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- Jeanne Le Ber
- Education Services
- Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library
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- Opportunity
- Built on existing relationship with Course Master
- Interested in using handheld devices
- Work with School of Medicine, Pediatrics clerkship director
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- Planning
- Explored ways devices could be used
- Identified a device and features wanted
- Tungsten C; wireless, lots of memory
- Established a timeline
- Selected software
- Kidometer, Red Book, PedsBase, etc.
- Outlined costs and potential funding sources
- Planned for faculty training
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- Course Content
- Established specific goals and objectives
- Session I – Building Your Palm
- Session II – Assigned application evaluation
- Session III – Student selected application evaluation
- Session IV – Evidence-based searching
- Session V – Evaluating the literature
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- Technical Issues
- Selecting appropriate device
- Software licenses, negotiation and configuration
- Coordinating with IT staff
- Configure PDAs for first session
- Circulation of devices
- Student privacy; reset devices after each rotation
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- Challenges
- First session is very time intensive
- Training facilitators and library staff
- 2 library lead instructors and 2 assistants
- Student device and operating system preferences
- Working with software vendors
- No standardization for application installation
- Evolving software options
- PDA damage and loss
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- Implementation
- Students issues Palm device for 6-week pediatric rotation
- Library faculty instruct on basic functionality
- Students learn organizational features, installation processes,
document conversion and clinical applications
- Students teach peers about applications
- Attending physician reviews evidence-based literature evaluation using
Palm applications
- Course corrections and enhancements are ongoing
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- Outcome
- Students learn the value of new technologies
- Students develop their critical evaluation skills
- Students surveys and faculty interviews indicate that students perceive
the course as worthwhile
- Library faculty have a unique opportunity to interact with medical
students
- Library leadership promotes leading edge technologies in SOM
curriculum
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- Contact Information
- Jeanne Le Ber, Education Services
- University of Utah
- Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library
- 10 North 1900 East
- Salt Lake City, UT 84112
- 801-585-6744 or jeannele@lib.med.utah.edu
- Course Materials available at: http://library.med.utah.edu/library/edumaterials/ecourses/
SoMedicine/topics_peds/
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