Google. Yeah. Me, too. A quick Google search for “health news” turns up over 270 million results.
What’s that? You like that ‘other’ search engine. Okay, the same search in Yahoo! spits out a mere 4 billion links. Yes. 4 Billion.
Choosing an up-to-date health news source [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
March 31, 2009
UIC Library now has access to Anesthesiology e-books through Books@Ovid. Here is a list of some of the new titles:
5 Minute Pain Management Consult
Anesthesia Review
Atlas of Airway Management: Techniques and Tools
Bonica’s Management of Pain
Clinical Anesthesia (Barash)
Handbook of Pharmacology and Physiology in Anesthetic Practice
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia
Practical Approach to Cardiac Anesthesia
By Rebecca | Published:
March 30, 2009
The HHS released last week a new report on the website, HealthReform.gov. Americans Speak on Health Reform has the concerns and opinions of over 9,000 Americans who participated in HealthCare Community Discussions about health care reform. This stemmed from an invitation from President-elect Obama to host and participate in these discussions. This report will give [...]
By lnaru | Published:
March 30, 2009
Stepping out from behind the reference desk and taking on the roles of information seekers, UIC librarians are asking the question “What do students do when they are assigned research projects for class?”
During April, librarians and anthropologists will be interviewing students, faculty members, and librarians to investigate the assumptions faculty and librarians make about students’ [...]
It’s that time of year again!
Skulls are here at LHS-U for med students to check out! The skulls must be used in the library and can be checked out for 90 minutes. Just bring your ID to the circ desk and get ready for 1 1/2 hours of ex-skull-ent study time!
By lnaru | Published:
March 26, 2009
The Daley Library will open at 6 a.m. Monday through Friday, beginning Monday, March 30 and continuing through May 8, 2009 (the Friday of finals week for spring semester). Saturday and Sunday opening times are unchanged.
On weekdays at 6 a.m., the east door only will be open, and the Circulation Desk and the [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
March 25, 2009
Pediatric Hospital Surge Capacity in Public Health Emergencies is for pediatric hospitals in converting from standard operating capacity to surge capacity. This tool will look at communications, staff responsibilities, triaging, and more.
School-Based Emergency Preparedness: A National Analysis and Recommended Protocol is a national model for school-based emergency response planning. It includes information on conducting [...]
By Robin | Published:
March 24, 2009
“The trained nurse has become one of the greatest blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest, and inferior to neither in her mission.”
By Rebecca | Published:
March 23, 2009
UIC Library has a new subscription to the Joanna Briggs Institute database, JBI COnNECT. This database provides evidence-based resources for making clinical decisions. JBI COnNECT is made up of a series of speciality ‘nodes’ such as Aged Care, Infection Control, or Midwifery. Users can search through each node separately or search through the entire [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
March 19, 2009
Need a website to recommend for learning about medical terminology? The National Library of Medicine has created a tutorial, Medical Words, which teaches users about putting together parts of medical words. Users can also take quizzes to see what they have learned. This tutorial may be something to recommend to patients who want to learn [...]