STAT!Ref’s Anatomy TV: a great resource
As part of the Library’s subscription to STAT!Ref, patrons have access to Anatomy.tv, which is a “suite of 3D interactive models of human anatomy. Intuitive controls allow the user to […]
Read MoreHealth Literacy and Public Health Campaigns
Public health campaigns need to de-stigmatize low or poor health literacy, as demonstrated in one study. But it is an uphill battle against prevailing assumptions that bad things happen to people because “they deserve it.”
Read MoreAnother successful LIFT Forum
On Wednesday, September 7, 2011, Eccles Library presented its monthly LIFT Forum on “Hot Mobile Devices: Tablets and eReaders” yesterday. Amy Honisett, Peter Jones, Jeanne Le Ber and Nancy Lombardo […]
Read MorePapers for iPad: mobile medical literature management
In the iMedicalApps blog, Tom Lewis reviews the app Papers for the iPad ($14.99), the mobile version of a popular desktop program designed for clinicians, researchers and other medical professionals […]
Read MoreWed, Sept 7 LIFT Forum — Hot Mobile Devices: Tablets and eReaders
The Wednesday, September 7, 2011 Library and Information Technology Forum features Amy Honisett, Peter Jones, Jeanne Le Ber and Nancy Lombardo speaking about Hot Mobile Devices: Tablets and eReaders. Please […]
Read MoreMobile apps for detecting and managing cancer
The iMedicalApps blog has two great posts on medical apps for the detection and management of cancer. Detection At Michigan State University, civil engineering professor Syed Hashsham is developing a […]
Read MorePrescribing under pressure using a mobile app: a study
In a recently published article in the journal Resuscitation, 28 doctors and seven medical students in the pediatric department of a British hospital “were asked to prescribe both a dopamine […]
Read MoreNew look for STAT!Ref
The evidence-based e-resource STAT!Ref offered through the library’s website has a new user-interface. We invite our readers to try it and comment.
Read MoreReplacing textbooks with eReaders?
If colleges and universities begin mandating that all class texts be eBooks, what would this mean for libraries?
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