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Keep Up to Date ! Allison BellGerstein Science Library
March 29, 2012
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Practical methods for LLL
Good current awareness programs are:
• Efficient, preferably AUTOMATED “Set it and forget it”
• Focused on your highest priorities
• Manageable (you can make time to read what arrives)
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Develop a Current Awareness Program
1. Set Goals
2. Choose Activities
3. Evaluate Success
4. Re-tool if necessary
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First: Set Goals• What news do I need to hear to do my job
properly?
• What news do I need to hear to keep up to date with my professional development?
• Identify knowledge gaps
• Passionate interests
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Think of some current awareness goals for
yourself. What are they?
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Consider Type of Info.
• Guidelines, best practices
• Systematic reviews
• Synopses
• Articles
More Synthesized
Less Synthesized
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Second: Develop Activities
• Browser ‘Favourites’ or Bookmarks
• RSS
• Email Alerts
• TOC Alerts
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Turn Each Goal into Activity
Example: • GOAL: Read everything new that comes out
about the Gardasil vaccine
• ACTIVITY: Set up an automated search or RSS feed in Pubmed for any new articles on the Gardasil/HPV vaccine
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Key to Success:Make time in your schedule!
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Third: Evaluate Effectiveness
• Too much? Too little? Bad/no results?
• Missing anything?
• Adjust, then try again
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RSS Feed Readers
• Google Reader• Bloglines• IE or Outlook• FeedReader
Choose one that you find easy to use, easy to remember
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Add RSS Feeds
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Why set up RSS readers?
Maintain anonymityThey have your email address!
1-click “mark as read” = never see them again
Have to delete unwanted emails
Leave your email for real people
Clogs your inbox
Unsubscribe in one clickUnsubscribe requests may be ignored/delayed
RSSEmail
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• @CochraneCollab
• @CDCemergency
• @CDCgov
• @gersteinlibrary
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Automated Searches
• Perform search• Look for ‘Save Search’ button
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Keep Current Using Pubmed
• RSS or Automated Searches
• Clinical Queries (for evidence based results)
• Regular Pubmed search (for all results)
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Automated Searches Using Clinical Queries
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Create RSS feed or Save Search
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Email Alerts: Pubmed
Change the:
•frequency, •day of the week•format of delivery
to suit your preferences.
Your email address here…
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TOC alerts
• Can be via email or RSS depending on the journal.
• You do not need to subscribe to the journal
“Each feed lists the contents of the latest issue, with article summaries”
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TOCs through RSS
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Keeping Current: Where to Start?
• Canadian Journal of Public Health
• American Journal of Epidemiology
• American Journal of Public Health
• Health Affairs
• Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP)
More titles in the Public Health Research Guide:
http://guides.library.utoronto.ca/publichealth
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Be Picky when Picking Sources
Pick professional sources for….
• Reliability (both content AND schedule)
• Can it deliver in a set-and-forget mode?
• Relevance to your learning GOALS
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What about your clients?
Some considerations:
• Pick patient information sources for…
– Quality (reflect latest/best knowledge)
– Readability (consider levels, language)
– Usability/learning styles (Interactive? Print?)
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Critical Evaluation of Web Sources
• More advertising= be more wary!– Pop ups? ‘Scam’ Ads?
• Statements of responsibility, credentials
• Quality of content, interface
• How current?
• Personal information collected/used?
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Free Consumer Health Sources
• http://medlineplus.gov/
• Toronto Public Library Health Information: http://chis.wikidot.com/
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Questions?