from the provider’s perspective. A previous cluster-randomized controlled trial with patient-reported data tested the effectiveness of a CET (i.e., VisualDx) in improving skin problem outcomes but found no significant effect. The objectives of this follow-up study were to identify barriers and facilitators to the use of the CET from the perspective of primary care providers (PCPs) and to identify reasons why the CET did not affect outcomes in the trial.

Methods: Using a convergent mixed methods design, PCPs completed a …

Barriers And Facilitators To Use Of A Clinical Evidence Technology For Management Of Skin Problems In Primary Care: Insights From Mixed Methods, Marianne Burke Phd, Alan Rubin Md, Liliane Savard Dpt, Benjamin Littenberg Md

Larner College of Medicine Faculty Publications

Background: A previous cluster-randomized controlled trial tested the effectiveness of a clinical evidence technology (CET), VisualDx, for skin problems seen by Primary Care Providers (PCPs). Based on patient report, there was no effect on time to problem resolution or return appointments.

Objective: To explain, from the provider perspective, why the CET did not make a difference in the clinical trial and to identify barriers and facilitators to use.

Methods: Mixed methods study design. Providers from both arms completed a survey about their use of VisualDx and information-seeking during and after the trial. Active arm providers participated in interviews to explore …

Issues In Providing Information Literacy Training: Our Kosovo Experience, Fred C. Pond

University Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

As part of a partnership of two medical schools, Dartmouth's Biomedical Libraries is providing leadership in the provision of information literacy training to students, faculty and staff of the Medical Faculty of University of Prishtina. Initial steps include establishing rapport between University of Prishtina and Dartmouth College partners, identifying knowledgeable trainers/educators, and designing a responsive training protocol, to act as the basis for initial train-the-trainer personnel as well as the end user.

This poster focuses on issues which arise, such as the more apparent ones of language and culture differences, and the less clear, such as navigating a steady Internet …

Rebuilding Medical Libraries & Information Technology In Kosova/Kosovo, Fred Pond

University Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

As noted in IFLA/FAIFE's April 2000 report entitled Libraries in Kosova/Kosovo, 'library professionals in Kosova face a major task to reconstruct library buildings and re-establish library services at all levels.' Dartmouth Medical School (New Hampshire, USA) is partnering with University of Prishtina in leading an initiative to:

• Establish a centralized library and information technology center to serve the needs of University of Prishtina medical faculty, students and librarians;

• Implement and foster a university high speed information technology structure to support medical education, research and patient care;

• Train University of Prishtina medical faculty, librarians and students to effectively …