JM2010: Invited Speaker: David Rothman, “A Refreshing Take on Technology Trends”
Posted on | February 5, 2010 | 1 Comment
By Marsha Kmec, Director of Library Services, Olive View/UCLA Medical Center
Everything old is new again. Well, that adage really doesn’t apply when we listen to what David Rothman had to say during the Joint Meeting about emerging and evolving technologies, past and present.
The first plenary session “A Refreshing Take on Technology Trends” was
nostalgic, especially for those who have been in the library profession for decades. We’ll never take our memory sticks for granted after viewing the computer memory storage “units” of the 60’s and 70’s that were perhaps eight to ten times larger (or more) than the Smart Car. David’s trip down memory lane was compelling considering he is only in his early thirties.
We’re amazed at the change in technology, especially in relation to older computers. Their size, capacity and limited memory/storage capability intrigued many of us at the time, but you just have to wonder what was going through David’s mind as he presented these images of state-of-the-art developments from the past. Many of us vividly remember vinyl records, 8 tracks, microfiche and even the Dictaphone; however David’s presentation, delivered with energy, and enthusiasm made us all feel comfortable with the wonders yet to come.
Posted 2/5/10
JM2010: Financial Realities of Planning the 2010 Joint Meeting
Posted on | February 5, 2010 | No Comments
By MLGSCA JM2010 Quad-Chairs: Ellen Aaronson, Rebecca Birr, Judy Bube, Kathy Zeblisky
A PDF version of the Financial Realities of Planning the 2010 Joint Meeting report is also available.
Concerns about Joint Meeting finances arose during the MLGSCA Business Meeting and AC Meetings held on January 28, 2010. The quad-chairs are therefore providing the following background information about the meeting planning process and financial outcomes:
1. No Final Report was available from the Las Vegas Joint Meeting to guide us in any aspect of the conference, including the most important estimates of room block and food commitments.
2. The “Goldilocks” effect: Our group is just a bit too big to hold the conference in boutique hotels, and way too small to interest the larger hotels. We only received two bids for the conference that suited our date needs and room rate. These were from the Renaissance Glendale Resort and Spa, and the Chapparal Suites Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona. We would have been embarrassed to hold the conference at the Chapparal Suites. The conference dates for Arizona are also limited due to the popularity of baseball Spring Training which increases hotel rates starting in February.
The Role of Nursing Theorists in Nursing Research
Posted on | February 5, 2010 | 5 Comments
By Cheryl Bartel, MLIS; MSN-Entry student, Western University of the Health Sciences
Notes on Nursing School
If you haven’t seen me around recently, it’s because I am keeping very busy at nursing school. Yes, after many years as a librarian to nurses, I have switched sides and am in the process of getting an entry-level Master of Science in Nursing at Western University of the Health Sciences. In school, I have learned many things that I wish I had a better understanding of in my previous life as a nursing librarian. I will be sharing these new ideas as a part of a regular column. I would love to get your feedback on whether you have used any of these ideas in helping your nurses and nursing students in the past, and how that worked.
This posting is going to cover the role of nursing theorists in nursing research, and future posts will cover topics like making sense of nursing degrees and the role of evidence-based practice in nursing. If you work with nurses and/or nursing students and have a question you would like to see covered, just let me know! My new “official” e-mail address is cbartel@westernu.edu.
Nursing Theory
Nursing is a little different from most health-care professions in that it is theory based. Our first nursing theorist was (who else?) Florence Nightingale. Nightingale used theory to explain what is and is not nursing, and this is a tradition that continues in nursing to this day. The scope of practice for nursing is so large (imagine the difference between a school nurse, a mental health nurse and an ICU nurse) that theory is necessary to provide a framework for understanding nursing.
Nursing theory ranges from grand theories (such as Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory) through middle range theories (such as Ray’s Theory of Bureaucratic Caring) to practice theory. Nursing practice theory is at the level that can be empirically tested, and typically comes from the daily practice of nursing.
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Job Opportunity: Parks Medical Library, Long Beach, CA
Posted on | February 4, 2010 | No Comments
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center (LBMMC) and Miller Children’s Hospital (MCH) seeks a leader and team player to join the Parks Medical Library Team to support the clinical, educational, research and administration information needs of the institution. The Medical Librarian, a .8 FTE, provides library services and user instruction for LBMMC/MCH involving print and non-print knowledge-based information resources and technology. The librarian supports daily library operations including reference and research assistance, user education, collection development and maintenance, cataloging, intranet development and maintenance, library services, and marketing efforts. In the absence of the Library Director, the librarian oversees department operations and the supervision of library staff.
Required: Masters degree in library and information science from an ALA accredited institution. Five years professional work experience in a hospital, health science or academic library. Experience searching/teaching PubMed/OVID Medline, EBSCO CINAHL, EBM, and other medical databases; managing integrated library systems (Sirsi Unicorn/Symphony, resolver, federated search engines); using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook; developing/managing library web sites; and marketing libraries. Outstanding interpersonal/communication skills. Excellent teaching/presentation skills.
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JM2010: Hollywood Librarian
Posted on | February 4, 2010 | No Comments
By Marsha Kmec, Director of Library Services, Olive View/UCLA Medical Center
Seidl’s vision plus an excellent dinner made for a wonderful evening. This librarian was immensely entertained, intrigued, educated, and adored the presentation of “The Hollywood Librarian”. The interviews with various librarians (including our own Chris Ewing) were extremely interesting and the passion shared by the librarians towards their profession was heartwarming and justified my career choice. And then of course my favorite movie, “It’s A Wonderful Life” was brought to our attention.
All movie snippets that mentioned libraries or librarians or eluded to them were edited to be included in Seidl’s production; very cute! Thank you to the Joint Meeting Planning Committee, 2010. The evening was a relaxing one and the movie truly served us well.
Posted 2/4/10
JM2010 CE: Understanding Healthcare Literature: Advanced Critical Appraisal
Posted on | February 4, 2010 | No Comments
By Hella Bluhm-Stieber, MLIS, AHIP, Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System
Ann McKibbon, MLS, PhD, from McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences started the CE class “Understanding Healthcare Literature” with different definitions for evidence-based medicine (EBM). A simple definition is: “evidence-based healthcare (EBHC) is the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values.” Ann focused the presentation on three steps of the 5-step process for EBHC:
- Framing the question appropriate to the needs of the patient/situation…
- Evaluating the evidence (critical appraisal or reading the article)
- Making and doing the decision.
One of the goals for the class was to learn how clinicians look at articles. A big component of this is critical appraisal. Critical appraisal is the reading and understanding of an article. It is a three step process:
- find good evidence
- find good results
- figure out how the patient matches the study
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JM2010: Contributed Paper: Readability of Patient Education Materials in Electronic Health Records
Posted on | February 4, 2010 | 1 Comment
By April R Frost, Independent Medical Librarian and Trainer
This paper presentation focused on the search to provide patient education materials that are readable and understandable by patients. Many patient handouts are available, but the reading level of these handouts is too high. Logistically, it is not practical for individual medical care providers/institutions to create their own handouts.
It would be time-consuming to create individual handouts for each topic, they
have to be reviewed to ensure they are accurate, as well as updating/maintaining the handouts to keep the information current.
There are many patient education tools; this study focused on 5. Readability was tested on 30 topics; the average reading level for these tools was 12th grade (from 9.7th grade – 15.5th grade). Health literacy advocates recommend 8th grade level, and many providers would prefer an even lower level, somewhere between 5th – 8th grade.
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JM2010 Round Table: Return on Investment (ROI)
Posted on | February 2, 2010 | No Comments
By Evonda Copeland, Supervisor, Library Services, Scottsdale Healthcare, Scottsdale, AZ.
Round Table: Return On Investment: Library Staff and Services. Facilitator: Suzette Kopec, Carondelet Health Network, St. Joseph’s Hospital Medical Library, Tucson, AZ.
Questions posed by the group:
- Libraries are downsizing & cutting budgets. What are the implications? What are libraries paying for, and how does it help the enterprise, impact patient care, and assist in training healthcare providers?
- How can we quantify what we do in a meaningful way?
- How do we turn those numbers we track into something useful? What do we do with our numbers?
- What are hospital administrators focusing on regarding ROI? What are hospitals tracking? Patient satisfaction, risk assessment/outcomes, length of stay, anything else?
- Can you translate literature searches and article retrieval into patient care?
- Does marketing trump ROI? Does relationship with administrators carry more weight than ROI?
- Do we record & report what we THINK should be important to administrators, or do we record & report what they actually ask to see?
- What can we (librarians) learn from the business model of information brokers? Is there anything they are doing that we can replicate/integrate into our business model?
JM2010 Contributed Paper: Evidence Based Bioethics – Available Tools and Resources for Librarians
Posted on | February 2, 2010 | 1 Comment
By Debra Schneider, Librarian, Scottsdale Healthcare, Scottsdale, AZ.
The definition of evidence-based bioethics remains subject to debate among bioethicists themselves. Hence, how would you respond to a request to lead a discussion on that topic to senior faculty, local physicians, ethicists, lawyers and other experts in the medical ethics field? Enthusiastically (and with extensive preparation) according to medical librarian, Linda Suk-Ling Murphy and law librarian, Brian Williams, who recently received this invitation from the Bioethics-Biolaw Discussion Group (BEBLDG).
Today’s presentation summarized the key definitions Linda and Brian used in the discussion with the BEBLDG regarding EBP and bioethics. Integral to their success was the use of a case scenario to effectively guide the BEBLDG through a lively but focused debate.
JM2010 Contributed Poster: First Steps Toward Rejuvenation of the Wilson Dental Library Website: Information Gathering Using a Survey and Usability Studies
Posted on | February 2, 2010 | 1 Comment
By Joe Pozdol, USC Norris Medical Library
In her well-organized poster on website redesign, Hughes articulates the process she used to evaluate the usability of USC’s Wilson Dental Library homepage. Since its launch in 2001, no user testing of the site had been done. Hughes used two steps in her evaluation process: an online Qualtrics survey and in-person testing.
The survey went out to all School of Dentistry students, faculty, and staff in February of 2009. In open-ended questions, participants had the opportunity to identify what they liked most and least about the site. Additional questions allowed for feedback on how often users went to the site, which resources they used most, ease of navigation, and design quality.
In July of 2009, in-person testing took place. Student listservs advertised the testing, and participants received 2GB USB keys as a reward for participating. Five questions assessed how easily patrons could navigate the site—participants had to locate a database, an e-journal, an e-book, a book’s call number, and librarian contact info. During 15-20 minute sessions, Adobe Captivate 4 recorded user clicks while patrons told facilitators about the search experience.
JM2010 Contributed Paper: John C. & Lowry Hench Cancer Library at the Roy & Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center
Posted on | February 2, 2010 | 1 Comment
By Evonda Copeland, Supervisor of Library Services, Scottsdale Healthcare, Scottsdale, AZ.
In February 2010, the new John C. & Lowry Hench Cancer Library, located within the Roy & Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, will join a family of 6 other California cancer research libraries supported by the Jennifer Diamond Foundation.
The Disney Family Cancer Center is a beautiful, tranquil, “one-stop shop” for cancer patients. Thanks to a visionary director of cancer services, Dr. Raul Mena, this Cancer Center provides access to western and eastern medicine through its Integrative Medicine program. And Dr. Mena insisted on including a library for the “mind” component in healing.
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JM2010 Round Table: New and Emerging Roles for Medical Librarians
Posted on | February 2, 2010 | No Comments
By April R. Frost, Independent Medical Librarian & Trainer
Round Table: New and Emerging Roles for Medical Librarians.
The first topic we discussed was transferability of medical librarians’ skills into other fields. Many library skills transfer nicely into other areas, such as journalism and reporting. The transfer of skills can be shared through cross-training with other departments. Cross-training can be enriching, but it is vital to use the organization’s mission as a guideline for each person’s role is within the department.
Hospital Librarian Education was another major topic. What is the best way for hospital librarians to educate themselves on medical library-related topics, such as medicine/medical terms, Evidence-Based Practice, and especially article analysis? We discussed distance learning, auditing college courses, and MLA CE’s as options. A primary area of discussion focused on article selection and analysis – both for librarians and library patrons.
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