Submitted by Sandy De Groote
UIC Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria, Peoria, IL
This three-day class will be offered in Chicago, IL, on March 25, 26, and 27, 2009
COST: $375 [includes 21 MLA CEs, lunch (all three days), workbook and materials, coffee, snacks]
CE HOURS: This course has been approved for 21 MLA CE hours.
FACULTY: Sandra De Groote, MLIS; Cleo Papas, MLIS; Jordan Hupert, MD; Alan Schwartz, PhD
For more information and to register visit this site.
Day 1 places an emphasis on the first two steps of the EBM process: formulating a searchable clinical question and efficiently searching the literature. Tools available to facilitate the EBM process will be introduced, including PubMed Clinical Queries, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and practice guidelines. The course will provide an overview of levels of evidence, research design and bias in publication. Librarians will have the opportunity to work as teams, each sharing his or her unique perspective and knowledge.
Days 2 and 3 provide an in-depth exploration of the third step of the EBM process - critically appraising the medical literature for validity. Days 2 and 3 focus on the evidence-based medicine process of critically appraising therapy and diagnosis articles for validity and by analysis of results. In the context of analyzing journal articles and answering case-based clinical questions, an in-depth understanding of the statistical concepts used in the medical literature will be covered. A focus will be placed on the epidemiological concepts fundamental to understanding the clinical literature such as number needed to treat, absolute risk reduction, likelihood ratio, confidence interval and intention to treat.
Submitted by Jeanette Harlow
American Hospital Association Resource Center, Chicago, IL
The American Hospital Association (AHA) Center for Hospital and Healthcare Administration History has added the papers of Walter J. McNerney to its archival collections. President of the Blue Cross Association (later the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association) for 20 years, Mr. McNerney was a central player in congressional hearings and bargaining sessions before and after the enactment of legislation that created the Medicare and Medicaid programs in 1965.
His papers span the years 1950 to 1997 and include 212 boxes of correspondence, articles, speeches, photographs, reports, publications and other documents. The collection was donated to the Center in December 2006 by the family of Walter J. McNerney. It was arranged and described by Laura Lorenzana and Bruce Kenamore, M.D., of Kenamore and Klinkow, archivists. An inventory to aid researchers using the collection is available here. The McNerney papers are available for on-site use at the AHA Resource Center. An advance appointment is required for access to the collection.
The Center for Hospital and Healthcare Administration History, sponsored jointly by the AHA and the American College of Healthcare Executives, is coordinated by the AHA Resource Center in conjunction with the Health Research & Educational Trust. For more
Submitted by Max Anderson, GMR Technology Coordinator
University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
Thinking about how to promote your services and reach out to more people? Want to learn how podcasts can help and how to make your own? There are spaces available in a free online version of the "Can You Hear Me Now: How to Make a Podcast" class. Space is limited to 20 participants.
Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 (10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CST for the live online portion)
Description: This hands-on class is designed to provide a fun and informative introduction to podcasting and how you can use this technology in your library services to enable your users to access the information whenever they want, wherever they want and however they want it. Basic steps and suggestions on how to make a podcast will be covered and students will be able to enjoy hands-on practice on popular audio recording and editing software and make their first personal podcast. This course has been approved for three hours of MLA CE credits. The first two hours of this class will be via a Live Online session using Adobe Connect, and the last hour of the class will be a self-paced portion via Moodle.
Registration: To register for this class or if you have any questions, contact Max Anderson at (800) 338-7657 or email max@uic.edu.
Thinking of hosting an NN/LM GMR technology class at your institution? Here are a few opportunities for you:
Whether you are interested in keeping up with emerging technology trends or just want a review of technologies currently being used by libraries, "Geeks Bearing Gifts: Unwrapping New Technology Trends" is the class for you. This class can be 4 hours or 8 hours long and is limited to 20 participants. Requirements for the host institution: computers with Internet access for each participant; projector and instructor station for instructor. More information on the class can be found: http://nnlm.gov/training/geekgifts/. This class has been approved for four or eight hours of MLA CE Credit.
"Can You Hear Me Now: How to Make a Podcast" is another class that is great in a hands-on environment. This 3-hour class is limited to 20 participants. The GMR owns headsets so the hosting institution does not need to obtain them to host the class. Requirements for the host institution: computers with Internet access for each participant (ideal) and the ability to install small software packages prior to class (Audacity, which is free, and the LAME encoder for Audacity which is also free). Projector and instructor station for instructor. This class has been approved for 3 hours of MLA CE credit. More information on the class can be found: http://nnlm.gov/training/podcast/.
"Screencasting: Creating Online Tutorials" is the newest class offering by the GMR. Screencasts are digital outputs of your computer screen and can include audio narration. They are effective tools to record short, informative instructional materials. Students taking this course will learn ways to create screencasts to fit specific needs and actually create a short screencast. This class can be four or six hours and has been approved for four or six hours of MLA CE credit. Requirements for the host institution: computers with Internet access for each participant (ideal); the ability to install software packages prior to class (Trial-version of Adobe Captivate and Jing, both of which are free.); projector and instructor station for instructor. More information on the class can be found here.