mary beth schell adam dodd nc ahec digital library national ahec: wednesday june 23, 2010
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Using Social Networking Tools to Support Graduate Medical Education: A Story of Two AHEC Libraries. Mary Beth Schell Adam Dodd NC AHEC Digital Library National AHEC: Wednesday June 23, 2010. Agenda. Background What is the NC AHEC Digital Library? What are Collaborative Tools? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Mary Beth SchellAdam Dodd
NC AHEC Digital Library
National AHEC: Wednesday June 23, 2010
Using Social Networking Tools to Support Graduate Medical Education: A Story of Two AHEC Libraries
Agenda
BackgroundWhat is the NC AHEC Digital Library?What are Collaborative Tools?
Example ProjectsMountain AHEC’s Family Medicine
Residency Program WikiSouthern Regional AHEC Family
Medicine Residency Program Blog
NC AHEC Digital Library (ADL): Underlying Assumptions
Access to high quality health information is important
High quality health information improves the quality of health care
Access to health information can be a factor in retaining health professionals in medically underserved areas
ADL: Main Components
ADL Portal (http://library.ncahec.net)Resources Purchased by/for ConsortiumAuthentication System (linking users to
resources & UNC affiliates through Proxy)
Collaborative Communities
Hospital StaffPreceptorsAHEC Faculty/StaffMedical ResidentsIndividual Paid Members
ADL: Users
Key Medical Journals (~70 titles)Journal Collections Nursing & Allied Health (500+
titles) Health Business Journals (150+
titles) Psychology & Behavioral Science
(160+ titles)Full-Text Electronic Medical Books (50+
titles)Free Websites (1,000 plus)
ADL: Resources
What is a wiki?
A wiki site allows authors to edit, delete, or modify the content on the web.
A wiki is a website that supports collaboration of work from many different authors.
Working with a wiki does not require programming skill or technical knowledge.
Why use a wiki?
You want to promote / broadcast information online.
You plan on making regular changes to online content.
You have people in different places working on the same documents.
You have a well defined audience who can have an ADL account
You want to restrict read and/or edit access to your Wiki
Note: The ADL Wiki would NOT be good for information to be provided to a broad audience for whom it is difficult to identify specific users
When to use the ADL Wiki?
Blogs are usually made up of brief, chronologically arranged, frequently updated posts about a topic.
Blog posts are individual entries that allow feedback from readers.
Same technology - different application.
What is a blog?
To foster discussions among a geographically-dispersed group.
To quickly share information about activities, events, and resources.
To maintain a record of past discussions that can be easily retrieved.
Why use a blog?
Users must have an ADL accountEach user must be logged in to access
the BlogIdeal for creating a Blog that needs to
be secure
The ADL blog
Mountain AHEC Family Medicine Resident Rotation Wiki (FM Wiki)
PurposeOverview of Residency ProgramLinks to readings/articlesLinks to program specific information
(i.e. Online Grand Rounds)Users
The ResidentsFaculty & StaffLibrarian Supporting Project
FM Wiki Details
30 pages (separate page for each rotation)
Similar navigation table on each pageLibrarians maintain the wiki pagesExternal links to library provided content
(articles)
FM Wiki: Current Status
FM Wiki is migrating to a new platformFM Residency Program Management
SystemResidency Program staff will manage wiki
content (except licensed resource access)Licensed resources (articles) will still live
on a FM Wiki within the ADLCreating more streamlined mechanism
for linking to the articles from the Residency Portal to the ADL
Southern Regional AHEC Family Medicine Residency Grand Rounds Blog (FM Blog)
PurposeProvide context-specific answers to
clinical questions posed by residents during rotations
Users ResidentsAttending PhysiciansLibrary support staffFaculty and Staff
FM Blog Details
Residents identify one to three questions (after each round) for which additional information would be useful.
The librarian researches the questions and posts the questions and answering citations on a blog. The librarian also includes the search strategy used to find the answer.
The attending physician will evaluate the residents’ review of the posted articles, presentation skills, and their ability to apply learned information to patient care.
The attending physician will include this component of Practice Based Learning into the residents’ end of rotation evaluation.
Future Planning
Wiki 2.0Users can manage their own content
and files.Users can add other users to their
workspace(s).Live ViewPage HistoryLive NotificationsFile UploadsComments and Chats
Questions for us?
Feel Free to Contact Us
Adam [email protected]
Mary Beth [email protected]
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