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A Word From The Writing Center (January 2018), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• New Year, New Publishing Goals
• Grammar Time
• Writing Cafe

A Word From The Writing Center (November 2017), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Stylish academic writing
• The Write Stuff

A Word From The Writing Center (October 2017), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Selecting a target journal using journalguide.com
• Teaching and Communication Skills workshops

A Word From The Writing Center (September 2017), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Writing Tip: Sentences that start with the word there
• Communication Skills Workshop Series: Communicate Like a Pro: Think like a...

A Word From The Writing Center (July 2017), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Grammar tip: affect vs effect
• Opportunity for online writing workshop for scientists

A Word From The Writing Center (June 2017), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Writing tip: Purpose of semicolons and colons
• Tips on preparing posters

A Word From The Writing Center (May 2017), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Grammar writing tip on ZOMBIE nouns!
• Keep Reading with BrowZine

A Word From The Writing Center (April 2017), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Writing Tip: Punctuation
• Organizing your Research using a citation manager
• Writing Café hours

A Word From The Writing Center (March 2017), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Learning Opportunity
• Books on writing
• Writing Cafe

Authors, Monitor Your Publications And Their Impact With Scopus And Orcid, Gary E. Kaplan, Mslis, Ahip, Patricia Wynne, Bsn, Rn, Mslis

Thomas Jefferson University Faculty Days

Poster presented at 8th annual Faculty Days at Thomas Jefferson University.

Using A Smartphone App To Teach Students Practical Epidemiological Skills, Russell K. Mcintire, Mph, Phd, Kathleen Day, Ms, Sean Dyer, Bs

Thomas Jefferson University Faculty Days

Background:

Despite the evidence that shows the pedagogical benefits of experiential education, epidemiology instructors rarely utlize experiential activities to teach epidemiological concepts and skills.

Poster presented at 8th annual 2016 Thomas Jefferson University Faculty Days.

The Sustainable Development Goals: Implications And Integration Across The Curricula, Lucille B. Pilling, Mph, Edd, Rn, Kathleen C. Ashton, Phd, Rn, Acns-Bc

Thomas Jefferson University Faculty Days

Poster presented at 8th annual Faculty Days at Thomas Jefferson University.

Grants Information Service, Helena Washington, Mls, Paul Hunter, Dmd, Mlis

Thomas Jefferson University Faculty Days

Poster presented at 8th annual Faculty Days at Thomas Jefferson University.

Thomas Jefferson University's Reader Survey Captures Ir's Value, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi

Jefferson Digital Commons News

Dan Kipnis, Education Services Librarian at Thomas Jefferson University, has come up with an ingenious way to capture hard-to-find reader feedback on publications in their IR, The Jefferson Digital Commons. Dan explains that the results “will be used in quarterly reports and for demonstrating value to administrators and the entire community at Thomas Jefferson University.”

The Global Health "Interactive Curricula Experience (Ice) Platform & App": Technology That Enables Inter-Professional Innovation, James Plumb, Md, Mph, Nicholas Leon, Pharmd, Louis N. Hunter, Pt, Dpt, Martha Langley Ankeny, M.Ed, Ellen Plumb, Md, Lucille B. Pilling, Edd, Mph, Rn

College of Population Health Lectures, Presentations, Workshops

17 slide PowerPoint presentation.

Presented at APHA in Chicago Illinois.

Skmc Student Handbook 2015-2016, Thomas Jefferson University

Jefferson Medical College Administrative Documents and Reports

71 page student handout

College Within The College: Population Health, James Plumb, Md, Mph, Rickie Brawer, Phd, Mph, Mches, Abbie Santana, Msph, Robert Simmons, Drph, Mph, Mches, Cph, Nancy Chernett, Ma, Mph

Thomas Jefferson University Faculty Days

Rationale:

The current approach to educating health professionals has not kept pace with the needs of our growingly diverse population.

-Health Professional Education for the 21st Century-The Lancet

-Institute of Medicine

-APTR/CDC/AAMC-Patients and Populations. Public Health in Medical Education

JMC Leadership and Curriculum Committee-one year planning process-2009-2010

Use Of The Delphi Technique In Instrument Development To Assess Debriefing Facilitation, E. Adel Herge, Otd, Otr/L, Susan Wainwright, Pt, Phd, Jennifer Saylor, Phd, Rn, Acns-Bc

Thomas Jefferson University Faculty Days

Debriefing is an essential part of the simulation experience because this is where most of the learning occurs (Arafah, Hansen & Nichols, 2010). To date, there are no validated instruments to measure the ability of a facilitator to effectively debrief learners after a patient simulation.

This poster describes phase one of a pilot study to develop and evaluate an instrument that assesses the effectiveness of a debriefing facilitator. The instrument is based on the current scientific literature and was tested to establish reliability and validity. In phase one, the Delphi Technique was selected as it has been shown to be …

Supporting The Occupational Therapy Student In The Production And Dissemination Of Systematic Reviews: An Interprofessional Collaboration Among Librarians And Occupational Therapy Faculty, Teal W. Benevides, Phd, Otr/L, Paul Hunter, Dmd, Mlis, Gary E. Kaplan, Ms, Ahip, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi

Department of Occupational Therapy Posters and Presentations

Objectives

This poster describes the outcomes of a curriculum-based collaboration between librarians and OT faculty (‘collaboration’) to enhance graduate student skills for conducting a systematic review (SR); the collaboration included database instruction, bibliographic management software, and culminated in student presentations to healthcare practitioners for continuing education credit. Three outcome areas are discussed: impact of the collaboration on student satisfaction and perceived competence; characteristics of the included literature; and the dissemination of SR findings to healthcare practitioners.

Methods

Three librarians participated in the instruction and the institutional repository (Jefferson Digital Commons; JDC) deposits. A total of 132 students over a period …

Conference Poster Season, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi

Jefferson Digital Commons News

The Jefferson Digital Commons (JDC) has nearly 500 archived conference posters. Don’t let your conference posters collect dust and sit in hallways where only your colleagues view them on a daily basis. Send them to the JDC to reach a global audience.

Latest School Of Population Health Capstones In The Jdc, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi

Jefferson Digital Commons News

The latest round of capstone presentations by students in the TJU School of Population Health have been loaded in the Jefferson Digital Commons.

Human Books: Social Media, Unplugged, Patricia Wynne, Mslis, Dorothy E. Berenbrok, Mslis, Gary E. Kaplan, Mslis, Ahip, Helena Washington, Mslis

Academic Commons and Scott Memorial Library Staff Papers and Presentations

Objectives

Purpose: Enable health sciences students and staff to engage in dialogue to challenge common prejudices in a positive manner and to promote empathy for the patients and families they encounter.

Methods

Setting/Participants: Academic Health Sciences library serving students and staff in an urban hospital and university. The ‘reader’ participants included students, staff, and faculty from the academic medical center. The ‘book’ participants included volunteers from both inside and outside the institution.

Results

Brief Description: Adapting an international program, The Human Library, the library recruited ‘books’ who had experienced discrimination based on aspects of their lives such as race, sexual …

Jdc Quarterly Report For January-March 2015 Now Available, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi

Jefferson Digital Commons News

Outline of report:

• 10 year birthday for the JDC
• Parenting for Emotional Growth content from Henri Parens, MD
• Jefferson Faculty Books
• Women at Jefferson: New Oral Histories
• Assorted asset highlights
• What people are saying about the JDC

Parenting For Emotional Growth: Now In The Jdc, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi

Jefferson Digital Commons News

Parenting for Emotional Growth, a Textbook, Workshops and Curriculum for Students in Grades K Thru 12 is the result of a multi-disciplinary research project lead by Henri Parens, MD, a TJU Professor of Psychiatry. An intensive study of a group of mothers and their children over thirty-seven years lead to the development of these materials–designed for parents, caregivers, educators and mental health professionals– addressing how to optimize a child’s emotional development and health.

Women At Jeff: New Oral Histories Posted To The Jdc, Kelsey Duinkerken, Msi

Jefferson Digital Commons News

The Archives and Special Collections is posting oral history interviews with some of the first women to attend Jefferson. The interviews explore how each woman became interested in the sciences or medicine, their time at Jefferson Medical College, and where their careers took them after graduate school.

Jefferson Faculty Books In The Jdc, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi

Jefferson Digital Commons News

The Jefferson Digital Commons has a new series: Jefferson Faculty Books, a collection of recent works published by Thomas Jefferson University faculty. This list will be updated as Jefferson authors continue to publish new titles. Each record includes a link to Amazon for those interested in purchase, as well as a WorldCat link to help researchers locate the closest library that owns a copy of the book.

New Cwic-Ph Posters In Jefferson Digital Commons, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi

Jefferson Digital Commons News

Twenty four new College within the College posters have been added to the Jefferson Digital Commons.

College within the College (CwiC) is a four year academic area of concentration designed to enrich the Jefferson Medical College curriculum for those students who seek additional training in Population Health. This program aims to step beyond the individual-level focus of mainstream medicine by addressing a broad range of factors that impact health, such as environment, literacy, ethnicity, social structure, resource distribution, health systems and health education/promotion.

This collection consists of posters and presentations developed by Jefferson CwiC-PH medical students in their exploration …

Jdc Celebrates 10 Years!, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi

Jefferson Digital Commons News

Do you remember what you were doing on January 13, 2005? Probably not, but on that date the Scott Memorial Library activated their institutional repository, the Jefferson Digital Commons. Yes, it has been a decade since the JDC hit the internet.

Growing A Sustainable Community, Joseph Fulginiti, Alexander Moxam, Roderick Thompson

CwiC-PH

Poster includes: Summer Goals, Community Barriers, Fruits of Labor, Room for Growth and Community Assets.

2014 Jcipe Conference, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi

Jefferson Digital Commons News

The internationally-renowned Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Education (JCIPE) hosted a conference, Interprofessional Care for the 21st Century: Redefining Education and Practice, in Philadelphia on October 10-12, 2014. Conference presentations and posters have been loaded in the Jefferson Digital Commons.