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Contemporary Therapeutic Aquatics: Interprofessional Course, Marcia Levinson, Pt, Phd, Mft, Martha Langley Ankeny, M.Ed. M.Ed., E. Adel Herge, Otd, Otr/L

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Aquatic therapy can meet the needs of individuals from childhood to older adulthood with a variety of health conditions, and, in certain situations, is preferable to land-based therapy. Information on this specialized area of practice is minimally covered in entry-level occupational and physical therapy curricula, yet aquatic therapy is a rapidly expanding area of practice.

Ranking Library Tasks For Redesigning A Medical Academic Health Center And University Mobile Web Site, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi, Gary Kaplan, Mslis, Ann Koopman, Am, Brian Kysela, Joseph Zavorski

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Objectives:

(1) To determine what library-related tasks users most want to be able to perform on their mobile devices (smartphones, iPads,etc.), using a modified Likert scale, freetext and multiple choice questions to rank the most common tasks.

(2) To redesign our existing Library mobile site.

Replacement For The 10 Page Paper? A Pilot Project Using Blogs And Wikis For A Collaborative Ebm Assignment In A 3rd Year Internal Medical Clerkship, Gary E. Kaplan, Mslis, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi, Margy Grasberger, Ms, Karen Krasznavolgyi, Mls, Anothny J. Frisby, Phd, J. Jon Veloski, Ms, Jessica Salt, Md

Academic Commons and Scott Memorial Library Staff Papers and Presentations

Objective Pilot a group assignment using blogs and wikis to develop evidence-based medicine skills in third year medical students on an internal medicine clerkship. Instead of the clerkship’s previous individual ten-page paper assignment, the students were divided into four groups of sixteen. During the clerkship, students are on geographically dispersed rotations. The earlier ten-page paper had required the students to complete a patient history and physical write-up. With the pilot project, each group was assigned a librarian and a physician faculty mentor. Each student recorded on the blog a clinical scenario and question they encountered. They were encouraged to communicate …