POSNA Archive Grand Opening

The POSNA Archive was officially opened on Friday morning, April 16, 2010, during the Brandon Carrell Symposium.

Preserve Your Memories -- "Preservation Week" Resources from ALA

May 9 -15, 2010, is Preservation Week sponsored by ALA, the American Library Association. They have gathered numerous helpful resources into a toolkit at their site, including preserving memories, disaster recovery and tips for working with kids.

Links cited: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/preswk/kit.cfm

Health Literacy Toolkit from UNC and AHRQ

An excellent "Health Literacy Toolkit" has been developed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for AHRQ, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The website for this self-assessment tool includes a 6 minute video and 20 informative sections or "tools" that address areas of concern. The information is relevant for both adult and pediatric patients.

The toolkit suggests that caregivers assume everyone has some difficulty in understanding health-related information. It gives tips on improving written and spoken communication. It recommends that patient families be encouraged to ask questions -- and understand the answers.

Websites referenced:
http://www.nchealthliteracy.org/toolkit/
http://www.nchealthliteracy.org/toolkit/toollist.pdf
http://www.ahrq.gov/

Health Literacy for Public Health Professionals -- a Free CE Offering from the CDC

Do you need health literacy training? The CDC now offers a free online CE course called Health Literacy for Public Health Professionals.

This online course should take under 2 hours to complete and has already been approved for CE credits for physicians, nurses, pharmacists and certified health education specialists. Course Number: WB1285


Websites referenced:
http://www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/registration/detailpage.asp?res_id=2074

Dietary Supplements Database from NLM

Need to find out information about a dietary supplement such as a vitamin or herb? Check the Dietary Supplements Labels Database from the National Library of Medicine. There you can search in a number of ways and see answers to questions.



Websites referenced: http://dietarysupplements.nlm.nih.gov/

POSNA Archive Grand Opening

The POSNA Archive was celebrated with a grand opening gathering on Friday morning, April 16, 2010. Dr. Matt Bueche told the group of pediatric orthopaedic surgeons about the development of the project and welcomed them. See the press release and photos via the hospital website.

This link will take you to my photos and the earlier entry on the development of the display.

Websites referenced:
http://www.tsrhc.org/downloads/POSNA%20Archive.pdf
http://www.tsrhc.org/photo-gallery.htm?gid=636

http://picasaweb.google.com/kangarowl/POSNAArchiveOpening#

POSNA Archive Creation

The POSNA Archive is about to open. Here you can view a slideshow of the development of the room.

POSNA Archive Development