New Beginning for Clinical Librarians: Getting the Program off the Ground Lindsay Blake, MLIS, AHIP – Clinical Information Librarian Julie K. Gaines, MLIS – Head, GHSU/UGA Medical Partnership Campus Library
A Clinical Librarian seeks “to provide quality assured information to health professionals at the point of need to support clinical decision making.” Hill Report
A Clinical Librarian seeks “to provide quality assured information to health professionals at the point of need to support clinical decision making.” Hill Report
Augusta Program Family Medicine Residents – Morning Report – Scholarly Activities – Rounding with the in-service team Pediatric Residents – Morning Report – Journal Club – Rounding with all four Pediatric teams
Morning Report
Scholarly Activity/Journal Club
Rounding in the Hospital
Athens Program 3 rd year clerkship involvement : -Academic Half Days -A special research project within a rotation
Academic Half Days
Research Project : Using Mobile Technology to Enhance Learning and Teaching in Third-Year Medical Clerkships
1.as faculty preceptors learn the practice of academic teaching, 2.as medical students learn the practice of doctoring, and 3.as faculty preceptors enhance their clinical medical practice. Research Project Learning & Teaching Processes:
Research Project
Investigate Communicate CollaborateEducate Initiate Building Blocks for Clinical Librarians
Future Directions Evaluate Effectiveness Extend Services - Look at other departments -4 th year medical students -Scholarly activities Partner -Grants and other scholarly works -Other librarians
Lindsay Blake, MLIS, AHIP Julie K. Gaines, MLIS References Hill, P. Report of a National Review of NHS funded library information services in England. Warwick: National Institute for Innovation and Improvement