Statistics, Cartoons and Clinical Effectiveness

If “statistically significant,” “p-values,” “research spin” and “Cochrane” spark your interest you may like the Absolutely Maybe and Statistically Funny blogs by HildaBastian. A founding member of the Cochrane Collaboration, she currently “works at making clinical effectiveness research accessible as lead for the PubMedHealth team” at the National Institutes of Health. Cartooning has become an effective consumer advocacy tool for Hilda, who describes herself as “scientist, blogger, cartoonist.” A recent interview in NLM In Focus talks about her very interesting background.

Websites Referenced

http://blogs.plos.org/absolutely-maybe/author/hbastian/

http://statistically-funny.blogspot.com/

http://hildabastian.net/

http://www.cochrane.org/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/

https://infocus.nlm.nih.gov/2016/05/16/hilda-bastian-she-speaks-and-draws-truth-to-scientific-power/

New eBooks Available

Several new eBooks have been added lately by request. Links are accessible in the hospital or via your OpenAthens remote access account. There are limits on how many users can be active at one time, so close when you are done and try later if you cannot get in. If you have any problems with them, please let the librarian know.

Basic Principles of External Skeletal Fixation Using Ilizarov and OtherDevices

Rosenberg's Molecular and Genetic Basis of Neurological and PsychiatricDisease

Atlas of Neuromuscular Diseases: A Practical Guideline

Coming soon – full AAOS eBook collection! For remote access contact the library.

Websites Referenced

OpenAthens http://auth.athensams.net/my/

Ilizarov http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&authtype=ip,uid&db=nlebk&site=ehost-live&scope=site&AN=576399

Rosenberg http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&authtype=ip,uid&db=nlebk&site=ehost-live&scope=site&AN=593413

Atlas http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&authtype=ip,uid&db=nlebk&site=ehost-live&scope=site&AN=816873
AAOS  http://bookshelf.aaos.org/ebooks/  

New Online Journals for 2016

Online access is now available for even more of your favorite journals! Use the library’s A to Z list, find links when you search MEDLINE or for remote access many are listed on OpenAthens. Please contact the library if you have any questions or problems with these titles or would like to receive table of contents alerts.

Orthopaedics titles

Clinical Spine Surgery (Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques has changed its focus and name)

JAAOS: Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

J ISAKOS: Journal of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery & Orthopaedic Spots Medicine

Nursing titles

Evidence-based Nursing

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Journal for Nurses in Professional Development

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing

Orthopaedic Nursing

Neurology titles

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Administration titles

Journal for Healthcare Quality

Pediatrics titles

Child Development

Child Development Perspectives  

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development

Websites Referenced

http://tsrhkids/mlibrary/web-based.htm

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?holding=txudtslib

http://auth.athensams.net/my/

Digital Tools Affect Reading Comprehension

Use of digital tools can affect our understanding of what we read. Researchers Geoff Kaufman and Mary Flanagan found that those who read an article on a computer answered concrete questions better while those who read it from a printout were better able to answer abstract questions. More of those who studied a printed spreadsheet could analyze the statistics to make a decision than those who used the laptop. By specifically adding a task to a written document it was also possible to encourage more abstract or critical thinking in readers. Kaufman said "If I catch myself reading a journal article in a PDF, and I start to get stuck on the details of the methodology, I’ll just go ahead and print it out.” The authors presented at the recent ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

Websites Referenced

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/05/09/researcher-say-computer-screens-change-how-you-think-about-what-you-read/

http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2858036.2858550

Health Literacy - Please Help Me Understand!

Take a look at this video (and a short version) from the American Medical Association to understand why “health literacy” is such an important topic in good patient care. Patients face challenges and a big one might be communicating with you and the pharmacy. Identify the 2 or 3 most important bits of information they must understand and use “living room language.” The American College of Physicians film will also give you valuable insight.

Always use the Teach-Back method to be sure you have explained clearly – ask them to tell you what they will tell their family, what they need to know and do. If they cannot do this then you have a chance to re-explain while they are still with you.

Websites referenced

AMA YouTube video 23 minutes:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGtTZ_vxjyA

Or in 4 minutes:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubPkdpGHWAQ

American College of Physicians 6-1/2 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImnlptxIMXs

Teach Back:   http://www.teachbacktraining.org/

My NCBI, a Valuable Tool for Proactive Awareness

My NCBI is a valuable tool in your research and patient care! Want to store your MEDLINE searches? Want an alert when a new article is posted on the topics you are most interested in? Want a convenient place to store your own bibliography and references to articles of interest? Is your research NIH-funded and you want to track its public accessibility status?

Sign up for a free account (nothing is emailed to you except the alerts you set up yourself). Watch some of their MYNCBI YouTube tutorials such as MyNCBI Home Page. Enjoy this convenient tool!

Websites Referenced:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?holding=txudtslib

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbFjV91YNNY&list=PL88E9E5EA3BECE0D7&index=6    

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gApmLHdCSM&list=PL88E9E5EA3BECE0D7&index=3     

https://www.youtube.com/user/NCBINLM  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYODIOD_YYE

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL88E9E5EA3BECE0D7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks46w3mNAQE

Circulating Now - History of Medicine Comes Alive

Circulating Now is a newsletter featuring history of medicine topics.

“Free things like air,
Vital things like blood,
Living things like ideas…
Circulate.”

Sign up to receive an alert when a new topic is featured! From the History of Medicine Division of the NationalLibrary of Medicine,  “Circulating Now conveys the vitality of medical history in our 21st-century world: its relevance and importance for research, teaching, and learning about the human condition.”

Recent articles have featured turkeys, World War I reflections from Dr. Osler, a WWII pharmacist mate’s papers, and photography of the invisible (X-rays).

Websites referenced:

http://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/index.html

http://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2015/11/23/an-early-look-at-the-turkey/

http://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2015/12/29/what-a-mess-and-we-are-not-half-through-dr-osler-on-englands-home-front-in-world-war-i/

http://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2015/11/10/a-pharmacists-mate-first-class/

http://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2015/09/24/photography-of-the-invisible-and-its-value-in-surgery/