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The MLA Philadelphia Regional Chapter is very excited to present Informatics for Librarians: Peeling the Onion taught by PJ Grier and Dean Karavite, the program’s creators.
This workshop will demonstrate that clinical informatics is the “intersection of computer science, health sciences and information science.” Participants will learn about the “front-facing” skills that librarians bring to the field of clinical informatics and healthcare information technology as well as get a broad overview of the informatics field.
Because of federal healthcare reform initiatives the demand for skilled informatics staff is expected to outstrip supply by 2015 as part of the course workforce development programs available to librarians will be reviewed. MLA CE credit will be available.
See http://cech.mlanet.org/node/648 for a more complete description
Instructors:
PJ Grier is the Outreach and Access Coordinator for the National Library of Medicine Southeastern Atlantic (SE/A) Region . In addition to being a medical librarian and workshop instructor, Mr. Grier recently earned a graduate certificate in Clinical Informatics from the Johns Hopkins University.
Dean Karavite, Lead Human Computer Interaction Specialist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, works creating healthcare information technology solutions by developing clinical decision support tools for electronic health records.
The course will be presented at Eastern University (http://www.eastern.edu/) in the western suburbs of Philadelphia. Eastern is easily accessible by car or public transit. Registration information will be published shortly.
Thanks to NN/LM MAR for helping us present this workshop.
Article by Rebecca Landau
Librarian, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
March 21, 2013
“Will duct tape cure my warts: examining complementary and alternative medicine?” was a 6 week on-line class of NN/LM MAR (Feb 4 – March 15, 2013). Lydia Collins, Consumer Health Coordinator of NN/LM MAR, taught the course. A few MLA-Phil members participated.
The class consisted of on-line discussions, messages, forums, exercises, and an on-line session. Participants shared resources and even shared their own home remedies: salt water gargle for sore throats; tea w/lemon, honey, and/or whiskey for cold season; baking soda paste for itchy skin bite, etc.
The first lesson began with a screencast overviewing complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), and with definitions of terms used in discussing CAM. Definitions were those used by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). Four of those presented are:
CAM is as a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered to be part of conventional medicine.
Conventional Medicine is medicine as practiced by holders of MD (medical doctor) or D.O.(doctor of osteopathy) degrees and by their allied health professionals, such as physical therapists, psychologists, and registered nurses.
Complimentary Medicine is used together with conventional medicine. The example in the screencast was aromatherapy to help with pain after surgery.
Alternative Medicine is used in place of conventional medicine. The example in the screencast was shark cartilage to treat cancer instead of undergoing surgery, radiation or chemotherapy recommended by a MD.
Following the screencast, participants learned about the history of CAM in the United States. In 1992, the U.S. Congress established the Office of Unconventional Therapies which was later called the Office of Alternative Medicine. In 1998, Congress elevated the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM) to the level of a national center named NCCAM. “Recent Milestones in the History of CAM” is available on-line at the following link on the National Press website: http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11182&page=20
Participants also read about the history of body manipulation and the beginnings of chiropracty. The article we read is “Chiropractic Manipulation: an Historical Perspective” by James C. Kreig from the Iowa Orthopedic Journal, 1995:95-100 at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2329062/?page=1
The role of the FDA in regulating dietary supplements was addressed in the class through a reading assignment. Participants read the document
“FDA 101: dietary supplements,” on the FDA website: http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm050803.htm
The subject of the fourth lesson was CAM Evidence and Evaluation. Participants were directed to the “MedlinePlus Guide to Healthy WebSurfing,” http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthywebsurfing.html.
This site describes what to look for when evaluating the quality of health information on the web. Participants were given 4 specific websites and asked to evaluate 3 of them based on criteria (accuracy, authority, bias, currency and coverage of information, etc.) and on information listed on the MedlinePlus Guide website.
Following this lesson, participants answered questions on alternative therapies, herbs, vitamins, etc., using a list of recommended websites. Some of these recommended websites are: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, http://nccam.nih.gov; Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, OCCAM), http://www.cancer.gov/cam; Office of Dietary Supplements – NIH, http://ods.od.nih.gov.
NLM created a subset of CAM on PubMed. This subset was the focus of our last lesson. CAM can be searched on PubMed as a subset[sb], as a filter, or as one of the topic-specific queries found in PubMed.
By the way if you want to know if duct tape cures warts, search: duct tape and warts on PubMed.
Date and time: March 13, 2013 / 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Location:
Drexel University – Main Campus, Rush Building, Room 014, 30 N. 33rd Street (between Market and Arch Streets) Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Cost:
The goal of this program is to raise awareness and encourage participation by medical librarians in diagnostic error (Dx) prevention and mitigation. By the end of the program participants will be able to:
Date/Time: Thursday, April 11, 2013 /9 am – 4:30 pm
Location:
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) – Stratford Campus, Room 346 – Academic Center (Building 3) (for directions and maps Directions) Public transit is available!
No Cost: Free program.
Description:
This train-the-trainer course covers the process of building a user-centered training session, covering needs assessment, learning styles, working with and from participant objectives, and evaluation of outcomes. Students will participate in several group exercises where they will explore different training situations. Emphasis will be placed upon user-centered development and the building of objectives by which the success of a class may be evaluated. This class has been approved for 8 hours of MLA CE credit. Details and agenda.
NOTE: This is the same class being sponsored by HSLANJ on Wednesday, March 6th from 10 am – 4:30 pm at the Clifton Public Library, 292 Piaget Avenue, Clifton, NJ 08903.
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