News From the Libraries - UT HSC Newsletter June 2009

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Breaking the Cycle: Investigating the Intersection of EducationalInequities and Health DisparitiesTuesday June 9, 12:30 pm to 3 pmHowe Conference Room 5th floor, Briscoe Library

Research confirms that the better a person is educated, the more likely that person is

to report being in excellent or very good health. Yet, not everyone has equal access toquality education and healthcare. Disparities exist in access to, and utilization of, ournation's education and healthcare systems.

On Tuesday, June 9, at 12:30 pm, the Briscoe Library will host Breaking the Cycle:Investigating the Intersection of Educational Inequities and Health Disparities, a

webcast produced by the Minority Health Project of the University of North Carolinaat Chapel Hill.

The webcast, produced by the Minority Health Project, University of North Carolinaat Chapel Hill Program for Ethnicity, Culture and Health Outcomes,

will examine the relationship between sub-standard healthcare and reducedacademic attainment among children of lower socio-economic status. It will discuss

how these circumstances result in children having poorer health, higher schooldropout rates, increased risk of arrests and incarceration, higher mortality, anddiminished opportunity to participate fully in our democracy than do their wealthiercounterparts.

For more information about the program in the Briscoe Library, contact KeithCogdill, Director of South Texas Regional Information Services, [email protected].

More information about the Minority Health Project can be found at theirwebsite.

Briscoe Library to host health disparitieswebcast on June 9

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One Community/ One Book 2009: Plan now tohost a discussion of Pauline ChensFinal Exam

Are you interested in hosting or leading a small group discussion in connection

with One Community/ One Book 2009? In August, Dr. John Littlefield, Director

of the Academic Center for Excellence in Teaching, will offer two workshops for

discussion group hosts and facilitators:

Saturday August 8, 12 noon1 pm, Howe Conference Room

Wednesday August 12, 12 noon1 pm, Howe Conference Room

We will provide lunch, handouts, encouragement and tips on how to plan an

event that will be both thought-provoking and useful for those who attend.

Dr. Pauline Chen will speak on the Long Campus at noon on September 25,

2009, with live remote connections to UHC Downtown and the Harlingen and

Laredo campuses. To register for facilitator and host training, contact Susan

Hunnicutt, Special Projects Librarian, at 567-2406, or email

[email protected].

Visit the One Community/ One Book Web site at http://

www.library.uthscsa.edu/events/.

The Center for

Medical Humanities

& Ethics and The

Libraries have

chosenFinal Exam,

by Dr. Pauline Chen,

for the One

Community/ One

Book 2009 selection.

Social Bookmarking: Beyond Browser Bookmarks & FavoritesEmerging technologies brownbag lunch

Wednesday, June 10, noon to 1 pmHowe Conference Room, 5th floor, Briscoe Library

As the third in the ongoing brownbag lunch series on emerging technologies, the Briscoe Library presents"Social Bookmarking: Beyond Browser Bookmarks & Favorites." This lunchtime workshop will introduce andexplain online social bookmarking, identify both professional and personal uses, and discuss how tools can beused in academic and professional environments. Bring your lunch and join us for discussion on emergingtechnologies.

"Social Bookmarking: Beyond Browser Bookmarks & Favorites" is a lunchtime brownbag event designed toincrease awareness of the uses of online bookmarking tools. Bring your lunch to the Howe Conference Roomon the 5th floor of the Briscoe Library on Wednesday, June 10th, at noon to learn more.

Did you miss last months brownbag, Why Twitter? Join us for an encore presentation on Tuesday, June16th, at 12 noon in the Howe Conference Room.

Why Twitter? encore presentationEmerging Technologies brownbag lunchTuesday, June 16th, 12 noon to 1 pm

News from The Librarieshttp://www.library.uthscsa.edu/

Bring your lunch: June 10

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Arts and Aging in an Urban ContextBrownbag lunch programMonday, June 15, 12 noon to 1 pmHowe Conference Room 5th Floor of the Briscoe Library

"I am 77 years old and I had never been to an art class in my life, says the creator of the painting on thecover of this months newsletter. A resident of the Primrose at Monticello Park Senior Apartments, she hasparticipated for the last year in a community-based study that measures the impact of a professionally-taughtpainting class on the health and well-being of seniors. When Ms. Carolyn Sanchez invited us for the firsttime, I was afraid that I would not be able to do anything, she says. But we had a wonderful instructor, and

she helped me realize that art is a wonderful thing in life.

Dr. Adelita Cantu of the School of Nursing has been working with Dr. Jill Fluriet, professor of anthropology atUTSA, on the research study, Arts and Aging in an Urban Environment Study. On Monday June 15, theBriscoe Library will host a brownbag presentation of preliminary findings of their research.

Dr. Cantu will be joined by Dr. Kellen Kee McIntyre and Paula Davies, co-founders of Bihl Haus Arts. The one-hour program will include a slide presentation on the history of Bihl Haus Arts and its work with seniors inthe Monticello Park neighborhood.

Bihl Haus Arts is a multi-use

community arts space

located in a restored historic

building at 2803

Fredericksburg Road, across

from the Tip Top Caf and

inside the gates of Primrose

Senior Apartments.

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Bring your lunch: June 15


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Featured resourceInternet Point of Care CME program

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio Office of Continuing Medical Education

and the UT HSC Libraries are joining forces to introduce a new Internet Point of

Care (PoC) method for obtaining continuing medical education credits. Internet

PoCCME provides opportunities for structured, self-directed, online learning ontopics relevant to clinical practice to UT HSC physicians and also to physicians who

are affiliated with the librarys Circuit Librarian Health Information Program

(CLHIN). During the process of completing each Internet PoC activity, the

physician will do the following:

Define a practice-based knowledge need and describe the need as a clinical

question.

Search a database of peer-reviewed, professional literature to find relevant

articles (note that the literature search must be done by the physician rather

than requested through the library).

Using the form provided through the CME office, discuss how the articles found

through the literature search assisted in answering the question and

informing clinical care.

Return the completed form to the CME office, which will keep track of the

credits.

Continuing Education Credit

The School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing

Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Each

Internet PoC activity is worth 0.5 CME credits. Physicians may earn up to 20 AMA

PRA Category 1 credits.

Learn more about the Internet PoC program on the web site of the Office of

Continuing Education. A list of resources that can be used for the literature searchis also available from the Librarys web site on the Internet Point of Care Starting

Point.

Please note that resources identified with an on either site are subscription-

based and are available only to physicians affiliated with the UT Health Science. All

other resources are openly available.

Linda Levy, Assistant Library Director for

Branch Library and Database Services.
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June 2009

Library classes for JuneAll classes are free and open to all. Advance registration is appreciated but not required. If you would like to

request a class or schedule a consult at any HSC campus, please contact the library at (210) 567-2450 or email

[email protected]. The library is happy to schedule additional classes to fit your schedule.

To register for a class or to read class descriptions, visit the online class schedule.

New! When you register for a library class, your registration confirmation now includes a file that you cansave as an appointment into your electronic calendar.

Briscoe Library, Long Campus - San Antonio

PubMed: Getting the Most Out of PubMed: Monday, June 8th 10 am 11:30 am, Collaboratory

Technology Brownbag: Social Bookmarking: Beyond Browser Bookmarks & Favorites:Wednesday, June 10th, 12 noon 1 pm, Howe Conference Room

Technology Brownbag: Why Twitter? Encore Presentation: Tuesday, June 16th, 12 noon 1 pm,Howe Conference Room

Introduction to EndNote: Thursday, June 18th, 12 noon 1 pm, Collaboratory

Using EBSCO CINAHL to Locate Nursing & Allied Health Information: Thursday, June 18th, 2pm 3:30 pm, Collaboratory

Library Basics: Tuesday, June 23rd, 12 noon 1 pm, Collaboratory

Katie Prentice, Education and Information Services Coordinator

News from the UT HSC Libraries is published

at the beginning of each month to highlight the

programs, services and resources offered by

The Libraries.

Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of Libraries:

[email protected]

Susan Hunnicutt, Editor: [email protected]

Kelley Minars, Web Editor: [email protected]

Pennie Borchers, Susan Buentello and Karen Eads:

Copy Editors

Walter Creech, Katie Prentice and Robert Zuniga:

Photographers
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MedlinePlus offers a new online interactive medical language

tutorial for health care consumers

Sometimes health care providers and patients do not usethe same language to describe a patients condition. Forexample, to a physician the term heart attack meansthere is damage to the heart muscle, whereas somepatients might interpret it to mean the heart isnt

beating.

The National Library of Medicine has created an online

interactive tutorial that teaches health care consumershow to put together parts of medical words.

Through this tutorial the public can find useful tips todecode terms about classes of body parts, procedures,and conditions. Also helpful are explanations of root

words and abbreviations used on prescription labels.Users can take quizzes to see what they have learned.

The tutorial can be accessed byclicking here.

Lara Sapp, Health Information Outreach Fellow

Two interns, Steven Salazar and JaehoSong, are working with the staff of theUT Health Science Center Librariessystems department during the summerof 2009. Their internships fulfillpracticum requirements for degrees in

computer network administration fromSt Phillip's College.

Throughout the summer, Steven andJaeho will be updating software onpublic computers and migrating librarystaff to new machines. They will alsostaff the IT Help Desk on the 3rd floorBriscoe InfoCommons.

Sallieann Swanner, Associate LibraryDirector for Systems

Briscoe Library systems department welcomes interns:

Steven Salazar and Jaeho Song

Steven SalazarJaeho Song

The National Library of Medicine tutorial,

Understanding Medical Words, can be accessed at

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/medicalwords.html
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The Briscoe Library is one of 12 libraries that have been selected toparticipate in the upcoming tour of "Harry Potters World:Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine.

The "Harry Potters World exhibition was developed by the NationalLibrary of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, andcurated by Elizabeth J. Bland, with History of Medicine consulting by

Mark A. Waddell, Ph.D. The American Library Association PublicPrograms Office in Chicago, is coordinating the exhibitions tour oflibraries across the U.S..

The exhibition will travel from September 2009 through November2010. The itinerary for the exhibit, including dates for the BriscoeLibrary exhibit, will be released later this month. The library will beplanning a number of programs and outreach activities to accompanythe exhibit.

For more information, contact Pennie Borchers, Special CollectionsLibrarian, [email protected].

Briscoe Library selected to host Harry Potter traveling

exhibition: Renaissance Science, Magic and Medicine
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News From the Libraries - UT HSC Newsletter June 2009