Member Spotlight: Quinnipiac University hosts NLM Traveling Exhibition and Invitation

Posted by benniefinch on August 26th, 2024 Posted in: Blog, Member Spotlight, NLM
Tags: Member Spotlight, National Library of Medicine, NLM Traveling Exhibition, Physician Assistant

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Quinnipiac University (QU), with campuses in North Haven and Hamden, Connecticut will be hosting one of the National Library of Medicine Traveling Exhibitions.  QU’s Netter and Arnold Bernhard Libraries in partnership with the Department of Physician Assistant Studies will host Physician Assistants: Collaboration and Care, a traveling exhibit, August 28, 2024 through October 3, 2024.

• On display at the Arnold Bernhard Library, Mt. Carmel Campus: August 28, 2024 – September 6, 2024
• On display at the Edward and Barbara Netter Library, North Haven Campus: September 9, 2024 – October 3, 2024

The National Library of Medicine produced Physician Assistants: Collaboration and Care in partnership with the Physician Assistant History Society. The traveling banner exhibition and companion website explore how the Physician Assistant (PA) profession developed as a solution to meet the social and health care needs of the mid-20th century and continues to evolve today. Collaboration has been the foundation of the profession since the first three PAs graduated from Duke University in 1967. PAs practice medicine alongside doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals, treating patients in diverse communities and addressing health care shortages.

During the exhibition, QU has scheduled several activities with speakers. The Opening Event on August 29^th at 2pm will feature Alec Williams, QU PA graduate, Sarah Adams, Immediate Past President of the Connecticut Academy of PAs (ConnAPA), and Jason Prevelige, President and Chair of the Board of the American Academy of PAs and QU PA graduate. This event will take place on the Mt. Carmel Campus.

The Closing Event will be held at the Edward and Barbara Netter Library on the North Haven Campus of QU and will feature William C. Kohlhepp, Professor Emeritus and physician assistant for over 40 years. He was awarded the Physician Assistant Education Association Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020. Additionally, he has been recognized as “PA of the Year” by the Connecticut Academy of PAs in 2019 and by the American Academy of PAs in Occupational Medicine in 2006.

The library has also created a LibGuide to accompany the exhibition including information about the exhibit, history of the PA Profession, Physician Assistants program at QU, career and patient facing information about the PA Profession, and a virtual book display.

For information about attending either of these events, please reach out to Lisa Adriani.

Interested in hosting an NLM Traveling Exhibition?

The following traveling exhibition titles are now available for requests through September 4, 2024. Please visit their respective web pages for specific details about each exhibition.

AIDS, Posters, and Stories of Public Health: A People’s History of a Pandemic 
Care and Custody: Past Responses to Mental Health
Making a World of Difference: Stories About Global Health
Outside/Inside: Immigration, Migration, and Health Care in the United States
Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine in Harry Potter’s World
This Lead Is Killing Us: A History of Citizens Fighting Lead Poisoning in Their Communities

Use this NLM online form to:

• Select from six available exhibition titles with booking dates from January 2025 through June 2026.
• Select up to three exhibitions and booking date preferences.

Please submit only one form per institution. Call for requests closes September 4^th.

Please contact the NLM Traveling Exhibition Services Team with any questions by emailing them at NLMTravelingExhibits@nih.gov.

Curious about other institutions’ experiences hosting exhibitions?

The National Library of Medicine featured this story about Health Connect South Dakota’s experience hosting Life and Limb: The Toll of the American Civil War and others.

Making Exhibition Connections: Health Connect South Dakota – Circulating Now from the NLM Historical Collections (nih.gov) and others.

Want to visit an NLM Traveling Exhibition near you?

This schedule is a download with the titles, dates and institutions who are currently scheduled to host an exhibit in Region 7 in 2024 -2025. Find out which exhibits are visiting near you!

Have you hosted an NLM Traveling Exhibition and are interested in sharing your story?

Please reach out to Bennie Finch