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MLGSCA/NCNMLG Joint Meeting  2005, Long Beach, California

 

Continuing Education

Join your colleagues to advance your knowledge and skills! Continuing education courses at the Joint Meeting are a convenient and less-costly  way to stay at the forefront of the health information profession. Registration is handled on a first-come, first-served basis, and no waiting lists are maintained. Some instructors have established a maximum attendance size, so register early!

Important News:

  • The Extreme Googling course is a hands-on computer course that will be held at an offsite facility at the Cerritos Public Library in Cerritos, CA. Transportation will be available to and from the library and will depart from the front entrance of the Hyatt Regency promptly at 12:20 p.m. Visit the Cerritos Public Library for hours and location information and for driving directions. Hands-on Computer Course

  • The Leadership and Emotional Intelligence Workshop will be held all day, Saturday, February 5, 2005. Breakfast and lunch are provided for Saturday CE attendees. All other continuing education courses will be held on Wednesday, February 2, 2005.

  • Special student fee, pending available space: $60

Cancellation Fees:

  • Cancellations on or before January 9, 2005 are fully refunded.
  • Cancellation fee between January 10 - 21, 2005: $50
  • Cancellations are not refunded after January 22, 2005.
Wednesday Classes, February 2, 2005
Half-day Courses (8:00 a.m. - Noon)
  • Clearing Copyrights: Step By Step Guide for Getting Permission to Use Copyrighted Works (CE hours approved)
  • Communicating with Physicians: For Librarians (CE 193)

Half-Day Courses (1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.)

  • (CANCELLED) - Data Detective: Finding the Jewels of Public Health Datasets (CE 385) 
  • Extreme Googling (CE hours approved) Hands-on Computer Course
  • Joint Commission Standards: Management of Information and Beyond (CE 141)
Saturday Class, February 5, 2005

Full-Day Course (8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.) (Breakfast and Lunch provided)

Leadership and Emotional Intelligence (CE hours approved)

A full description of specific CE courses appear below. For further information, or if you have other questions about the Joint Meeting '05 CE courses, contact Susan Lessick, slessick@uci.edu or (714) 456-6488. 

Clearing Copyrights: Step By Step Guide for Getting Permission to Use Copyrighted Works
(CE hours approved)

Level: Beginning
Prerequisite:
None
Cost:$90 (nonmember $140)
Attendance Maximum: 30

Instructor(s): Susan Lessick, Head, Grunigen Medical Library, Serials & Electronic Collections  for the Health Sciences Librarian, University of California, Irvine

Offered: Wednesday morning, Februrary 2, 2005, 8:00 a.m. - Noon

Permission from copyright owners is often needed when creating course materials, research papers, and Web sites. You need to obtain permission when you use a work in a way that infringes on the exclusive rights granted to a copyright holder. This workshop will aid you in planning strategies to obtain permission to use copyrighted works for educational purposes. Participants will find out about permission process and tools, sources for public domain works, how to locate copyright owners and ask for permission, as well as, what to do if the copyright owner can not be located.


Communicating with Physicians: For Librarians
CE 193

Level: Beginning
Prerequisite:
None
Cost:
$90 (nonmember$140)
Attendance Maximum: 30

Instructor(s): Bradley A. Long, senior information services librarian, Scott Memorial Library, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, and Peter M. Jucovy, chair, Institutional Review Board, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

Offered: Wednesday morning, February 2, 2005, 8:00 a.m. - Noon

Learn how to communicate more effectively with physicians. The overall goal is for librarians to understand what the viewpoint of physicians is during a library transaction and how the librarian can direct the interaction in a positive manner. The outcome of the course is that the librarian gains firsthand knowledge from a physician on what the physician's expectations are during a library transaction.

(CANCELLED) - Data Detective: Finding the Jewels of Public Health Datasets
CE 385

Level: Beginning
Prerequisite:
None
Cost:
$90 (nonmember $140)
Attendance Maximum: 30

Instructor(s): Hongjie Wang, AHIP, head, Information and Education Services Department, Lyman Maynard Stowe Library, University of Connecticut Health Center-Farmington

Offered: Wednesday afternoon, February 2, 2005, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Learn the definition, nature, sources, access, use and related issues of general health datasets information. An overview of basic information skills needed to use available large health datasets will be followed by live demonstration on how to access the most often used datasets.

Extreme Googling
(CE hours approved)

Level: Beginning  Hands-on Computer Course
Prerequisite: None
Cost:
$90 (nonmember $140)
Attendance Maximum: 29

Instructor(s): Joe Barker, Librarian, Teaching Library, UCB, Instructor, Infopeople

Offered: Wednesday afternoon, Februrary 2, 2005, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location:  Cerritos Public Library, Cerritos, CA
Workshop will give participants a chance to learn about Google’s features and understand when each can be of particular benefit.  Participants will explore how to take full advantage of Google’s specialized searchable databases, and will find out about bookmarklets and Google APIs.  The workshop will evaluate the merits of search engines, directories, databases and other alternatives to Googling.  The instructor will provide participants with cheat sheets for the advanced capabilities of Google and other search tools.

Joint Commission Standards: Management of Information and Beyond
CE 141

Level: Beginning
Prerequisite:
None
Cost:
$90 (nonmember $140)
Attendance Maximum: 30

Instructor(s): Susan Schweinsberg Long, AHIP, library director, Medical Library, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Offered: Wednesday afternoon, February 2, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Take this class for an understanding of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) Standards for information management and their implications for hospitals and health care organizations. Participants will learn the key issues related to providing and managing knowledge-based information (KBI) to support the environment of care, quality and patient safety. The class highlights the Shared Vision - New Pathways initiative including the new survey process and the 2003 standards consolidation. Using scenarios, case studies and group discussion, participants will clarify the library's role in maintaining organizational JCAHO compliance.

Leadership and Emotional Intelligence (Full-day)
(CE hours approved)

Level: Beginning
Prerequisite:
None
Cost:
$180 (nonmember $280) (includes breakfast and lunch)
Attendance Maximum: 40

Instructor(s):  Maureen Sullivan, Organizational Development Consultant, Maureen Sullivan Associates

Offered:
Saturday (all day), February 5, 2005, 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Workshop provides training about emotional intelligence competencies that underlie leadership styles and managing your emotions and relationships effectively to expand your repertory of leadership styles in order to be more successful. Based on Daniel Goleman’s work, Emotional Intelligence.

For more information please email
Susan Lessick: slessick@uci.edu

 

 

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