The value of medical and surgical grand rounds: the outreach
librarians perspective Tatjana Petrinic Cairns Library, John
Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK [email protected]
2010 CILIP Health Libraries Group Conference Manchester, July 2010
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3 Grand Rounds at Oxford Medical Grand Rounds Thursday 13.00h
Surgical Grand Rounds Friday 8.00h Neuroscience Grand Rounds Friday
10.30h Richard Doll Seminars Tuesday 13.00h Open door policy Well
attended, chaired by leading clinicians Integral component of
medical education Interesting clinical cases Lively debates
Excellent invited speakers Limited to one hour Food and drink
permitted (discreetly) Slide 4 So I went Over a hundred Grand
Rounds attended since 2004 Weekly e-mail alerts to introduce the
topics Website with programme for the whole term Colleagues soon
joined http://www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/seminar/medical-grand-rounds Slide 5
Interesting clinical cases Slide 6 Gaining confidence in my own
subject areas Slide 7 Past, present and future of medicine and
surgery Slide 8 Invited speakers Slide 9 Oxford medics coming home
Slide 10 Benefits of attending Grand Rounds Expanding subject
knowledge and current awareness Monitoring Clinical/Research
interests of different specialist groups Understanding Trust and
University politics Becoming a known face to regular participants
Exploring opportunities for outreach promotion and support Learning
about clinical, educational and research networks Slide 11 The
value of medical and surgical grand rounds: the outreach librarians
perspective Tatjana Petrinic Cairns Library, John Radcliffe
Hospital, Oxford, UK [email protected] 2010 CILIP
Health Libraries Group Conference Manchester, July 2010
