Using storytelling to communicate health messages
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Great example of using videos to teach teens about the dangers of drug abuse, which is an important aspect of health literacy.
Read MoreZygote Body: new online tool for learning
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Zygote Body is a 3-D modeling tool allowing users to browse, peel back and view inner organ systems, and even search the body using a simple search box.
Read MoreOne newspaper’s digital literacy campaign
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One UK newspaper is teaching digital literacy online and live, boosting a critical aspect of young students’ information literacy.
Read MoreThe Truth About Carbohydrates: a free lecture at the Health Library
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Free lecture on “the truth about carbohydrates” at the Hope Fox Eccles Health Library this month.
Read MorePoor health literacy knows no boundaries
Low health literacy knows no boundary — just watch this video.
Read MoreUsing mobile phones to strengthen diagnostic services
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A recent study (Tuijn, Hoefman et al. 2011) sought to “determine the feasibility of using mobile phones for capturing microscopy images and transferring these to a central database for assessment, […]
Read MoreUpcoming webinar for librarians
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News of upcoming webinar to help librarians refresh and extend health literature searching skills to better support patrons. It is free and open to all interested librarians and library staff.
Read MoreEccles Library Holiday Hours
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Eccles Library will be on reduced hours beginning Sunday, December 18, 2011 through Sunday, January 8, 2012.
Read MoreTeaching information literacy with a focus on news
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As reported on PBS’s News Hour, a four-year-old program known as the News Literacy Project is being taught “to middle and high school students in 21 inner-city and suburban schools […]
Read MoreRemotely checking newborns in intensive care: expensive but worth it
As reported in iMedicalApps, a number of neonatal intensive care units (NICU for short) in hospitals around the country have implemented Nicview, a system that allows parents to check-in on […]
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