“Everything Has Changed Forever, Again.” A book talk supported by the Amesee Collection at Health Sciences Library

The Health Sciences Library will be sponsoring a book talk as part of the endowed Amesse Collection of Popular and Leisure Reading. The talk is titled, “Everything Has Changed Forever, Again” (based on the book What would Google do?), featuring speaker Martin Garnar, MLIS. Mr. Garnar, a Regis University faculty member, will address the topic of how Google is changing the way we think about almost everything. The talk will take place Friday, November 18^th, from 12:00-1:00 P.M. in HSL’s Teaching Labs 1 & 2.

What Would Google Do? An Amesse Collection Book Talk

The Health Sciences Library Amesse Collection, located in the leisure hub of the Information Commons on the first floor, contains a wide selection of popular reading material, including current novels, nonfiction, & biographies, as well as popular magazines and a “Medicine in the Movies” section of DVDs. The collection provides an opportunity to take a break from your busy day. Learn more about the Amesse collection from our resource guides.

Come listen to our speaker over lunch (bring your own, and some munchies will be provided), then relax for a few minutes in one of the leisure hub’s easy chairs!

For more information on this event,  please contact Lynn Schwalm at lynn.schwalm@ucdenver.edu.

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The Human Touch 2012 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Submit your poetry, prose or artwork to the University of Colorado’s medical humanities anthology!

Please send your art, photography, poetry and prose to thehumantouchjournal@gmail.com by the submission deadline of January 16^th, 2012.

Submissions will be reviewed by the editorial board following the submission deadline. Final decisions will be made in March 2012.

Although it is expected that some aspect of health care will provide the subject for many entries, submissions on all topics are encouraged!

Submission Guidelines:

• Up to 3 works may be submitted by each author or artist.
• Poetry and prose submissions should not exceed 1500 words.
• Each work must be submitted as a separate electronic file.
• All submissions should include the name of artist, the title of the submission, mailing address, and email address. We also request a short biography (no more than 50 words), though it is not required.
• Visual artists should submit work in a digital format (preferably JPEG). If scanned, please ensure that the resolution is 300 dpi or greater. We also request that you do not send files greater than 30 MB.
• Please note that it is not possible for all visual media to be printed in color due to budget constraints.
• Previously published work will be considered, but a citation is required in order to recognize the original publication. Proper acknowledgement and citation is the author/artist’s responsibility.
• Any work that is edited or altered will be returned to the author for approval prior to publication.
• No work will be accepted that compromises the privacy of patients or health care providers. Names and identifying characteristics or details should be altered prior to submission.
• Submissions must be received by January 16th, 2012 in order to be considered for the Spring 2012 publication.

Questions should be emailed to thehumantouchjournal@gmail.com

The 2011 edition is available at the Anschutz Medical Campus Bookstore or may be viewed online at:
http://snipurl.com/2dq0ya

***This journal and all of its contents with no exceptions are covered under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. To view a summary of this license, please see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/.

All Authors/Artists Hold Their Own Copyright

The Addiction Performance Project

Don’t miss this innovative CME event!  A dramatic reading from Act III of Long Day’s Journey into Night will be performed by Kathleen Chalfant and other award-winning actors.  The reading will be followed by an expert panel and lively audience discussion.

The event will be in held in Ed2, room 1102 from 4:00 – 5:30 pm on Monday, November 7, 2011.  An informal reception will follow.

For more information and to register visit http://drugabuse.gov/nidamed/app  This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.

 

Strauss Lecture – Introduction to Ayurveda: the Science of Life

STRAUSS LECTURE
Tuesday, October 11,  Noon – 1pm

Hosted by the Strauss-Wisneski Indigenous and Integrative Medicine Collection, (The Health Sciences Library) and supported by The Foundations of Cultural Dimensions (Colorado School of Public Health, The Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Children’s Hospital Colorado)

Introduction to Ayurveda

The Science of Life

Nita Desai, M.D.

East/West Integrated Medicine

Boulder, Colorado

Date and Time: Tuesday, October 11, 2011, noon- 1pm

Place: The Health Sciences Library, 1st Floor, Teaching Labs Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC), Aurora  http://hslibrary.ucdenver.edu/about/directions.php

Closest visitor parking: Georgetown or Ignacio Lots. These parking lots have automated paystations that accept cash, coin, and credit cards.

http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/departments/FacilitiesManagement/ParkingMaps/Parking/Pages/VisitorParking.aspx

Map: http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/departments/FacilitiesManagement/Documents/AMC.pdf

**Refreshments Will Be Served**

Questions?  Please contact Lilian Hoffecker, lilian.hoffecker@ucdenver.edu , 303-724-2124 Learn more about the Strauss-Wisneski Collection at http://hslibrary.ucdenver.edu/strauss

Nursing Reference Center Trial

The Library is currently trialing Nursing Reference Center until mid-November.  After you try the database, please take our brief, 5 question survey.

From the publisher:

Nursing Reference Center (NRC) provides a user-friendly point-of-care resource intended for staff nurses, nurse administrators, nursing students, nurse faculty, and hospital librarians. It delivers the best available and most recent clinical evidence and knowledge on conditions and diseases via a nursing-specific graphical interface.

NRC is accessible from a patient’s bedside, nursing station, kiosk, office, or home. Clinical care data included in NRC consists of:

• CINAHL Nursing Guide –Over 3,500 evidence-based lessons on procedures, diseases and conditions, legal cases and drugs. This includes:
  • 2,700+ Care Sheets and Lessons
  • 700+ Legal Cases
  • 300+ Research Instruments
  • 500+ Continuing Education Full Text Documents
• Patient Education – Over 4,000 Health Library documents available in both English and Spanish.
• Health Nursing News – HealthDay News with daily FDA, clinical, and drug updates.

Patient care planning and access to detailed drug information is simplified via embedded HTML copies of F.A. Davis’s Laboratory & Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications, F.A. Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses and Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary.