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Nov
05
0 comments Tags: comics and medicine, david lasky, ellen forney, graphic medicine, traveling exhibit, university of washington health sciences library
As you may know, the University of Washington Health Sciences Library (HSL) is the location of the Pacific Northwest region of the NNLM. Starting today (through December 22), it will also be hosting the National Library of Medicine traveling exhibit titled, “Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived & Well-Drawn”. We are so excited to present this vibrant and… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, K-12, News from NLM, Training & Education
Oct
28
0 comments Tags: clinical effectiveness, public health, PubMed Health, PubMed.gov, search skills
This is not exactly a data post, but, the loss of a trusted source for clinical effectiveness research will have its effects on the dataverse. PubMed Health is being discontinued as of this coming Wednesday. As any of my colleagues can tell you, I’m taking the loss of PubMed Health hard– I loved showing it… Read More »
Posted in: Data Science, Public Health
Oct
25
0 comments Tags: career, consumer health, medical librarian, Medical Librarians Month, outreach
As many of us know, it’s medical librarian month, and a colleague said to me, “You’ve had a pretty winding career path— you should write a post about it!” So, here goes… My first medical librarian connection wasn’t officially as a librarian at all, but as the data request epidemiologist for Public Health – Seattle… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Sep
28
0 comments Tags: data fair, online education, open access
In this case, a free, online DATA FAIR! Next week, October 1 through 5, ICPSR (the international data consortium/data archive/data education and research organization) will be holding the 2018 ICPSR Data Fair . The number of offerings is impressive, and there’s enough variety that there’s something for everyone—diversity and inclusion, training, sharing, tools, and more. You… Read More »
Posted in: Data Science, Training & Education
Sep
26
0 comments Tags: big data, Data science, EHR, Patricia Brennan
One of the more popular courses we at the NNLM offer is called “Big Data in Healthcare: Exploring Emerging Roles“. This nation-wide course “explains the role big data plays in clinical patient outcomes, explains current/potential roles in which librarians are supporting big data initiatives, and illustrates the fundamentals of big data from a systems perspective”. … Read More »
Posted in: Data Science