Over the course of two days, significant amounts of time will be given over to uninterrupted writing – typically in three- to four-hour sections – while attendees are housed in a comfortable environment away from distractions and interruptions. Additionally, facilitators with experience in library scholarship and publication will contribute their time to reading and critiquing manuscripts and making other related suggestions in an effort to improve the quality of the writing and the likelihood of publishing the manuscript.
Over the course of two days, significant amounts of time will be given over to uninterrupted writing – typically in three- to four-hour sections – while attendees are housed in a comfortable environment away from distractions and interruptions. Additionally, facilitators with experience in library scholarship and publication will contribute their time to reading and critiquing manuscripts and making other related suggestions in an effort to improve the quality of the writing and the likelihood of publishing the manuscript.
Creating a Healthier World by Addressing the Social Determinants of Health
Despite consuming the majority of health dollars, clinical care delivery determines only about 10-15% of the health status of the U.S. population. Other factors, such as education, income, housing, job security, safe neighborhoods, and access to nutritious foods, the “social determinants” of health, are much more powerful drivers of health and quality of life. Addressing these “upstream” health factors can enhance wellness, prevent disease, and improve health more equitably and cost-effectively than our current approach of solely treating “downstream” disease manifestations. Medical librarians can play a central role in advancing understanding of social determinants of health by providing access to and facilitating utilization of information that extends beyond traditional “medical” sources and spans multiple disciplines and sectors.
An expert in infectious diseases, Dr. Pomeroy is a long-time advocate for patients, especially those with HIV/AIDS, and public health. She passionately supports ongoing investment in the full range of research. She continues to lead an active research team studying host responses to viral infections. She has a special interest in health care policy, with a focus on the importance of the social determinants of health. She has published more than 100 articles and book chapters and edited three books.
Dr. Pomeroy is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Morehouse School of Medicine and serves on the Board of Directors for the Sierra Health Foundation; the Foundation for Biomedical Research; and PRIDE Industries. She is co-chair of the Blue Ridge Academic Health group and serves on the VA National Academic Affiliations Council. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Expanesthetics, Inc. and of Becton, Dickinson and Company. Past roles include chair of the Board of Directors for the Association of Academic Health Care Centers (AAHC) and chair of the Council of Deans and Board member of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). She was elected in 2011 as member-at-large-representative for the AAAS medical sciences section. Dr. Pomeroy was inducted into the Institute of Medicine in 2011.
Dr. Pomeroy received bachelors and medical degrees from the University of Michigan and completed her residency and fellowship training in internal medicine and infectious diseases at the University of Minnesota. She earned an MBA from the University of Kentucky. She has held faculty positions at the University of Minnesota, University of Kentucky and University of California (UC) Davis; she is currently professor emerita at UC Davis. Dr. Pomeroy was chief of infectious diseases and associate dean for research and informatics at the University of Kentucky. She joined UC Davis in 2003 as executive associate dean and in 2005 was appointed CEO and vice chancellor of the Health System and dean of the School of Medicine. She became president of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation in June 2013.
Topics for Roundtables:
1: Systematic Reviews & Practice Guidelines
2: EBM for Nursing & Allied Health
3: Inserting Yourself into the Curriculum
4: Distance Education
5: Mobile Technology: Education Apps & Tools
6: Course Design & Assessment
7: Discovery Platforms & Federated Searching
8: Cataloging - RDA, etc
9: Archives & Digital Repositories
10: Digital Collection Management
11: E-Resource Delivery in Hospital Settings
12: Marketing your Library
13: Finding Funds & Applying for Grants
14: Library Re-Design & Space Planning
15: Planning for Transitions (retirements, layoffs, etc.)
16: Disaster Planning & Response
17: Building & Strengthening Consortial Relationships
18: Patient Safety
19: Supporting EMRs / EHRs
20: Supporting Satellite Clinics
21: Mobile Technology: Clinical Apps & Tools
22: Supporting Patients & Caregivers
23: Outreach to Border and Native Communities
24: Mobile Technology: Consumer Health Apps & Tools
25: Writing for Publication
26: Effective Presentation Skills
27: Mentoring Fellow Librarians & Staff
28: Embedded Librarians
29: Supporting Non-Clinical Research
30: Open Access Publishing
For current members (2013-2014) of the SCC/MLA Executive Board and Chapter Advisory Council. Incoming officers and committee chairs for 2014-2015 are also welcome to attend.
24: Creating Buzz: Collaborating to Produce Library Marketing Materials that Speak Effectively to Stakeholders
25: Communicating the Library’s Value to Enrich and Engage Users
26: Innovating Health Kiosks
27: Practicum Project: MLIS student creates over 100 Google Promotions to improve SEO and search results for a health sciences library’s website
28: Taking the [hospital] community by storm! Disseminating WISER, CHEMM, and REMM database information to assist healthcare providers with disaster preparation, response, and recovery activities
29: OKRAC Consumer Health Information Needs Assessment
30: Embedded Graduate Assistants: Collaborations between Library and Nursing Students
31: Promoting Healthy Activity in a Health Science Library
32: Documenting What We Do and How We Do It: Implementation of Google Forms to Track Patron Interaction
33: Interprofessional Collaboration, Health Literacy and Electronic Medical Records (EMRs): Librarian Support of the MyChart® Patient Portal
34: Morning Report – Use and Effect on Organizational Goals
35: Examining the Comparative Retrieval of Five Academic Search Engines for Systematic Reviews
36: How many clicks before vs. after? An examination of changes based on user data
37: Flash Drives for Student In-House Use: Decreasing Photocopying Costs/Labor, Increasing User-Friendly Service: Little Things Mean a Lot
38: Appy Hour: A Convergence of Health Sciences Professionals and Students to Learn about Apps
39: Evidence Transfer in Diagnosis: Exploring Evidence Interventions to Enhance Value and Reliability
40: The Educational Preparation of Early Career Health Sciences Librarians: A New Informationist's Perspective
41: Health Sciences Consortia: A Benchmarking Data Survey
42: Bibliometric Analysis of Health Science Library Collections That Support Integrative Medicine Practices
43: The Process of Evaluating a Cloud-Based ILS
44: Effects of Librarian-Provided Services in Health Care: A Systematic Review
45: Breast Cancer Management in Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Bibliometric Report
46: Converging or Colliding: Staff Perceptions of Diversity
47: Encouraging Sex and Gender Differences Research and Cross-Campus Collaboration at the University of Arizona
48: Librarians Facilitating Research Collaboration and Accessibility: Sex and Gender Differences Research at an Academic Health Center
Be sure to attend the Quint*Essential Update of the NN/LM and bring your bold ideas for strategies your RML can use to provide resources and programming to support your critical needs. It’s a chance to think creatively and “dream big.” We look forward to hearing your input!
American Indian Health Information: Challenges of Dissemination and Application
Recent advances in information technologies have improved the dissemination of and access to health information specific to American Indians. Yet, a significant portion of this work continues to be fugitive, especially for those located outside of traditional academic settings. Moreover, even when available, its form and content often frustrate translation into locally meaningful terms. This presentation highlights these challenges in the context of American Indian health. It illustrates how a community toolbox -- conceptualized and brought to life by tribal community members – conveyed lessons learned through the Special Diabetes Program for Indians, enabling Native people to understand, communicate, and apply complicated data and materials to preventing diabetes.
Dr. Manson has published 175 articles on the assessment, epidemiology, treatment, and prevention of physical, alcohol, drug, as well as mental health problems over the developmental life span of Native people. His numerous awards include the American Public Health Association’s prestigious Rema Lapouse Mental Health Epidemiology Award (1998), election to the Institute of Medicine (2002); 2 Distinguished Mentor Awards from the Gerontological Society of America (2006; 2007), the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Nickens Award (2006); the George Foster Award for Excellence from the Society for Medical Anthropology (2006); and National Institute of Health’s Health Disparities Award for Excellence (2008). Dr. Manson is widely acknowledged as one of the nation’s leading authorities in regard to Indian and Native health.
Abstract for Dr. Dowell's talk:
The goal of personalized medicine is to tailor medical care to the individual as a means of drastically improving health. With the falling cost of DNA sequencing, genomics has become a vital aspect of the future of personalized medicine. In this talk I will discuss the current state of personalized genomics as well as the challenges and perspectives for it in the next decade. I will also briefly discuss my laboratory's recent work on the genomics of Down syndrome as a case study into the trials and tribulations of research in the field.
Brief biography:
Robin Dowell is an Assistant Professor in the Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Department and a member of the BioFrontiers Institute at the University of Colorado. She is a Boettcher Investigator and Sloan Fellow. Her primary expertise is in computational biology, specifically using machine learning techniques to better understand genomics. Her laboratory studies both the evolution of transcriptional regulation and how variation within a species contributes to phenotypic differences, a key aspect of personalized medicine. Prior to joining the faculty at University of Colorado, she worked as a postdoc at MIT and completed her graduate work at Washington University in St Louis.
"Resolution from the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association on the Occasion of the Quint-Essential, 5-Chapter MLA Meeting in Denver, Colorado, October 12-16, 2014
Be it resolved that the convergence and collaboration on display in Denver is five times more powerful than your regular chapter meeting and that we cannot even begin to estimate the benefit of the new knowledge and new friends that we discovered in Denver.
Written by Daniel Burgard with contributions by Stewart Brower and Jon Crossno.
Delivered by Daniel Burgard, 7:00PM, Wednesday, October 15 at the Mid-Meeting Celebration."
Abstract for Dr. Lin's talk:
Busting the Myths of Personal Health Records
What are Personal Health Records (PHRs)? Learn about the risks and benefits of online communication between patients and providers online, the risks and benefits of online release of test results to patients, and the impact of social media on patients and their healthcare. The speaker has over 10 years’ experience with PHR’s and research data to refute common misconceptions about PHR.
Dr. Lin is a nationally recognized expert in innovative research on personal health records and online patient communication and has extensive experience creating physician leadership structures related to clinical system implementations. His clinical leadership includes ambulatory electronic medical records, inpatient technologies including bar-code medication administration, clinical decision support, and instructing on physician-patient communication, and use of computers in the examination room to improve patient care. He serves as Member of Advisory Board of The Breakaway Group, Inc.
Dr. Lin received a Sponsored Fellowship from the National Library of Medicine and is a recipient of numerous grants from government, education, and private enterprise including, the Department of Health and Human Services, the University of Colorado Hospital and Health Science Center, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and The Commonwealth Fund. He has written original articles and studies for the American Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Managed Care, Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, Journal of General Internal Medicine, and Archives of Internal Medicine. Dr. Lin graduated Artium Baccalaureatus, cum laude, in Molecular Biology from Harvard University. He completed his medical degree at Stanford University and fulfilled his internship and residency at the University of California, Davis Medical Center. He is board certified and continues to practice Internal Medicine, and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
