The LSUHSC Libraries’ Blog has been upgraded to WordPress v.2.8.4. The transition for our readers should appear seamless (but if it doesn’t please let me know). The biggest change is that the blog now works with campus security protocols. So if you would like to make a comment AND you’re an LSUHSC user, you can just login with your regular LSUHSC userid & password. For those non-LSUHSC readers, you are still welcome to create a login as a subscriber and comment away.
National Physician Assistant Week is celebrated each year from October 6-12. It is “intended to support, celebrate, highlight, and recognize the significant impact PAs have made and continue to make in health care. It is an opportunity to promote public awareness of the physician assistant profession and to salute the outstanding growth of the PA workforce.” LSUHSC Shreveport will be admitting students to its PA program next fall. The School of Allied Health Professions in New Orleans has a PA program in its strategic plan as well.
The dental library will be presenting a class, Introduction to RefWorks, tomorrow as part of our celebration of National Medical Libraries Month. Please join us in the dental library conference room from noon-1:00pm. For more information or to reserve your space for this class please email us.
The dental library will be presenting a class, Introduction to PubMed, Monday 10/5/09, as part of our celebration of National Medical Libraries Month. Please join us in the dental library conference room from noon-1:00pm. For more information or to reserve your space for this class please email us.
October is Health Literacy Month. The intention is to highlight the need for organizations and healthcare providers to offer understandable health information to their patients or clients. This year’s theme is “Why Health Literacy Matters: Sharing Our Stories in Words, Pictures, and Sound.” “Health literacy is the ability to understand health information and to use that information to make good decisions about your health and medical care.”
The dental library will be presenting a class, Accessing Journal Articles Online, tomorrow as part of our celebration of National Medical Libraries Month. Please join us in the dental library conference room from noon-1:00pm. For more information or to reserve your space for this class please email us.
The National Library of Medicine has launched a beta version of PillBox, its new “aid in the identification of unknown solid dosage pharmaceuticals.” It contains over 5,000 records with over 750 illustrations.
Heart disease and stroke are the world?óÔé¼Ôäós leading cause of death.
World Heart Day, held on the last Sunday of September each year, was created to inform people about cardiovascular diseases.
This year’s theme is to “Work with Heart” to encourage healthy lifestyles at workplaces.
Find more information about 2009 World Health Day at:
http://www.world-heart-federation.org/what-we-do/world-heart-day/
The dental library will be offering five classes throughout the month of October to celebrate National Medical Libraries Month. All classes will be held in the dental library conference room from noon to 1:00pm. Reserve your space by emailing dentlib@lsuhsc.edu
Thursday, 10/1/09, Accessing Journal Articles Online
Monday, 10/5/09, Introduction to PubMed
Wednesday, 10/7/09, Introduction to RefWorks
Tuesday, 10/13/09, Health Literacy: More than the Ability to Read
Tuesday, 10/27/09, Introduction to Consumer Health Information
This week’s issue of JAMA features an article entitled “Online Posting of Unprofessional Content by Medical Students.” Sixty percent of reporting medical schools “reported incidents of students posting unprofessional online content.” MSNBC has already picked up the story.
Time to quickly vet all online sources.
Link to the pdf of the article is available to LSUHSC faculty staff & students. It can be accessed off-campus with a valid LSUHSC library barcode & PIN. You can find more information at our remote access webpage.
This blog will be down for maintennance beginning at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, September 23rd for approximately an hour.
The Isché Library computer lab is once again available for student use.
September 21st is recognized as World Alzheimer’s Day.
According to Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) “The theme for World Alzheimer’s Day 2009 is ‘Diagnosing Dementia: See It Sooner.'”
Although there is still a great deal to learn about Alzheimer’s Disease, many resources are available to those who wish to learn more.
The Isché Library Computer Lab remains closed this morning because the carpet did not dry over the weekend. It will be reopened as soon as the carpet is dry and the tables and computers can be moved back in.
The LSUHSC Libraries have access to almost 200 databases so how do you decide which one to start searching in? The Reference Librarians have created 6 E-Resources at a Glance sheets for each of the school of LSUHSC.
Electronic Resources at a Glance: Allied Health
Electronic Resources at a Glance: Dentistry
Electronic Resources at a Glance: Graduate Studies
Electronic Resources at a Glance: Medicine
Electronic Resources at a Glance: Nursing
Electronic Resources at a Glance: Public Health
Let us know what you think.
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