Several free events are happening this week in recognition of Academy Week, brought to you by the Office of Medical Education Research and Development (aka OMERAD). Check out the events below. Contact OMERAD at the info below for more information:
Monday, October 6
*Roundtable Discussions: Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Educational Scholarship Projects
2:00 ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ 4:00 p.m. | Seminar Room 10 | 3rd floor, MEB
Choose from a variety of topics/discussions and participate in one that
interests you. Through a colleague facilitated discussion, explore
shared interests and ideas for engaging with others to design and
complete an educational scholarship project.
Tuesday, October 7
*Faculty Development Workshop: Educational Scholarship: Definitions and Opportunities in Everyday Teaching and Education Work
2:00-4:00 p.m. | Seminar Room 10, MEB
- Hands-on activities will engage participants in clarifying characteristics
and examples of educational scholarship and how to enhance existing
teaching and education activities to develop scholarly methods and
produce scholarship
Wednesday, October 8
Keynote Address: Going Beyond the Hype of Competency-Based Education, Larry Gruppen, Ph. D., Chair, Department of Medical Education, University of Michigan Medical School
Noon ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ 1:00 p.m. | Lecture Room 1 | 2nd floor, School of Nursing
Light lunch at 11:30 a.m.
Dr. Gruppen will discuss innovative ideas and approaches for the next
generation of health professions education and implications for faculty,
leaders, and learners.
**NOTE: Academy Members Symposium: Business Meeting and
Workshop on Critical Thinking to follow (1:15 ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ 4:30 p.m.)
Thursday, October 9
*Faculty Development Workshop: Quantity, Quality, and Engagement: Documenting and Presenting Evidence of Educational Excellence and Scholarship
2:00 ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ 4:00 p.m. | Seminar Room 10 | 3rd floor, MEB
- Participants will learn about various forms of evidence and how to best
represent their achievements related to quantity, quality, and
engagement (i.e., scholarly approach and scholarship) in teaching and
education. They will use the Academy application portfolio format and
hands-on activities to enhance designing a portfolio and deciding what
and how to represent excellence and scholarship.
Friday, October 10
Academy New Member Induction Ceremony and Reception
3:00 p.m. | Lecture Room 2 | 2nd floor, School of Nursing
- The entire LSUHSC-NO community is invited to recognize and congratulate
Academy members
*Registration appreciated to help planning for refreshments and workshop materials. Contact OMERAD via 504-568-2140 or omerad@lsuhsc.edu to reserve a seat.
Hot on the heels of last week’s IgNobel prizes comes the real thing. The Nobel Prize in Medicine was announced earlier today, with HPV and HIV research sharing the award.
2008 Nobel Laureates in Medicine
Harald zur Hausen: “for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer” | View articles on PubMed
Fran?â?ºoise Barr?â?®-Sinoussi & Luc Montagnier: “for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus” | View articles on Pubmed
A search on Barr?â?®-Sinoussi is a case study of idiosyncrasies of Author searching in PubMed. Throughout her career Barr?â?®-Sinoussi has articles published under the name Barr?â?®, F, Sinoussi, FB, and Sinoussi-Barr?â?®, F. An article by Barre-Sinoussi, B also turns up, which is probably the 2008 Nobel Laureate mis-attributed in the article.
Reference librarian Mary Marix provided the adventures in PubMed author searching for this post. MK
NMLM Upcoming Classes
| Ische Library Classes |
| General Library Systems |
Wednesday, Oct. 8th |
9:30 – 11 am |
| Navigating E-Journals |
Wednesday, Oct. 15th |
12 – 1 pm |
| RefWorks |
Thursday, Oct. 16th |
9 – 10 am |
| General Library Systems |
Tuesday, October 21st |
1:30 – 3 pm |
| Advanced Googling |
Friday, Oct. 24th |
12 – 1 pm |
“Can You Hear Me Now?”
How to Make a Podcast |
Monday, Nov. 3rd |
9 – 12 noon
& 1 – 4 pm |
| General Library Systems |
Wednesday Nov. 5th |
10 – 11:30 am |
| Keep Current – Tools for Productivity |
Friday, Nov. 7th |
12 -1 pm |
| |
| Dental Library Classes |
| Navigating E-Journals |
Wednesday, Oct. 8th |
12 – 1 pm |
| RefWorks |
Tuesday, Oct. 14th |
12 – 1 pm |
| Health Literacy |
Wednesday, Oct. 22nd |
12 – 1 pm |
| PubMed |
Monday, Oct. 27th |
12 – 1 pm |
The 2008 Ig Nobel Prizes, which “celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people’s interest in science, medicine, and technology” were awarded last night, October 2nd at the 18th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony at Harvard University. Although the awards are tongue in cheek, they do recognize work published in research journals. This year’s Chemistry prize, for example, went jointly to a 1985 New England Journal of Medicine work for discovering that Coca-Cola is an effective spermicide, and a 1987 Human Toxicology work for discovering that it is not.
There’s a webcast of the ceremony available, or click here to see a list of winners by category.
Tomorrow (Saturday, October 3rd) is an election day in Louisiana. And if you can’t remember your polling place or are confused as to what you’re supposed to be voting on – check out the Secretary of State’s website, GeauxVote. Find out what’s on your ballot now!
snippet of the go vote website
| The LSUHSC Libraries will be celebrating National Medical Librarians Month in October. Stay tuned for class announcements, posters to dress up the Isché plywood construction walls, an open-house at the Dental Library and a Halloween surprise at the Isché Library. |
 Dig the Library: NMLM October 2008 |
Check out the new link on the Library’s webpage: Electronic Journals List.
E Journals Screen Shot
The List includes titles that are included in
INNOPAC, the Library’s Catalog, and titles that we have access to through
consortial resources that are considered “out-of-scope” like art, business, or any non-health sciences title.
What online tools do medical professionals use to network with their peers? Check out these sites, compiled by the MLA’s EMTS section:
Grand Rounds – http://frommedskool.com/grand-rounds/
A blog ?óÔé¼?ôcarnival?óÔé¼?Ø which showcases the weekly best of the medical blogosphere. It is hosted by a different medical blogger each week.
Applequack.com ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ http://applequack.com/
A blog written by a doctor in Australia, it contains reviews of medical software for the Mac, and hacks for doctors, biomedical researchers and students.
Tech Medicine ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ http://www.healthline.com/blogs/medical_devices/
A blog written by practicing nephrologist and medical school faculty member, he is interested in medicine and technology
The Efficient MD blog – http://efficientmd.blogspot.com/
Reviews of innovations, “life hacks,” gadgets, techniques, and useful tools designed to improve the professional lives of physicians
The Efficient MD Wiki – http://wiki.efficientmd.com/
Designed to help healthcare professional and medical students discover clinical pearls and useful resources
Sermo ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ http://www.sermo.com
Social networking for doctors, the current largest, only physicians can join
DoctorNetworking.com – http://doctornetworking.com/
Professional networking site for physicians, only for physicians – must include your state license number as part of registration.
Docsboard.com – http://www.docsboard.com/
Non-commercial physician discussion forum aimed at practicing physicians and residents in training. The site is intended to help physicians exchange ideas and discuss matters concerning the profession. Limited access to just physicians.
Doctors and Med Students on Twitter – http://feeds.feedburner.com/doctorsontwitter
An RSS feed of Twitter feeds mashed together. Twitter is a ‘microblogging’ service similar to text messaging, where users post updates to the question ‘What are you doing’ in 160 characters or less.
What’s your favorite?
Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, director of the National Institutes of Health, announced that he will leave at his post at the end of October to to pursue writing projects and explore other professional opportunities.
In a conference call with reporters, Dr. Zerhouni said that he decided to leave the agency before the election ?óÔé¼?ôso there is a clear sense that whoever wins the election, N.I.H. has to be a clear priority in their mind.?óÔé¼?Ø
Press release from the NIH:
http://www.nih.gov/news/health/sep2008/od-24.htm
New York Times article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/health/policy/25nih.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Yes, the temporary plywood wall at the Isché Library is much closer to the main elevator doors. So after moving 3 feet back, the wall has now walked 6 feet forward. Stay tuned for more progress on the Library Commons…
A new report from Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge reveals that 36% of Louisiana children ages 10-17 are overweight, and assigns an overall grade of D based on the prevalence of obesity and insufficient exercise programs for young people.
The study, Louisiana’s Report Card on Physical Activity and Health for Children and Youth, will be the focus of the center’s conference starting Wednesday in Baton Rouge to examine solutions to childhood obesity and diabetes. The report is available for free online: http://www.pbrc.edu/report_card/
Interestingly enough, while the Louisiana Council on Obesity Prevention and Management is the conference’s lead sponsor, according to an article in the New Orleans Times-Picayune, the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. was a contributing sponsor and McDonald’s was an in-kind sponsor for the week’s conference.
Both Ariane Rung, PhD, LSU School of Public Health, and Melinda Sothern, PhD, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, were on the Report Card’s Advisory Committee.
More information on the Report from the Times-Picayune:
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/capital/index.ssf?/base//news-6/122214745657990.xml&coll=1
What are the health effects of hanging upside down for three days? The American public will soon find out, as magician David Blaine attempts to hang upside down over Central Park from now until Wednesday night.
In medical circles, hanging upside down can also be referred to as inversion therapy: hanging upside down ?óÔé¼ÔÇØ supported by your ankles ?óÔé¼ÔÇØ to allow gravity to naturally decompress disks and nerve roots in your spine. It is generally used to relieve back pain, but studies have found no significant long-term benefit.
The health effects of hanging upside down for prolonged periods of time are interesting. Blood pressure to the head can significantly increase and breathing can be restricted. Hanging upside down can also influence how the body identifies smells.
Do you want to see Journal of Periodontology (JOP) manuscripts come to life? That option is now available through supplementary videos in the online Journal. Visit the online Journal Web site to view our first video by Dr. Dan Holtzclaw, based on the case report “Alternative Anesthetic Technique for Maxillary Periodontal Surgery,” published in the September 2008 issue.
Select authors will be invited to produce 3- to 5- minute videos to supplement material published in their peer-reviewed manuscripts. Videos will be linked to the published paper and can be viewed by selecting the hyperlink “supplementary material” located under the article title in the online Table of Contents. Manuscripts featuring a video will be indicated by an icon within the Table of Contents.
Visit joponline.org often to see exciting new additions! Launching soon: supplementary PowerPoint presentations with audio.
You can also access the video through the Library Catalog by looking up Journal of Periodontology and displaying the full text of the journal.
The INNOPAC server will be rebooted at 9:30 a.m. this morning (Wednesday, September 17th). All services should be back up within a few minutes.
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