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Shaping Librarianship In Graduate Medical Education, Carrie Cullen, Laura Murray

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

TITLE: Shaping Librarianship in Graduate Medical Education

OBJECTIVE: To reshape the role of faculty librarian in graduate medical education by establishing relationships and demonstrating the value of health sciences librarians as partners in research and medical education.

METHODS: The librarian previously assigned as a liaison to graduate medical education at a public research institution left the position nearly one year before a successor was hired, and little was known about their activities in this role. This poster illustrates the efforts of two newly hired librarians to define and develop the role of an academic research and education librarian embedded in …

Fighting Size: The Negotiation For Study Space In The Face Of Aging Collections, Anya Mckinney

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

OBJECTIVE Meeting departmental goals and student expectations are a challenge with evolving budgets and changing perspectives on the purpose of library space. Repurposing library space to meet student needs while maintaining appropriate collections is a challenge and an opportunity for librarians and patrons alike. At South College, institutional growth and student demand for study space, both physical space and time, highlighted a need for change within the physical confines of the library department.

METHODS The libraries at the main South College campus and three other campuses underwent extensive remodeling to provide additional study space for students. The institution and Head …

Shaping Wikipedia Editing As A Teaching And Learning Tool To Promote Deep Learning And Information Literacy, Nadine Dexter, David Lebowitz Md, Amin Azzam Md

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Research has shown that at least 94% of medical students use Wikipedia as an information resource (Usaid, 2012), despite medical school faculty telling them not to. In fact, medical schools do not train students to improve Wikipedia or use it critically (Azzam, 2017). The Wikiproject Medicine course was created at the invitation and in partnership with Dr. Amin Azzam at the University of California San Francisco, who started the original program in 2013. This class is offered to 4th year medical students and gives students an opportunity to edit already existing health related articles in Wikipedia to improve their quality …

Let's Play Kahoot! Teaching Epocrates To High School Students Through Online Game-Based Learning, Terri Johnson, Thesla Brene-Anderson

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Poster Title: Let’s Play KAHOOT! Teaching Epocrates Through Online Game-Based Learning to High School Students.

Background: The Florida State University College of Medicine hosts a one-week residential summer program on campus for high school students. The Science Students Together Reaching Instructional Diversity & Excellence (SSTRIDE) Summer Institute motivates students to excel academically, introduces students to a variety of clinical settings, provides standardized test preparation for ACT and SAT, provides mentoring, exposes students to college life, gives students a perspective on the life of a medical student, expose students to certain aspects of the medical school curriculum through interaction with faculty …

Collaboration Picnic: Developing And Maintaining A Growing Network Of Research Partners Across The United States For Successful Research Production, Jenessa Mcelfresh, Rachel Keiko Stark

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Objective: The objective of this study was to highlight and document the ways that collaboration, specifically across great geographic and institutional differences, can be an asset when engaging in research in health sciences librarianship.

Methods: Impact and success were measured through formal outcomes (publications/presentations) and informal observations, primarily focusing on the collaboration experiences of two health sciences librarians in non-health sciences academic libraries. The history of collaboration spans from 2015-present day and includes demonstrated outcomes on the local, regional, and national level.

Results: The results of this study of collaboration demonstrate that long-term research collaborations across geographic and institutional boundaries …

Elevating Library Practice Through Process Improvement Teams: The Electronic Resources Task Force, James Michael Lindsay, Rebecca Harrington, David Petersen, Martha Earl

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Objective Organizations in fields from manufacturing to health care use process improvement teams, an important aspect of LEAN practice, to improve their work. The library faced challenges with interfaces for electronic resources, including a dated electronic journals interface, out-of-control LibGuides, and lack of control over our web presence. The library formed the Electronic Resources Task Force to foster a collaborative approach to solving these problems. This poster will show techniques used and what we accomplished. Methods The library experienced many changes in the last year including changes in leadership and staff. With our new director’s emphasis on improving electronic access, …

Shaping A Future For Library & Cme Through Partnerships, Shannon Glover, Jennifer Reagan

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

The purpose of this poster is to highlight the value of the partnership between library services and continuing medical education (CME) teams at Northeast Georgia Health System. Successful partnership examples include: 1) case conferences, such as Mortality & Morbidity (M&M) and tumor board, 2) library participation in the CME committee meetings, and 3) literature searches to support CME presentations. As a result, the partnership shows effectiveness by focusing on accountability and team work to accomplish educational goals and objectives set for the system.

Prioritizing Resources For Third-Year Medical Students, Marcelle Savoy, Kimberly Kertis

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Prioritizing Resources for Third Year Medical Students To assess the effectiveness of using library surveys as a means of prioritizing resources for collection development. In the third year of medical undergraduate education, students are undergoing their core clinical rotations. During this period, exams in the core areas must be passed and therefore, access to relevant library resources is vital for successful completion. As part of their curriculum, students were able to accumulate additional points toward their final average by completing a survey, which assessed how library resources and availability, or lack thereof, affected their performance during this critical year. Since …

Leisurely Reshaping A Consumer Health Book Collection, Kelsey Grabeel, Martha Earl, Jennifer Luhrs

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Objective: To discover whether adding leisure books, according to a carefully designed collection development policy, to a consumer health collection (CHC) in a hospital would lead to an increase in usage of the CHC collection, an increased number of monthly subscriptions for membership in the Health Information Center (HIC), and change in the subject of materials circulated.

Methods: The collection development policy, specifically for the Leisure Reading Collection (LRC), included bestselling titles within 3 years, award winning fiction, and classics. Librarians also set criteria with clear parameters related to gifts, donations, and collection maintenance. Twenty-four books were selected for the …

Elevating Patient Education Through State-Wide Instruction Of Nurses And Patient Educators On Consumer Health Resources, Lindsay Blake, Alice Jaggers

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Background: Patient Education is consistently cited by the Joint Commission as needing work at many institutions. However, with a limited number of patient educators and high nurse to patient ratios it is hard to find the time to adequately teach patients all they may need to know. The goal of this project was to create a course and online guide for nurses and patient educators. The course was approved for continuing education credit for nurses, dieticians, and health education specialists. The guide would serve as a central location for accessing consumer health websites and information for both educators and patients. …

Three Year Trend In Interlibrary Loan Requests, David Goolabsingh

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Objective: Background: In response to the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) ILL service increase from $9 to $12, and in preparation for an upcoming retreat discussion in April 2018, the Consortium of Southern Biomedical Libraries (CONBLS) polled its 21 member libraries for ILL fills and borrows to and from other CONBLS libraries for calendar years 2016 and 2017.

Methods: To analyze three years of data, 2018 ILL statistics was requested from CONBLS libraries and permission was obtained to use it and the previously collected 2016 and 2017 ILL CONBLS statistics for this poster. Data was combined in Excel and analyzed …

Shaping The Future Of Education For The Medical Library Association, Gail Kouame, Heather Holmes, Elizabeth Laera

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Objective: Inform health sciences information professionals about the newly developed structure for educational programming for the Medical Library Association (MLA) based on MLA’s Professional Competencies.

Methods: MLA appointed the Education Steering Committee and six Education Curriculum Committees to develop education content based on the Association’s revised Professional Competencies. The Competencies provide the framework that define the skills to be gained as a result of educational offerings. The Education Curriculum Committees are charged with: 1. Designing and planning curriculum and educational offerings and resources; 2. Providing direction, expertise, and knowledge to creators and instructors of educational offerings with respect to content …

Squaring An Open Circle: Trends And Opportunities In Open Access Publishing, Promotion, And Impact, G. Randall Watts, Hilary Jasmin, Jess Newman

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

This poster will examine the trends surrounding scholarly communications amongst faculty authors at UTHSC to determine prevalence of Open Access (OA) publishing in order to formulate a strategy for the library to reallocate services and funds to meet the changing needs of the Library’s users. Using bibliographic analysis and citation analysis for the prior 10 years (2009-2018), we hope to discover the following: the trend with respect to OA publishing amongst UTHSC faculty including the difference between Gold OA and Green OA; the specific journals in which UTHSC faculty choose to publish; and, the impact of OA publishing versus traditional …

Shaping An Institutional Workplace Wellness Program To Fit An Academic Health Science Center Library, Sarah Adcock, Chameka C. Robinson

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Objective: In 2018, The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) established the Office of Wellbeing as an umbrella structure to enhance the physical health, emotional wellbeing, and professional fulfillment of faculty, staff, and students. The UMMC Office of Wellbeing sponsors workshops, lectures, and classes on a variety of wellness topics. Wellness events are held primarily in the clinical areas of the large academic medical center campus during the noon hour. Attending these events can be challenging for library faculty and staff that are juggling busy work schedules, responsibilities, and duties. The aim is to improve accessibility and participation in wellness …

Any Shape Or Form: An Online Module For Teaching Medical Students Citation Management In Residency Settings, Erica Heasley, Robyn Rosasco

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Objective: To describe how the library’s online tutorial for medical students, “Introduction to Citation Management Tools,” was created and integrated into the College of Medicine’s Residency Preparation Boot Camp. Implemented in 2017, passing the tutorial is still a requirement for completing the boot camp.

Methods: In 2017, the Maguire Medical Library was asked by undergraduate and graduate medical education faculty to create a citation management tutorial for 4th-year medical students preparing to commence their respective residency programs. As part of the College of Medicine’s Residency Preparation Boot Camp, the tutorial needed to provide students with an overview of citation management …

Overview Of Credit-Bearing Library-Sponsored Courses For Health Sciences Students, Emily Brennan, Christine Andresen, Irene Lubker

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Objective: This research project aims to present an overview of credit-bearing library-sponsored courses offered by librarians at Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) member institutions during the 2017-2018 academic year.

Methods: The research team gathered information about credit-bearing library-sponsored courses offered during the 2017-2018 academic year through a national survey, and gathered additional data using semistructured interviews. The cross-sectional survey investigated prevalence, content covered, credits offered, barriers, and other details about credit-bearing library courses. Information gleaned from interviews was thematically analyzed using qualitative methodologies.

Results: The survey was completed by 40 of 150 U.S. AAHSL institutions, resulting in a …

Using A Search Strategy Tool To Teach Search Strategy Development, Krystal Bullers, Allison M. Howard

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

Objective: To demonstrate how use of a search strategy form together with a health science librarian consult improved student understanding of search strategy.

Methods: Two embedded librarians for pharmacy and public health had separately designed assignments to teach advanced search techniques for their respective students but felt the outcomes were unsatisfactory. To address this, the pharmacy librarian created an exercise for students that would facilitate understanding of the search development process. Students completed a form that walked through the steps of the development process prior to meeting with a research librarian. Students then integrated librarian feedback into the final search …

Professionalism And Educational Research & Involvement The Importance Of Librarians Showing Up And Showing Out, Joe Swanson Jr., Roland Bernard Welmaker Sr.

Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference

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Virtual, Augmented And Mixed Reality, Trendy Gimmicks Or Essential Resources In Future Medical Libraries?, Linda Östlundh

Abstracts

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Predatory Journals: A Growing Issue Within The Open Access Model, Linda Östlundh

Presentations

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The Institutional Repository Landscape In Medical Schools And Academic Health Centers: A 2018 Snapshot View And Analysis, Daniel G. Kipnis, Lisa A. Palmer, Ramune K. Kubilius

Libraries Scholarship

Objective:

This study uses survey research methods to gain a deeper understanding of the institutional repository (IR) landscape in medical schools and academic health centers.

Methods:

Members of the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) were surveyed about their IRs. The authors used a mixed-methods approach of a survey and qualitative content analysis to identify common themes.

Results:

Survey results indicate that a large majority of responding medical schools and academic health centers have or are implementing an IR (35 out of 50, 70%). Of these, 60% (21 institutions) participate in an institution-wide IR rather than administer their own …

Predatory Journals: A Growing Issue Within The Open Access Model, Linda Östlundh

Proceedings

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Rrh Library Newsletter, October 2019, Libraries At Rochester Regional Health

Rochester Regional Health authored publications and proceedings

Newsletter sections include: Vaping-Associated Illnesses

Service Quality Assessment Of Hospital Libraries: A Libqual+ Survey, Hamed Nasibi-Sis, Saeideh Valizadeh-Haghi, Soheila Zare, Abdolvahed Orazi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Objective: The purpose of this research is to evaluate the hospital libraries service quality of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences from the users’ perspectives based on the LibQUAL+ model. Furthermore, is to make a comparison between library services of general hospitals versus specialized one. Materials and methods: The survey used the LibQUAL+ model to evaluate service quality of libraries of general as well as specialized hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (12 libraries) (Iran). The data were collected from library clients by administering the LibQUAL+ questionnaire in a printed format. Results: It has been revealed that hospital …

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome On Health Information Websites: How Much Credible They Are?, Shahabedin Rahmatizadeh, Saeideh Valizadeh-Haghi, Arefeh Kalavani, Nadereh Fakhimi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Background: The most recent MERS outbreak has raised questions about prevention and symptoms since there is currently no vaccine to prevent MERS. People can help protect themselves from this illness by taking everyday preventive actions. To do so, it is helpful to get medical information on the Internet about this illness. Regarding the importance of ensuring the provision of accurate online information, the aim of this study was to assess the credibility of health websites about MERS by using HONcode tool.

Materials and methods: The term “MERS” was searched in Google, Yahoo, and Bing and the first three pages …

Appendices And Codebook For Evaluating Nursing Faculty's Use Of Frameworks And Standards In Information Literacy Instruction: A Multi-Institutional Study, Bethany S. Mcgowan, Laureen Cantwell, Jamie Conklin, Julie Planchon Wolf, Maribeth Slebodnik, Rebecca Raszewski, Sandy Mccarthy, Shannon Johnson

Libraries Faculty and Staff Supplemental Materials

In January 2018, the ACRL Health Sciences Interest Group (HSIG) convened a working group to revise the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Nursing (2013) into a Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education for Nursing. For nearly two years, the working group has conducted research to understand how nursing faculty integrate information literacy instruction in nursing education. Results from a review of the literature and surveying of nursing faculty at nine higher education institutions suggest that a majority of nursing faculty are unaware of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education but are intentional in using the …

Rrh Library Newsletter, September 2019, Libraries At Rochester Regional Health

Rochester Regional Health authored publications and proceedings

Newsletter sections include: Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing

Recent Trends, Current Research In Cyberpsychology: A Literature Review, Amarjit Kumar Singh, Pawan Kumar Singh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Cyberpsychology refers to the study of the mind and behavior in the context of interactions with technology. It is an emerging branch, which has focused on the psychological aspects connected to the increasing presence and usages of technology in modern lives. This paper traces recent advancement and trends of Cyberpsychology is an emerging domain of knowledge and goes on the give a literature review of the same. An analysis of the recent research and literature covering 300 most relevant research papers from the period of 2012 to 15, August 2019 was conducted to determine and shape the research pattern based …

Rrh Library Newsletter, August 2019, Libraries At Rochester Regional Health

Rochester Regional Health authored publications and proceedings

Newsletter sections include: Podcasts for Work and Play

Natural Medicines, Neyda V. Gilman

Library Scholarship

Natural Medicines is a robust and authoritative resource for information related to complementary and alternative medicines, natural therapies, natural ingredients, and natural products. The content is evidence-based with the aim of being as objective and unbiased as possible, and monographs in the database include references for the information provided (Natural Medicines 2019a). It is a fee-based subscription product, but pricing is generally fair and it can be bundled with other resources of interest. There are some inconveniences, such as not working with discovery services or allowing Boolean or quotation searching, but overall the database is easy to use, reliable, and …