Father and son dabbling in landscape: first Eccles Library gallery exhibit
Eccles Library opens the library gallery with its first exhibit: “Mauger: a father and son dabbling in landscape.”
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Researchers and information literacy
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Discussion of the SCONUL 7 Pillars of Information literacy as applied to research, and how the research process would benefit from librarian input at the beginning, prior to gathering information.
Read ArticleJargon-free doctor-patient communication: Ask Me 3
Patients can ask 3 simple questions to improve doctor-patient communication. And doctors need encouragement and compensation for taking time to assure their patients understand healthcare issues and instructions.
Read ArticleHome visitation, depression and health literacy
Depressed parents’ health literacy skills can improve through home visitation per a recent study using open access public data.
Read ArticleAddressing health literacy gaining traction
As mentioned previously, health literacy is “the ability to get information, understand it, and use information to lower risk and better health.” People “with low health literacy are more likely […]
Read ArticleDoctor’s Toolbag: an evidence based clinical decision support app
The Doctor’s Toolbag is an evidence-based clinical decision support app for iPhone and iPod touch. iMedicalApps offers a good review of its strengths and weaknesses.
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New online decision tool from Stanford for women at risk of breast and ovarian cancer due to BRCA gene mutation.
Read ArticleCritical health literacy: a review and critical analysis
Discussion of recent research article on the strengths and weaknesses of health literacy as a topic.
Read ArticlePitfalls and positives of social media in medicine today
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A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) “surveyed the 68 executive directors of all medical and osteopathic boards in the United States and its territories […]
Read ArticleLeading medical app blog mentions libraries!
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As a regular reader of the iMedicalApps blog, I was excited by the title of a recent posting: “If you don’t have an iPad, go to the medical library and […]
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