Reminder: Library Technology Resources Week March 26-30

There's room for so much more than Angry Birds on your mobile device.   

And, there's room for you to find out just how much more in one of the classes  -  Dynamed, Procedures Consult, and UpToDate  -  being offered during Library Technology Resources Week at Preston Medical Library.

Register for one (or, all) of the classes, and we'll help you put the "app" back in happy.

Preston Medical Library Launches Literary Rounds

Innovation is one of Preston Medical Library’s top values.

Part of the library's vision is to aspire to be an essential part of UT Graduate School of Medicine’s endeavor to become a school of choice for graduate medical education.

Pair that mission with innovation, and prepare to benefit from the library’s latest contribution to the graduate school and to the UT Medical Center community.

On Wednesday, April 11 a new series will launch at Preston Medical Library  -  Literary Rounds.

The series will feature readings by some of the best writers based in East Tennessee and, when possible, from further abroad. Also featured in the series, will be sessions devoted to roundtable discussions on medically-themed literature.

In addition to supporting the graduate school of medicine’s narrative medicine curriculum, the Literary Rounds series will place Preston Medical Library in the forefront of the growing field of literature and medicine.

Donna Doyle, Preston Medical Library, and Dr. Ronald Lands, UT Graduate School of Medicine will be the featured writers at the inaugural session of Literary Rounds.

Doyle is the author of a poetry chapbook Heading Home published by Finishing Line Press. Her work has been anthologized in All Around Us: Poems From the Valley; Breathing the Same Air; Literary Lunch; Migrants & Stowaways; Low Explosions: Writings on the Body; Outscape: Writings on Fences and Frontiers; Knoxville Bound; Southern Poetry Anthology Volume III: Contemporary Appalachia; MOTIF 3; and is forthcoming in the Southern Poetry Anthology VI: Tennessee. Journal publications include Phoenix; Coffeehouse Poet's Quarterly; Up Against the Wall; Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine; New Millennium Writings; Journal of the American Medical Association and is forthcoming in Still. Her poetry has received awards from the UTK Womens Coordinating Council; the UTK English Department Knickerbocker Award; UTK College of Arts & Sciences Margaret Artley Woodruff Award; New Millennium Writings; Now & Then; Libba Moore Gray Poetry Prize; Tennessee Mountain Writers; Robert Burns Poetry-Terry Semple Memorial Award; and a Metro Pulse Food Haiku Award. Her work has been selected for master class sessions with William Stafford and Jane Hirshfield. Doyle facilitates poetry classes for UTGSM internal medicine residents.

Lands is a member of the teaching faculty in the Department of Medicine at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville campus where he practices and teaches Internal Medicine, Hematology and Palliative Care. He has work published in the collection Breathing the Same Air: An Anthology of East Tennessee Writers as well as New Millennium Writings, Branchwood Journal, Wind, descant, The Distillery, Washington Square, Fourth River, Nassau Review, RiverSedge, and the Big Muddy. He has published essays from the intersection of writing and medicine in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Annals of Internal Medicine, Journal of the American Geriatric Society, and the Journal of Palliative Medicine. His work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

The launch of Literary Rounds will be held at 4:30pm-5:30pm in the library’s conference room. The event is free and open to the public.

Future sessions will be held the 2^nd Wednesday of the month at 4:00pm-5:00pm.

If you have questions, contact Donna Doyle at djdoyle@utmck.edu or 865-305-8776.

Library Technology Resources in a Mobilized World

Mobile technology is changing how people access information. 

On any given day, if an observer strolls through Preston Medical Library they will probably see one or two residents using iPads or iPhones, a nurse using an Android smartphone, and maybe a medical student using another type of tablet or a BlackBerry smartphone. 

Whereas just a few short years ago many users were transporting their laptops back and forth looking for a quiet spot in the library to work, now library patrons can work just about anywhere by using their mobile device.

Obviously these trends go far beyond the library. 

Mary Meeker, an analyst with Morgan Stanley, predicted in 2010 that by 2014 there would be more users connecting to the Internet from a mobile device than from a desktop computer.

According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 82% of all adults in the United States have cell phones, and 35% of adults have smartphones that include apps.

 

Preston Medical Library users can now have access to apps for many of our most popular subscriptions, including UpToDate, CINAHL, PubMed, Dynamed, Procedures Consult, and MDConsult.  A downloadable tutorial is available to help get you started.

The library is also sponsoring training on downloading and using these subscription resources on a mobile device. 

Lunch will be provided, so sign up today!

Date	Vendor / Product	Event	Times	Location
Monday, March 26th, 2012	UpToDate	Training on Mobile / Desktop Versions	12:00 PM – 1:00 PM	Preston Medical Library Conference Room
Wednesday, March 28th , 2012	Elsevier  / Procedures Consult	Training on Mobile / Desktop Versions	12:00 PM – 1:00 PM	Preston Medical Library Conference Room
Friday, March 30th, 2012	EBSCO / Dynamed	“User Clinic” on setting up mobile access	10:00 AM – 11:00 AM	Preston Medical Library Conference Room
Friday, March 30th, 2012	EBSCO  / Dynamed	Training on Mobile / Desktop Versions	11:00 AM – 12:00 PM	Preston Medical Library Conference Room

 Also, Preston Medical Library will soon be unveiling an updated mobile version of our website. So, stay tuned!

Preston Medical Library is available to help you with research on this and other topics. Visit our website or call us at 865-305-9525 for free consumer health information. 

Post by Michael Lindsay 

Resource News: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Preston Medical Library now subscribes to Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. This title is published by the University of Chicago Press and is available from the library’s JSTOR collection. Available dates include 1999 - present.

According to the journal's description page, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology provides “original, peer-reviewed scientific articles for anyone involved with an infection control or epidemiology program in a hospital or healthcare facility. Written by infection control practitioners and epidemiologists and guided by an editorial board composed of the nation’s leaders in the field, ICHE provides a critical forum for this vital information.”

Post by Michael Lindsay

Library Technology Resources Week: March 26-30

Would you like to learn more about installing and/or using Dynamed, UptoDate, or Procedures Consult on your smartphone?

Register for one of the upcoming training sessions!

March 26-30, Preston Medical Library will host Library Technology Resources Week. Vendors from our most popular resources will lead sessions on how to use mobile and desktop versions of their products.

Class Schedule:

UpToDate

March 26

12pm-1pm (lunch provided)

Procedures Consult

March 28

12pm-1pm

Dynamed  

March 30

10am-11am (special user clinic on how to set up mobile access)

Dynamed

March 30

11am-12pm (lunch provided)  

All classes will be held in the library's conference room.                    

Also, a bonus to nurses  -  the library will bring CINAHL training sessions to you the afternoon of March 30! Check with your nurse manager for details.

If you have questions, call 865-305-9525.

Staff News: Sandy Oelschlegel Speaks @ Nursing Grand Rounds

On Wednesday, March 8 Sandy Oelschlegel will speak at Nursing Grand Rounds. The title of her talk is Partnering with Nursing to Improve Health Literacy: The Role of the Library in Patient Education".

Two sessions will be held in Wood Auditorium  -  11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 12:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Staff News: JMLA Article

Yvonne Socha, (middle) celebrates news of the final manuscript acceptance to Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA).

The article, "Improving an Outreach Service by Analyzing the Relationship of Health Information Disparities to Socioeconomic Indicators using GIS" was the result of her work as a University of Tennessee School of Information Science practicum student at Preston Medical Library. 

Yvonne's research utilized Esri’s ArcMap GIS software and U.S. Census Bureau datasets to map the socioeconomic factors of age, poverty, and disability in East Tennessee.  The rate of calls to our Consumer and Patient Health Information Service (CAPHIS) was also determined and displayed as a layer on these maps. The result is a determination of health information disparities in discreet geographic areas. 

Grant funding will be sought to provide targeted outreach to the 31 Zip Codes identified. If you are aware of funding opportunities to support this outreach please contact Library Director, Sandy Oelschlegel at soelschl@utmck.edu.

The other authors include Sandy Oelschlegel (taking photo); Cynthia J. Vaughn (on right); Martha Earl (on left).

The paper will appear in the July issue of the Journal of the Medical Library Association. A preprint of the paper will be available on the JMLA website, for MLA members only in April.  The electronic PubMed Central version will be available three weeks after the print issue is mailed. A poster presentation on this research has also been accepted for May 2012 at the Medical Library Association Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington.

Major Gifts: Dialysis Clinic Incorporated Makes Dontation to Preston Medical Library

PHOTO: Dialysis Clinic Incorporated  presents a generous gift to Preston Medical Library (R-L) Terry Williams, DCI Administrator of the Knoxville DCI clinics; Sandy Oelschlegel, Library Director ;Thomas Miller, MD, Medical Director of the Knoxville DCI clinics

On February 24^th, 2012 Dialysis Clinic Inc. continued their commitment to Preston Medical Library by making a significant gift. 

Since 1995, DCI has donated funds in order to support the purchase of nephrology related resources for patient care, teaching and research at University of Tennessee Medical Center  and University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine.

These cumulative gifts outpace any other donor to the Preston Medical Library through 2012. 

Initially provided in honor of Nephrologist Dr. Roland Regester, Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at University of Tennessee Medical Center, the resources are also available for use by area physicians and other health care professionals. 

Dialysis Clinics Incorporated is a nation-wide non-profit organization which is affiliated with major universities and teaching hospitals across the country, and notably, the Knoxville DCI Clinics, are affiliated with University of Tennessee Medical Center. Medical Director of the Knoxville DCI clinics, Thomas Miller, MD and Administrator Terry Williams have continued to support Preston Medical Library throughout the years by requesting support from the DCI organization in the form of donations to the library.

A history of gifts to the library is listed below:

• 1995 - Dialysis Clinics Incorporated contributed initial funding to the library gift fund to enrich the nephrology-related resources and set up a section of the library honoring Dr. Roland  Regester- the “Roland F. Regester M.D. Nephrology Resource Area”. 

• 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008 - Dialysis Clinics Incorporated continue support of the nephrology resources including textbooks, journals and databases for the Dr. Roland F. Register Nephrology Resource Area. 

• 2010 - A gift was given to support the purchase of textbooks, journals and databases and to support a specific, named location in the new, soon to be relocated Preston Medical Library. The clinical and research staff computer lab in the new library location will be designated as the Roland F. Regester Resource Area.

• 2011 - The most recent generous gift will continue to support the purchase of print and online resources in the area of nephrology. These resources will aid the University of Tennessee Medical Center physicians and all area physicians in treating and improving the live patients with kidney disease.  

Save the Date: Library Technology Week

Beginning March 26, Preston Medical Library will host a free Library Technology Week. Vendors include Dynamed, CINAHL, Procedures Consult, and UptoDate.

Please hold March 26, 28, and 30. Detailed information will be announced soon.

National Health Observances: March 2012

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National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
www.preventcancer.org/colorectal  

 
National Endometriosis Awareness Month
www.endocenter.org

 
National Nutrition Month^®
www.eatright.org/nnm

Save Your Vision Month
www.aoa.org/x5072.xml

Trisomy Awareness Month
http://www.livingwithtrisomy13.org/trisomy-13-awareness.htm

Workplace Eye Wellness Month
www.preventblindness.org 

5-11

National Sleep Awareness Week®
www.sleepfoundation.org/event/national-sleep-awareness-week%C2%AE

5 - 9
National School Breakfast Week
www.schoolnutrition.org/nsbw

8
World Kidney Day
www.kidney.org

10
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
www.womenshealth.gov/nwghaad/

12 - 18
Brain Awareness Week
www.dana.org/brainweek

18 - 24
National Poison Prevention Week
www.poisonprevention.org/poison.htm

20
National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
www.nnaapc.org/news/awareness-day.htm

24
World Tuberculosis Day
www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day

25 - 31
National Tsunami Awareness Week
www.tsunami.gov

27
American Diabetes Alert Day
www.diabetes.org/in-my-community/programs/alert-day