Some of the pathfinders created in the past few years by the HPD Library staff are being revised to reflect the new resources available both within the library and online. Three pathfinders under review are those for physical and occupational therapy, as well as pharmacy.
Ovid has recently created 6 additional online OvidSP tutorials to assist you in learning the new OvidSP system. There are 7 different tutorials available on the Ovid.com training page as well as on the OvidSP Resource Center (requires Flash player).
These tutorials are brief (2-4 minutes in length), end-user friendly learning tools covering all aspects of Search within Ovid from the basics of getting started with OvidSP, tips on using each Search Mode, to a brief introduction to the Search Tools including:
The US Cochrane Center is now offering an online course on Evidence-Based Healthcare for any student, faculty member, or clinician who is looking to improve their competency with regards to the practice and principles contaned within Evidence-Based Practice (EBP).
The course consists of six modules that illustrate key concepts in evidence-based health care through real-world examples. In all, the modules include 5 to 6 hours of lectures and case studies, divided into 10- to-15-minute segments. The creators of the modules expect that the courses can be completed within three months of registration.
To register for the course, visit the US Cochrane Center’s website here.
These two helpful resources can help you understand resources and concepts within Evidence-Based Practice.
For a good overview of the Cochrane Collaboration, check out this video.
Google has released some of the details surrounding its much anticipated Google Health platform, its database that will enable its users to maintain their individual health records and have them readily accesible at the point of care. Read up on some of Google’s plans for this ambitious project in this writeup here.
Here’s a new resource just released by the National Library of Medicine- the NLM Drug Information Portal. It contains information profiles on over 12,000 drugs, a quick synonym identifier, and resource links to a dozen or so other data sets of related information on that particular drug; including labeling, consumer health information, and a convenient link to which searches PubMed for journal references to the drug of interest.
David Rothman has compiled a list of publicly-available Drug Interaction Checkers at his medical-library blog. Based on his comparisons of the individual DICs, it is advisable to check your combination of drugs against more than one database.
Here’s a helpful resource for all of you nurses- Charlene Harringtonof the University of California @ San Francisco, has compiled a 50-State Survey which references all of the state statutes and regulations which address Nursing Staffing standards in nursing homes. The report also estimates the difference between the state requirements and the federal standard for facilities with 100 beds, based on a formula that is explained in an endnote.
Well, scientific cloning is becoming more prevalent, but perhaps it’s not the kind of cloning that you are thinking of. It appears that more and more scientists are padding their CV’s and publication counts by “cloning” their publications - submitting papers that are largely copies of work they have previously submitted for publication in other journals.
Read the article about this trend within scientific publishing here.
Bentham Open Access
Bentham Publishers are launching more than 200 peer-reviewed open access journals during this year, under the banner of “Bentham OPEN”. The journals will cover all major disciplines and are exclusively open access publications.
Access the collection of open-access journals here- http://www.bentham.org/open/index.htm