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/

PTSD Resource Available for Nurses

"The PTSD Toolkit is an e-learning resource for nurses to support the treatment of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, providing clinical information combined with interactive simulations. This resource was developed by the American Nurses Foundation and Penn Nursing Science, and [is] made available as a mobile application in partnership with Lippincott Solutions." Available for a limited time.

Websites referenced
http://lippincottsolutions.com/landing/ptsdapptoolkit
http://www.anfonline.org/
http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/

Missing "Find a Co-Worker"?

Are you missing the Rite Resources service called "Find a Co-Worker"? It is still there, just takes a few steps to locate it. Instructions are on the Medical Library intranet website in the Links section under the topic "Email, GroupWise, Phone Directory, Rite Resources Tips."
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Websites Referenced
http://tsrhkids/mlibrary/links.htm

Systematic Reviews - free articles from Joanna Briggs Institute

Focusing on the systematic review process, this month's issue of International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare is offered free by the Joanna Briggs Institute and Lippincott Williams Wilkins. The Joanna Briggs Institute has been collaborating for almost 20 years to identify and promote "best evidence to inform your clinical decision-making at the point of care."1  

Websites Referenced

http://journals.lww.com/ijebh/toc/2015/09000
http://journals.lww.com/ijebh/Pages/aboutthejournal.aspx
http://joannabriggs.org/
http://journals.lww.com/ijebh/Fulltext/2015/09000/Now_that_we_re_here,_where_are_we__The_JBI.2.aspx

1 Prof Alan Pearson  http://joannabriggs.org/about.html

POSNA Archives - New Exhibit, Finding Aid Update

The POSNA Archive has a new exhibit highlighting a number of interesting items in the collection. It includes leg braces, external fixators, pollicization models and scoliosis instrumentation. The Finding Aid has been updated.

Websites Referenced
http://www.tsrhc.org/hand-disorders-making-thumb
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8sxxeZ3XOXOWC1sdkUzaHhrR0E/view?usp=sharing