Hardin News

On Thursday, May 1, Charisse Madlock-Brown will be teaching a class on how to use the online management tool RefWorks.

RefWorks is a web-based citation management and bibliography tool. It can help you to efficiently store, organize, and share citations and easily format them for papers and bibliographies.

It is also compatible with other databases and EndNote users can easily export their citation databases directly into RefWorks.

The workshop will be held at 3pm in the Info Commons East Room of the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.

To register for the class, go online to:
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/find/refworks/workshops.html

Academic libraries answer over 70 million reference questions every year.   This video will give you an idea what it is like to work at a reference desk.

The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine will host its annual four-session Mini Medical School, “Making Sense of Your Health: See More. Hear More. Do More.” in April on the UI campus.

Librarians Kathy Skhal and Chris Childs will teach a session called “Your What Hurts?: Research Health Questions on the Web” at the Hardin Library on April 29th. 

The Hardin Library for the Health Sciences Simulation Center in the Information Commons will be featured in the April 29th program.

The sessions will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays April 8, 15, 22 and 29 in the Dr. Prem Sahai Auditorium in the Medical Education and Research Facility (MERF). Map to MERF.

This year, Mini Medical School will focus on age-related changes in vision, hearing and mobility. UI researchers and clinicians will lead sessions on glaucoma, macular degeneration, hearing loss, aging and mobility, and osteroarthritis.

The Mini Medical School program is offered through the UI Carver College of Medicine in partnership with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, based in the UI Center on Aging.

Mini Medical School is designed for anyone who is interested in the scientific basis of health and disease. No science or medical educational background is needed to take part in the program.

This event is open to the public. Participation is limited to the first 250 registrants. A $5 fee for course materials will be collected during the first session. Registration is for all four of the Mini Medical School sessions.

For more information, visit http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/minimedicalschool or call toll free 877-MED-IOWA (877-633-4692).

Experts estimate that as many as 98,000 people die in any given year from medical errors that occur in hospitals. That’s more than die from either motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer, or AIDS– three causes that receive far more public attention. Health educators and librarians can learn how to network together to educate health consumers about their role in patient safety by attending one of the four events planned for this spring.

March 7: 1-4pm, Pella, IA.
Pella Regional Health Center
Local Partner: Pella Public Library

April 16: 1-4pm, Fairfield, IA.
Jefferson County Hospital
Local Partner: Fairfield Public Library

May 1: 1-4pm, Iowa City, IA.
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Local Partner: Iowa City Public Library

June 3: 1-4pm, Waverly, IA.
Waverly Health Center
Local Partner: Waverly Public Library

Please join us for an important opportunity to network with your colleagues and learn about UIHC efforts in patient safety including a new collaborative program designed to improve the safety of patients in Iowa communities.

Mary Kay Brooks, from the Office of Clinical Quality, Safety, and Performance Improvement will be discussing the importance of collaboration to sustain awareness about patient safety at the community level.

The National Patient Safety Week reception and introduction to the Iowa-based Empowering Public Health/Patient Safety Outreach through Community Partnerships (PPECA-II) train-the-trainer workshop program series will be held:

Thursday, March 6th
Program: 4:15pm-5:00pm
Reception: 5:00pm-6:00pm
It will be held at the Nursing Clinical Education Center
UI Hospitals and Clinics

For more information:
visit www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/ppeca

The public is invited to a University of Iowa History of Medicine talk on “Physicians of the Deaf: Treatment, Prevention and the AMA’s War on Quackery 1910-1940″ at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 26, in Room 401 of the UI Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.

The speaker will be Emily Alden, Student, Interdepartmental Studies Program, UI

Light refreshments will be served. The lecture is part of a series of presentations sponsored by the UI History of Medicine Society.

Shorty after the turn of the 20th century, the American Medical Association began a media campaign to combat nostrums, quackery and patent medicine as part of its efforts to professionalize the practice of medicine, arguing that “unorthodox” medicine was a synonym for ineffective. Alden will focus of the interplay between this campaign and physicians of the deaf during the period between 1910 and 1940

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all UI-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Ed Holtum at 319-335-9154 or edwin-holtum@uiowa.edu.

For directions to Hardin Library and information on parking, visit http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/getting.html.

For more information about the UI History of Medicine Society lecture series, visit http://hosted.lib.uiowa.edu/histmed/

Have you ever left the doctor’s office with questions about a condition or medication? The Internet is full of health resources, but not all information online can be trusted. At a free workshop Wednesday, Nov. 7, librarians from the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa will demonstrate some high-quality consumer health resources to help make you a better-informed patient.

The workshop begins at 7 p.m. in the Information Commons, Level 2,  at Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. A hands-on opportunity exploring these resources will also be provided.

According to a report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 80 percent of American Internet users, or some 113 million adults, have searched for health information online. The report also says most Internet users start at a general search engine when researching health and medical advice online and 22 percent of these searchers feel frustrated by the lack of health information or an inability to find what they were looking for online.

This workshop is being held in conjunction with the “Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians” exhibit that will be on display at Hardin Library through Friday, Nov. 30. This exhibit tells the extraordinary story of how American women who wanted to practice medicine have struggled over the past two centuries to gain access to medical education and to work in the medical specialty they chose.

EXAM MASTER® is an affordable, efficient way to study for the USMLE, board certification exams, and to review medical subjects. You create customized computer based exams that are presented in both a “Test” simulation mode and a “Study” review mode with correct answers and explanations accessible. Score reporting utilities provide immediate feedback and allow for targeted learning based on your test results.

Materials available through EXAM MASTER include:

• USMLE Step 1 (8700+ Questions)
• USMLE Step 2 (4800+ Questions)
• USMLE Step 3 (3000+ Questions)
• Internal Medicine (ABIM) Certification Exam (4500+ Questions)
• Family Practice (ABFM) Certification Exam (5500+ Questions)
• General Surgery (ABS) Certification Exam (1400+ Questions)
• General Pediatrics (ABP) Certification Exam (1000+ Questions)
• Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) Certification Exam (850+ Questions)
• SPEX (Special Purpose EXamination) (7100+ Questions)
• Physician Assistant Certifying/Recertifying Exam (PANCE/PANRE) (1400+ Questions)

Access EXAM MASTER through this gateway address:
http://www.exammaster2.com/wdsentry/uiowa.htm

This gateway requires individuals to first register with the system (they need only do it once) and then use a username and password to access the main menu. The username and password are required because the system maintains personal information and examination and study history for each user.

To get started you simply “Click to Start,” then “Not Registered Yet?” After filling out the form, a password is immediately sent by email. Once at the Main Menu, users can select “Create Exams” and use the on-screen help to get started.

This free trial will be accessible until May 15th, 2007. Please take the time to send your feedback to Ed Shreeves (edward-shreeves@uiowa.edu).

NOTE: For other free USMLE study resources, visit Hardin’s USMLE Board Review page at http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/usmle.html.

RefWorks classes are open to all faculty, staff and students. The classes will be taught at the Hardin Library Information Commons.

Register Now!

Tuesday January 23rd from 3:30-4:30
Monday January 29th from 9:00-10:00
Thursday February 8th from 2:00-3:00
Friday February 16th from 3:30-4:30
Monday February 19th from 1:00-2:00
Wednesday February 28th from 11:00-12:00
Thursday March 8th from 9:30-10:30
Tuesday March 13th 12:00-1:00