POSNA Archives - Finding Aid Updated

The POSNA Archivist has recently updated the finding aid. The POSNA collection is a record of the formation of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America and its predecessor groups, the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society and the Pediatric Orthopaedic Study Group. Records concerning annual meetings, specialty days, bulletins, and published articles make up a large percentage of the collection. Additionally, the collection documents the achievements, innovations and contributions of many of its prominent members.

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Spine Now Available Through Volume 1

The Medical Library recently purchased permanent online access to backfiles of the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics (American version) and Spine. JPO started in 1981 and Spine in 1976. Access this content via the library website.

EMBASE, OVID's Database of the Month

Do you do systematic reviews or work with pharmaceutical information? You may be interesting in trying the EMBASE database while it is free through OVID this month. It is a medical database like MEDLINE that has more of a European and drug research focus, so while there is overlap, it also indexes additional titles. You will need to register for the free access.

New Books for FY2011

Here's a list of the books added to the Medical Library collection in FY2011.

Child development
HANDBOOK OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL AND GENETIC DISORDERS IN CHILDREN. 2nd ed. Sam Goldstein. WS 110 G618 2011.
MENTAL MEASUREMENTS YEARBOOK. 18th ed. Robert Spies. Z 5814 M549 2010.

Cultural diversity & foreign language
POCKET GUIDE TO CULTURAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT. 4th ed. Carolyn D’Avanzo. WX 158.5 D245 2008.

Drugs
PHYSICIAN’S DESK REFERENCE. 65TH ed. Reference QV 772 P55 2011.
WHITE COAT, BLACK HAT: ADVENTURES ON THE DARK SIDE OF MEDICINE. Carl Elliott. W 50 E46 2010.

Emergency care
BLS FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. American Heart Association. C2011. 10 copies. See CPR manual shelf.
HEARTSAVER FIRST AID, CPR, AED. American Heart Association. C2011. 10 copies. See CPR manual shelf.

Growth
OVERGROWTH SYNDROMES. Michael Cohen, Jr. WE 250 C678 2002.

Hospitals
AHA GUIDE TO THE HEALTH CARE FIELD. Reference WX 22 AA1 A53 2010.
AHA HOSPITAL STATISTICS. Reference WX 16 H828 2010.
TEXAS HOSPITAL GUIDE 2010. Reference WX 22 AT4 2010.

Movement Science
GAIT ANALYSIS: NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL FUNCTION. 2nd ed. Jacquelin Perry. WE 103 P463 2010.
IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF GAIT PROBLEMS IN CEREBRAL PALSY. 2nd ed. James Gage. WS 342 T7845 CDM180-81 2009.

Nursing
PEDIATRIC NURSING PROCEDURES. 2nd ed. Vicky Bowden. WY 159 B784 2008.

Orthopedics
CHILDREN’S ORTHOPAEDICS AND FRACTURES. Michael Benson. Reserve WS 270 B474 2010.
CLOSED TREATMENT OF COMMON FRACTURES. 4th ed. “Golden Jubilee Edition.” John Charnley. Reserve WE 180 C483 1999.
ESSENTIALS OF MUSULOSKELETAL CARE. 4th ed. John Sarwark. Reserve WE 140 E78 2010.
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHILDREN’S ORTHOPAEDIC DISEASE. Michael Benson. Reserve WS 270 B474 2011.
THE GROWING SPINE: MANAGEMENT OF SPINAL DISORDERS IN YOUNG CHILDREN. Behrooz Akbarnia. Reserve WS 270 A313 2011.
IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS: THE HARMS STUDY GROUP TREATMENT GUIDE. Peter Newton. Reserve WE 735 N565 2010.
MANAGEMENT OF LIMB-LENGTH DISCREPANCIES. Reggie Hamdy. AAOS. Reserve WE 185 H211 2011.
ORTHOPAEDIC BASIC SCIENCE:FOUNDATIONS OF CLINICAL PRACTICE. 3rd ed. Thomas Einhorn. Reserve WE 102 O77 2007.
ORTHOPAEDIC KNOWLEDGE UPDATE PEDIATRICS. 4th ed. Kit Song. Reserve WS 270 O41 2011.
PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDIC SECRETS 3rd ed. Lynn Staheli. WS 270 P3701 2007.
REVIEW OF ORTHOPAEDICS. 5th ed. Mark Miller. Reserve WE 18.2 R454 2008.
TOLERANCES: AN ORTHOPAEDIC REFERENCE MANUAL, 3rd ed. Scott Nelson. WE 39 N431 2009.

Pediatrics
RUDOLPH’S PEDIATRICS. 22 ed. Colin Rudolph. Reserve WS 100 R917 2011 (The whole musculoskeletal system chapter is by TSRHC staff).

Personal improvement
A WHOLE NEW MIND: MOVING FROM THE INFORMATION AGE TO THE CONCEPTUAL AGE. Daniel Pink. BF 408 P655 2005.

Terminology
TERMINOLOGIA ANATOMICA INTERNATIONAL ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY QS 15 T319 1998.

New CPR First Aid Books Now Available

The 2011 BLS for Healthcare Providers and Heartsaver First Aid, CPR, AED student books from the American Heart Association are now available for checkout in the Medical Library. These books accompany the course, which is available on Healthstream for employees who need to update their training. PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support books continue to be offered, too. Check the top shelf in the corner near the window, sign the check out card, and be sure to return promptly so others can use the materials.

A Physician's Bill -- Life in the 19th Century American South

This new online display from the Historical Collections of the University of Virginia's Health Science Library explores life and medical practice in Charlottesville, Virginia, in the mid 19th Century, inspired by an 1848 fee schedule drawn up by 10 physicians.

“Physician Price Fixing in 19th Century Virginia”

"What would you pay for a house visit from a doctor whose office was within a mile of where you lived? How about a dollar with one prescription thrown in for good measure? Or maybe you need your tonsils out. Fifteen dollars will do it. Have a broken arm? Ten dollars will take care of setting it, unless it is a compound fracture and then it would be twice as much. A dollar will cover the extraction of a tooth."

This was a time when "ether anesthesia had just been introduced into medicine less than two years previously and chloroform just a year earlier, so painless surgery was not widely available."


Websites Referenced:
http://blog.hsl.virginia.edu/feebill/
http://blog.hsl.virginia.edu/feebill/essays/
http://www.hsl.virginia.edu/historical/exhibits.cfm

CME Credits for Your Medical Literature Searching

XtraCredit is a free iPhone app to document clinical questions you research for CME credit. Cost is $4.99 for 0.5 "AMA PRA Category 1 Credits." You provide the reason for your search, note the approved resources you investigated and describe "how this search impacted your practice."

Approved resources available via the TSRHC library include PubMed and Google Scholar, ACP Pier, JAMA, NEJM, journals from this publisher (LWW -- such as JPO and Spine), OMIM (genetics) and the National Guideline Clearing House.

Websites Referenced:
http://www.xtracredit.com/iphone/
http://tsrhkids/mlibrary/ (on campus use only)

Plain Language Medical Dictionary

This site provides a drop down list of medical terminology with the corresponding meaning in plain language for use with patients. The dictionary is a project of the University of Michigan Taubman Health Sciences Library as part of the Michigan Health Literacy Awareness project.

Website referenced:
http://www.lib.umich.edu/plain-language-dictionary

Identity Theft a Possibility?

Take a look at this handout from the Federal Trade Commission, "What to Do If Your Personal Information Has Been Compromised." It gives suggestions about contacting financial institutions, public agencies and credit agencies, which you should contact to set a fraud alert or have your account flagged or closed. Their identity theft site can provide detailed guidance to "deter, detect and defend against identity theft," including sample letters. Be sure to keep a record of all your contacts and correspondence.

Another useful site is the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), which provides fact sheets and sample letters for working through the problem. An especially useful one discusses what to do if a purse or wallet is lost or stolen.

Websites referenced:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt150.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt150.pdf
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/index.html
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/idtheft/idt04.shtm

http://www.idtheftcenter.org/index.html
http://www.idtheftcenter.org/artman2/publish/v_fact_sheets/Fact_Sheet_104.shtml

Translation Apps for Your iPhone

Several translation apps mentioned on iMedicalApps sound intriguing to investigate if you have an iPhone. They may not be specific enough for orthopedic settings, and certainly will not replace our wonderful interpreting team!

The first is MediBabble, which is available free. It draws from a list of 2,000 diagnostic questions that have already been translated into 5 initial languages - Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Russian, and Haitian Creole. Two physicians, Dr. Alex Blau and Dr. Brad Cohn, have added this app to an impressive record of service to the global medically underserved.

The iMedicalApps review also mentions Xprompt ($6.99 for initial download including English, Spanish & German; $2.99 for each additional language -- 20 available) which has 800 diagnostic phrases and Medical Spanish ($6.99) with over 3,000 audio phrases in Spanish.

In addition to translating typed text for over 50 languages, Google Translate offers an option to speak a phrase and hear a translation in a in one of 15 languages. It is not medically-oriented. This is the list of languages they mention: "Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Arabic, Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Irish, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish."


Websites referenced:
http://www.imedicalapps.com/2011/03/free-iphone-medical-translation-app-sets-a-new-standard-medibabble-translator-app-review/

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-translate/id414706506?mt=8

http://www.imedicalapps.com/2010/04/iphone-medical-app-xprompt-app-review/

http://www.imedicalapps.com/2009/09/app-review-medical-spanish-app-adds-audio-in-latest-update-and-were-definitely-smitten/

http://www.imedicalapps.com/

Orthopedic Journals - Handy Link to Tables of Contents (TOCs)

Wanting an easy way to locate the current tables of contents of orthopedic journals? Try the list at MDLinx! They have gathered RSS feeds for 50 titles including our favorites, JPO, Spine, CORR, JBJS, and Journal of Children's Orthopaedics! If you are on a hospital computer the link should allow you to access full text.

Websites referenced:
http://www.mdlinx.com/orthopedics/journals.cfm

Bone Feed -- an App for Your iPhone

Here's an iMedicalApps review of a free app, Bone Feed, designed for an orthopedist using an iPhone to help manage journal reading. It gets feeds of the tables of contents from 50 titles listed at MDLinx.

Websites referenced:
http://www.imedicalapps.com/2011/07/bone-feed-busy-orthopedist-quickly-browse-abstracts-improved/

http://www.imedicalapps.com

http://www.mdlinx.com/orthopedics/journals.cfm

MedNar, a Search Engine to Explore Your Topic

MedNar is a type of search engine that searches selected collections of material such as PubMed, Google Scholar, Mayo Clinic, the Patent Office, and various government health centers. To the left of your results you will find clusters of useful information such as the most frequent subtopics, authors, publications, and publishers. This can be useful in understanding a topic.

Since the underlying collections are often updated, the result count may vary if the search is repeated. MedNar presents initial results quickly, then adjusts the final count as more data arrives from the slower sources.

You can click citations to add to "My Selections" and then view, email, and save them for use in a citation manager such as EndNote.

This company has similar search engines for science and for business, both of which use similar strategies for locating material perhaps hidden in the "deep web" or "grey literature."

Websites referenced:
http://www.MedNar.com
http://www.ScienceResearch.com/
http://Biznar.com
http://www.EndNote.com/

Langenberg - Minimize Typing, Maximize Searching

If you enter your search term at Langenberg.com the words automatically fill in search boxes for a number of different search engines (once you hit "enter" or "Go"). Then you can choose which one to actually use by simply hitting "Go". If you hit "R!" it deletes the term from that single box. So you only need to type the term once.

Langenberg screens the sites they include, selecting only those that take you directly to links rather than first requiring a log in. It specializes in search forms.

Langenberg is also a useful foreign language translation tool and includes mapping sites, too.


Websites referenced:
http://www.langenberg.com/
http://translation.langenberg.com/
http://maps.langenberg.com/

Factbites, a New Kind of Search Result

Factbites is a different kind of search engine. Instead of just presenting a list of sites with your key words highlighted, it presents the results in the form of readable, relevant sentences and focuses on presenting sites that provide meaningful content.

"Factbites was created by Rapid Intelligence, a content technology company based in Sydney, Australia. Our focus is upon computational linguistics, data mining, data warehousing and artificial intelligence. These competencies are demonstrated on Factbites, a search engine more interested in content analysis than link popularity."

They do warn that this is a beta site so don't try unusual combinations of words. Use the site to locate "meaningful content about real topics."

Websites referenced:
http://www.factbites.com/

Institute of Mechanical Engineering Journals Free through Sage Publishers through July

Until the end of July, online journals from The Institute of Mechanical Engineering are available free through Sage Publishers. The list includes all 16 sections of the Proceedings of the IMechE. When you reach the page for a specific title, you can use the search box or browse issues by clicking on the "all issues" tab.

These titles may especially be of interest to medical researchers:
Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine
Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications
Part N: Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems
Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology

Websites referenced:
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/imeche_home.sp

Remembering Volunteer Jean Duller

Long time Medical Library volunteer Mr. Jean Duller passed away on June 5, 2011, at the age of 86. Jean was such a friendly, welcoming man, and both staff and other volunteers appreciated his kind, fatherly nature. It was obvious in talking with him how much he loved his family and how important his church family was to him. I appreciated his dedication, work, and friendship. We will miss Jean.

Website referenced:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?n=jean-lamar-duller&pid=151657380

Digital Literacy, Computer Training

The government has a new site called DigitalLiteracy.com which serves as a collection spot for links to resources and tutorials to learn computer and Internet skills, put them to use in finding jobs, and help children stay safe online.

Under "Learn the Basics" is a section called "Child Online Protection" which includes help with combating cyberbullying.

Website referenced:
http://www.digitalliteracy.gov/
http://www.digitalliteracy.gov/taxonomy/term/93 (Child Online Protection section)

Journal Routing Service - Take the Questionnaire!

Do you participate in the Medical Library's journal routing service or have input about the online and print journal subscriptions? Please participate in the following questionnaire to help evaluate the usefulness of our print and online collections so we can continue to meet your information needs.

Websites referenced:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RoutingTOCquestionnaire

Springer Trial Begins - Books, Images, Protocols, Physical and Chemical Data

Accessible within the hospital until July 8, you can explore our trial of Springer products including online books, SpringerImages, SpringerMaterials ("the world's largest resource for physical and chemical data") and SpringerProtocols ("the largest subscription-based electronic database of reproducible laboratory protocols in the Life and Biomedical Sciences").

Please be sure to honor the terms of the trial: "The Trial Institution or its end users is/are not permitted to archive and/or redistribute any of the content covered in this trial. All copyrighted material should be respected.

Authorized Users may browse, search, retrieve, display, download, print, and store single copies for scholarly research, educational and personal use as long as such use is not made for further distribution, publication, transfer or access by others and is otherwise consistent with §107 of the United States Copyright Act regarding fair use (17 USC § 108)."

If you discover materials that we should consider purchasing, please send a recommendation to the librarian. User guides are available at each site.

Websites referenced:
overall http://www.springer.com/librarians/my+trial?SGWID=0-1721113-0-0-0

http://www.springerlink.com/books/

http://www.springerimages.com/

http://www.springerprotocols.com/

http://www.springermaterials.com/navigation/

Portal to Science Primers

A very useful website has been developed which gathers high-level introductory science primers, technical resources on a number of sciences. Developed by subject specialists from research libraries through an NLM grant to the University of Massachusetts Medical School, it brings together primers and tutorials to help librarians who work with "e-science" -- the model of "collaborative, data-intensive science" as opposed to science that relies on solitary, experimental observations.

While designed for librarians, the primers would be useful to people in other fields who need to gain an understanding of related areas, and also to students wanting a technical introduction to a field of science, much of it health-related. Also available through the main e-Science Portal are links to science data repositories.

These topics are currently covered by the primers:
biology, biochemistry, chemistry, environmental-science, geoscience, astronomy, computer-science, physics, engineering, nanotechnology, molecular-biology, microbiology, biotechnology, epidemiology, genetics, nutrition, stem-cell-biology.

Website referenced:
http://esciencelibrary.umassmed.edu./sci_subject_primers
http://esciencelibrary.umassmed.edu/

History of Dallas Medicine Online Exhibit Opens at UTSW Library

Dallas Medical History, 1890-1975: A Digital Collection has been unveiled on the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Library website. It includes two parts, a collection of 500 images from the UT Southwestern Archives and History of Medicine collections in that Library and a more detailed exhibit of 60 selected Medical Care Milestones in Dallas, 1890-1975 . Although focused mostly on Southwestern, St. Paul and Parkland it includes other Dallas hospitals. Find 3 shots of TSRHC by searching "scottish" in their search boxes.

According to the archivist for the project "the CONTENTdm software used for the repository allows users to download images for use in PowerPoint presentations. The exhibit’s OMEKA software allows users to share photos with others on Facebook."

If for non-commercial, personal, or research use, materials may be reproduced (printed, photocopied, or downloaded) without prior permission. Unless another source for the item is noted, please credit Library, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas as the source.

For more information, contact the Archivist and History of Medicine Librarian, at the Library, UT Southwestern Medical Center.

The project was developed through a grant from the National Library of Medicine to the Archives and History of Medicine collection at UT Southwestern.

On a related topic, an article from Science describes the beginnings of the Southwestern Medical School and its research program back in 1951.

Websites referenced:
www.utsouthwestern.edu/dallasmedicalhistory
http://www4.utsouthwestern.edu/library/speccol/dmh/
http://utswlibrary.contentdm.oclc.org/
http://utswlibrary.omeka.net/
http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/vgn/images/portal/cit_56417/42/16/176866Science_Article_Web.pdf http://www8.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept117179/files/117281.html
http://www4.utsouthwestern.edu/library/speccol/

"Meaningful Yoose Rap Music Video" Helps Explain EHR "Meaningful Use"

The "Meaningful Yoose Rap Music Video" written and performed by Dr. HITECH (aka Ross Martin, MD) explains in rap format just what is meant by "meaningful use" required by the electronic health record regulations. Lyrics, which were revised to state the "15 core objectives required of eligible providers," are available via a link at the site.

Websites referenced:
http://informatimusicology.blogspot.com/2011/03/meaningful-yoose-rap-music-video-world.html

http://informatimusicology.blogspot.com/2011/03/meaningful-yoose-rap-final-rule-cut.html

Note, he shares this under the Creative Commons Attribution, Share-Alike license, so please credit him and let him know if you post it on the web or perform it at a meeting.

Leisure Reading Exchange Area

Do you listen to books on tape as you drive? Are you a reader?

A leisure reading exchange area is now available in the Medical Library. It includes print books and audio CDs and tapes. Check under the display journal section near the entrance. Take one to read, bring yours to share!

Please Give Feedback on Journal Routing Services

Please give us feedback on your concerns about the Medical Library's journal routing and table of contents alerting services. This link is to a Click here to take survey, so if you take it please be sure to participate when it becomes official!

World War II Public Health Films -- NLM Online Exhibit

"The Public Health Film Goes to War"

This online exhibit from the National Library of Medicine showcases health training films shown to our soldiers during WWII. The films cover such topics as personal hygiene and malaria.

Website referenced: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/digicolls/phfgtw/index.html

Ice and Snow Descend on Dallas-Fort Worth

On Tuesday, February 1, rainfall froze into a thick sheet of ice across the Metroplex, making transportation of any type hazardous. Sub-freezing weather lasted until Friday morning when several inches of snow fell to cover the ice. Over the weekend most of the ice melted -- but it left damaged ceiling tiles, chair and carpet in the Medical Library. Super Bowl Sunday (hosted at Cowboy Stadium in Arlington!) was thankfully a beautiful sunny day, but a repeat ice event caused problems the following Wednesday morning. Luckily that time there was no additional water damage.

More Snowy Views from Hospital Windows

Texas Health Steps Offers Free CME Credits

"Texas Health Steps' award-winning online program offers FREE CE Courses to enhance your ability to provide preventive health, mental health, oral health & case management services to Medicaid eligible children in Texas." Included are courses accredited for physicians, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, dentists, dietitians, and audiologists.

Resource cited: http://www.txhealthsteps.com/

International Travel Tip

Tip from a family personally involved in the current Cairo situation:

When you travel - take your e-ticket number (13 digits) not just your reservation number. The Internet is down in Cairo and they could not look up the reservation but they could look up the e-ticket number. Also take lots of cash.

DirectMail.com -- Get Off Mailing Lists

DirectMail.com offers a registry to get off mailing lists. Their members are encouraged to use the lists to avoid sending mail to people who do not want it. Phone numbers: 888-690-2252 (toll-free) and 301-855-1700.

For additional registries see an earlier posting or click on the subject "consumer protection" on this website.

Website cited: http://www.directmail.com/directory/mail_preference/faq.aspx

Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram article 7-15-2010 by David Casstevens p.1B