Reference Faculty - Kerdolff - LSUHSC New Orleans Libraries

		Kathryn E. Kerdolff, MLIS, AHIP Assistant Librarian/Assistant Professor School of Medicine Liaison 433 Bolivar St. Box B3-1 New Orleans, LA 70112-2223 Phone: 504-568-6102 Fax: 504-568-7718 email: kkerdo@lsuhsc.edu http://www.linkedin.com/in/kathrynekerdolff

Degrees:		Master in Library and Information Science (MLIS) - 1989 Louisiana State University – Baton Rouge
Certification:		Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC) – 2009 AAMC Group on Educational Affairs (GEA) certificate program. Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP) MLA professional development and career recognition program.
Member of:		LSUHSC Academy for the Advancement of Educational Scholarship Master Teacher Medicine Advisory Group Communications Committee Medical Library Association (MLA) Medical Informatics Section Public Health Section Research Section South Central Chapter/Medical Library Association Chair, History Committee
Grants:		(2008) Kerdolff KE, Knapp MM, DiCarlo RP, “Assessment Tool to Measure Medical Students’ Competencies in Information Retrieval and Application Skills in Clinical Practice.” Academy Educational Enhancement Grant, Principal Investigator. LSUHSC sponsored. (2008) David A. Kronick Traveling Fellowship. MLA sponsored. (2007) BioMedical Informatics MBL/NLM Course Fellow. National Library of Medicine sponsored.
Projects:		LSUHSC - New Orleans Faculty Publications Database
Selected Publications:		Poster Presentations: Kerdolff KE, Knapp MM, Yang T, DiCarlo RP. 2nd Year Medical Students Evidence Based Practice Skills: An Online Competency Assessment. Conference abstracts presented at the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) annual meeting: July 1-13, 2010; New Orleans, LA. Located in Final Program; 14th Annual Meeting. Poster #10-106 p.42. http://iamse.org/conf/conf14/2010_Final_IAMSE_Syllabus.pdf Kerdolff KE, Knapp MM, Yang T, DiCarlo RP. Reliability and Validity of a Competency Test to Measure Information Retrieval and Evidence Based Practice Skills of Second Year Medical Students. Conference abstracts presented at the Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA) conference; April 15-17, 2010; Oklahoma City, OK. Kerdolff KE, Knapp MM, DiCarlo RP. Test the Test: A Pilot Study to Develop an Assessment Tool to Measure Medical Students’ Competencies in Information Retrieval and Application Skills in Clinical Practice. In: Program abstracts presented at the Medical Library Association (MLA) annual meeting; May 15-20, 2009; Honolulu, Hawaii. Poster #66 p.80. http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2009/pdf/09_abstracts.pdf Kerdolff KE, Knapp MM, Medical Students’ Information Seeking Habits. In Conference abstracts presented at the Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA) conference; April 2-4, 2009; New Orleans, LA. Contributed Papers: Kerdolff KE, Lloyd JK. Feasibility Study for Developing Effective Online Classes for Health Professionals at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans (LSUHSC-NO) and in the South Central Chapter: A Progress Report. In Conference abstracts presented at the South Central Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Meeting; October 11-15, 2008; Dallas, Texas. Ralph LY, Guillot LC, Bishop M, Bridgewater C, Kerdolff K, Knapp M, Schiavo J, Strother E, Swearingen W. Transformations Post Katrina: Lions and Tigers Share a Den. Contributed paper presented at the Medical Library Association annual meeting; May 19 - 24, 2006; Phoenix, Arizona. In: MLA ‘06 Abstracts Supplement to the Official Program, located at: http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2006/pdf/2006abstracts.pdf Book Chapter: Kerdolff KE & Knapp MM. “MeSHing with Medical Students: Effectiveness of Librarian Instruction over Time - A Longitudinal Research Study.” An Introduction to Instructional Services in Academic Libraries. Connor E, Ed, Taylor & Francis. – 2008
Teaching:		School of Medicine Liaison SPM 200 Library Curriculum Coordinator
Research Interests :		Competency-based Learning and Assessment. Develop, test, and administer assessment tools to measure medical student competencies. Curriculum Development, Evaluation, and Outcome Measures. Longitudinal study of Library systems instruction effectiveness for LSUHSC medical students. Distance Education. Establish web-based or online Library instruction for the LSUHSC community and region.

Reference Faculty - Kathryn E. Kerdolff (Kathy)

Kathryn E. Kerdolff, MLIS, AHIP