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Library/Software/Data Carpentries
Lori Sloane
This is a presentation introducing The Carpentries to the Health Science Center Library and Informatics Center. The Carpentries is represented by a collection of three workshop types: Library Carpentry, Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry.
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Marketing without a budget? One library’s affordable approach to marketing the LibKey Suite
Robyn Gleasner, Moses L. Moya, and Laura J. Hall
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Medical Residency Competencies: Informatics, Library, and Evidence Based Practice
Deborah J. Rhue and Jonathan Eldredge
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No Budget, No Problem! A Comparison of Screen Recording Software
Robyn Gleasner and Moses L. Moya
This poster will share the freely available screen recording software/programs that the Resources Archives and Discovery Unit at UNM HSLIC tested and then compared or used with proprietary software to create short instructional videos. These videos were used to promote use of a new suite of products through LibKey to help users find and access the full text of articles more easily. Members of RAD wanted to make information more readily available to users, but also wanted to be fiscally responsible and not subscribe to a software that would not be used outside of this project. The resources listed on this poster may help others in a similar situation.
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Our Book Club Kit Experience - What Happened? What Went Wrong?
Amy E. Weig-Pickering
This poster was presented at SCC/MLA. To see more about this project please look at our full description and video at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hslic-posters-presentations/100/
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Reading is Healthy - Health Literacy Book Club Kits
Amy E. Weig-Pickering, Kristin R. Proctor, and Allison B. Cruise
Seed funding from HSLIC provided an opportunity for us to create ten Reading Is Healthy Book Club Kits and made them available for checkout to both public libraries and community organizations in New Mexico. Each kit includes eight copies of a book club selection along with discussion questions and health literacy materials.
The goals of this project are to encourage conversations around health and wellness topics, destigmatize the discussion of health topics, and increase health literacy in our communities. This project aligns with HSLIC’s strategic goal to empower our communities to engage with health information.
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Researching Ourselves: A Critical Role for Librarians
Melissa L. Rethlefsen
Keynote talk: Researching Ourselves: A Critical Role for Librarians
Conducting research is a critical aspect of our work as librarians, so that we can understand what works, what doesn't, and why. It can also help us demonstrate our value to others outside our profession by providing evidence of how what we do improves health, education, and research outcomes. Starting in research can be a challenge, but it starts with identifying questions that should be answered. Using the story of how I got involved in (and continue to do) research, we'll talk about the process of research and the benefits it can offer to one's career, library, and the profession.
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The Importance of Library Assessment in HR: A Case Study of Transitioning to a Hybrid Work Environment after the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sally Bowler-Hill
Purpose & Goals: The purpose of this study was to explore and understand employee perceptions of remote work as a potential option for normal operations, based on experiences from the COVID-19 pandemic. The goals were to obtain feedback from library faculty and staff about remote work and telecommuting in order to develop a guideline, and to measure satisfaction with the hybrid work environment several months after the guideline was implemented.
Design & Methodology: Two web-based surveys were sent to all library faculty and staff, one in April 2021 and the other in March 2022. The first survey included multiple-choice and free-text responses regarding how often employees wanted to work remotely; what tasks they believed could be done productively from home; what equipment they needed at home; and what challenges they believed the library faced with employees working remotely. This feedback was used to develop a remote work and telecommuting guideline that was implemented in July 2021. The second survey assessed employees’ experience with telecommuting or remote work since the guideline was implemented, including questions about schedules, satisfaction, equity, what worked better than expected, and continuing challenges. Both surveys were declared minimal risk by our institutional IRB.
Findings: The second survey showed satisfaction with the hybrid work environment, including a high degree of satisfaction with how telecommuting schedules were implemented and allocated within library units. The average amount of time employees spent working from home closely mirrored how much time they responded that they wanted to spend in the first survey. Significant challenges to implementing a hybrid work environment identified in the first survey had been resolved, while other challenges had arisen or continued in the months since the guideline was implemented and the library had resumed normal operations.
Practical Implications & Value: Librarians responsible for assessment within their libraries should look for assessment and research opportunities related to the administrative operations of their organizations. When integrated at the beginning of a major operational change, these studies can provide valuable data that help inform needed adjustments after the change has been implemented and, longitudinally, as operations are continually evaluated. While libraries’ administrative operations can vary greatly, sharing these studies can provide useful insight to other organizations looking to implement similar changes.
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The Native Health Database - A Tool to Support NLM's Associate Fellows
Jonathan M. Pringle and Allison B. Cruise
An introduction to the Native Health Database presented to the 2022-2023 National Library of Medicine Associate Fellows. Discusses the NHD’s history, the NNLM-funded transition to Mukurtu, and how content is created, contributed and shared through the NHD.
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Using Evidence to Develop an Interprofessional Roundtable Simulation on Health Literacy
Lisa M. Acuff
Lisa M. Acuff, MPH, MS, Education and Research Librarian, Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center presented, "Using Evidence to Develop an Interprofessional Roundtable Simulation on Health Literacy." Librarians bring unique knowledge, skills, and perspectives to interprofessional education. This presentation will introduce a health sciences librarian's process and tools for creating an evidence-based interprofessional simulation on health literacy. The session will offer a systematic approach to instructional planning and design integrating evidence, competencies, objectives, activities, and assessment.
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Building Consensus Around the Future Remote Work: One Library’s Study
Sally Bowler-Hill
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to explore and understand employee perceptions of remote work as a potential option after the library returns to “normal” operations. This survey was used to develop the library’s telecommuting and remote work guideline.
METHODS: An 8-question, web-based survey was sent to all library faculty and staff, asking their opinions about working remotely after the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was declared minimal risk by our institutional IRB. The questions included multiple choice and free-text responses about how often employees wanted to work remotely; what tasks they believed could be done productively from home; what equipment they needed at home; and what challenges they believed the library faced with employees working remotely. Summary results from the survey were presented to all faculty and staff for additional discussion.
RESULTS: 85% of staff and faculty responded. All wanted to continue to work remotely part time after the pandemic. 65% preferred working from home 2-3 days per week. Meetings, consultations, answering reference questions, and taking required training were among the tasks respondents felt could be done remotely on an ongoing basis. The challenges identified included staffing the building and the demand for in-person services. The data were used to, in concert with university policies, to develop a departmental guideline.
CONCLUSIONS: Overall, survey responses were very consistent, indicating a broad consensus among faculty and staff about continued remote work. Future work will include periodic reviews of the developed guidelines.
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Data Sharing Workshop
Lori D. Sloane
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the key elements of planning clinical research data management
- Outline steps needed to develop a data collection plan
- Locate standards, validated instruments, and coding schemes for research
- Describe and implement the different components of a data management plan
- Introduction to OpenRefine data tool
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Integrating Library-Related Competencies into Residency Curricula
Deborah J. Rhue and Jonathan Eldredge
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Question Formulation Skills Building among Dental Hygiene Students: Randomized Controlled Trial
Jonathan Eldredge and Christine N. Nathe
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RDAP "Ask Me Anything" Townhall webinar "What is different about Clinical Data?
Nina Exner, Christy E. Navarro, and Lori D. Sloane
This webinar was presented to the RDAP community on January 29, 2020 @ 1 pm EST. The goal of the webinar was to raise awareness of the special requirements of clinical data for data management.
Managing data has a number of common principles that get applied to each subject domain. As a result, it’s easy to start consideration of data with a disciplinary subject and data structure. But in the health sciences and medicine there is a key issue that has to be asked first: Is it clinical research data? Before delving into metadata standards, FAIR principles, or sharing, a health sciences data librarian often starts with the clinical/nonclinical distinction.
But what’s so special about clinical data? What do we even mean when we talk about clinical data? This session will introduce basic concepts in clinical data management, processes that are commonly used by researchers looking to do clinical data research. We will explore how a health sciences library can provide patron support on local infrastructure for accessing and using clinical data for research. We will also provide resources for further exploration by librarians and patrons.
Attendees will come away with:
(1) a better understanding of basic terminology and data workflows in clinical research data management;
(2) a sense of typical workflows that happen with the clinical research data lifecycle;
(3) an introduction to systems in clinical data collection and analysis, particularly REDCAP; and,
(4) at least one answer to the question of “What’s different about clinical?” When it comes to data.
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Global Health Outreach: Organizing a Book Drive for Malawi
Karen R. McElfresh, Laura J. Hall, and Patricia Repar
This presentation describes the organization of a book drive for the Malawi College of Health Sciences in Blantyre, Malawi. The College’s library serves about 700 students, as well as healthcare professionals from a neighboring hospital. However, the library lacks sufficient resources, with most of their books being outdated or in poor condition, diminishing health care quality in Malawi.
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Planning and Completing a Book Drive for Malawi
Karen R. McElfresh, Laura J. Hall, and Patricia Repar
In the Spring of 2017, our library conducted a book drive for the Malawi College of Health Sciences in Blantyre, Malawi. The College’s library serves about 700 students, as well as health care professionals from a neighboring hospital. However, the library lacks sufficient resources, with most of their books being outdated or in poor condition, which diminishes health care quality in Malawi.
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Considerations in Caring for People with Physical Disabilities: A Course Elective
Ingrid C. Hendrix, Sarah K. Morley, and Jennifer Benson
Context: People with disabilities represent a significant portion of the population. A 2007 Institute of Medicine report, The Future of Disability in America' noted that barriers to equal health care for people with disabilities include physical barriers, and knowledge and attitudes related to caring and interacting with people with disabilities. People with disabilities (PWD), as with many other groups disadvantaged by social inequities, often receive suboptimal care from health care providers. The root cause of this inequity in care can be traced to a lack of training for health care providers in dealing with PWD. The AAMC has recommended medical schools evaluate their curriculum and address gaps in providing education addressing health care disparities. Objectives: To address this identified knowledge gap at our institution, the authors developed and taught a 7.5 hour elective for second and third year medical students in Spring 2014 and repeated in Fall 2014. The overarching goal was to raise awareness about experiences encountered by people with physical disabilities in the healthcare setting. Objectives covered over five sessions included an examination of attitudes about disability, community resources for meeting the needs of PWD, communication, advocacy and access, and interdisciplinary team collaboration. Using an interactive format (small and large group activities, discussion, case-based scenarios, and interaction with people with disabilities) provided learners with a rich experience. Key message: Training learners to interact with patients with physical disabilities should be a vital educational objective of all medical schools integrated throughout the curriculum. This significant population has unique needs requiring a more holistic approach to their care. Incorporating real-world examples and personal discussions with PWDs, may increase awareness of issues confronting those with a disability thus enabling health care providers to be more comfortable interacting with this patient population. Conclusion: Feedback from learners indicated overall satisfaction with the interactive format and the content of this elective. Learners described the importance of hearing directly from people with disabilities. In addition, being made aware of community resources and physical access in the clinical setting led to greater understanding of patient challenges. Successful introduction of this content recommends incorporating a more integrative approach to this very important and neglected topic.'
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