Spotlight on...BMJ Clinical Evidence

OUWB students and faculty have the best of two worlds – access to both the OUWB Medical Library and the Beaumont Hospital Medical Library. While there is some overlap between the collections, each library has unique resources that you will find valuable. This column focuses on BMJ Clinical Evidence – an evidence-based medicine database – which is available on the Beaumont Library's web site.

• What is it and how can it help me? Clinical Evidence, produced by the BMJ Publishing Group provides a concise account of the current state of knowledge, ignorance, and uncertainty about the prevention and treatment of a wide range of clinical conditions based on thorough searches and appraisal of the literature. In other words, it contains a compendium of evidence on the effects of common clinical interventions, giving you rapid access to the bottom line data on the effectiveness of healthcare interventions.

• What is covered? Clinical Evidence aims to cover common or important clinical conditions seen in primary and hospital care. To decide which conditions to cover, its producers review national data on consultation rates, morbidity, and mortality, and take advice from generalist clinicians and patient groups. To date over 500 conditions have been appraised, encompassing over 6,000 interventions.

• How can I search it? The database can be browsed or searched. To browse click on ' Show Conditions' to see a list of broad subjects, beneath which lie relevant reviews. To search, enter your condition or intervention in the search box.

• How do I access it? OUWB students and faculty can access Beaumont Library's web site through a special portal at http://oakland.beaumont.edu. Contact Nancy Bulgarelli at (248) 370-2481 or bulgarel@oakland.edu if you have not yet received your username and password.

Student Corner

Review Materials for Neuroscience Exam Several Neuroscience review books have been added to our collection. Stop by the Medical Library Study Room or check out copies from the circulating collection to take home for review. The following are available:

• Monday, March 19: 12:00-1:00pm (KL 225B)
• Wednesday, March 21: 12:00-1:00pm (KL 225B)

Faculty Corner

Highlighted Faculty Publications

Faculty Development Opportunities

Information Mastery Program with CME Credit The Information Mastery Series continues in March with a brand new session! Please contact the Medical Library at medref@oakland.edu with any questions.

• Searching PubMed for the Best Evidence The session is designed and offered for those faculty who have mastered basic PubMed search techniques and who would like to learn how to use unique PubMed filters and search strategies (Limits, Clinical Queries, My NCBI) to retrieve relevant information for patient care and clinical research. Also covered in the session are different ways of locating full-text journal articles via PubMed. Flyer
  
  • Royal Oak: Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 4:00-5:00pm, South Tower 3rd Floor Surgical Learning Center, Classrooms 1 & 2
  • Troy: Thursday, March 22, 2012, 4:00-5:00pm, Hospital Ground Floor, Classrooms 1 & 2
  • Grosse Pointe: Thursday, March 29, 2012, 4:00-5:00pm, Lower Level Private Dining Room
  • Oakland University: Thursday, March 15, 2012, 1:30-2:30pm, Kresge Library 430R (eLIS)

Upcoming Brown Bag Sessions Just a reminder about these upcoming Brown Bag sessions from the Medical Library! These informal sessions include a brief presentation and demonstration followed by an open forum driven by participants! All OU faculty are welcome! Please contact the Medical Library at medref@oakland.edu with any questions.

• Tuesday, February 28: Keeping Up with the Literature (repeat) (12:00-1:00pm, KL 100) Stephanie Swanberg will share strategies and techniques for keeping abreast of the latest research and news using RSS & email alerts. Demonstrations of Google Reader, PubMed, and Web of Science will be featured.

• Tuesday, March 27: ARTstor - Images for Medical Education (12:00-1:00pm, KL 100) Katie Greer, Information Literacy and First Year Experience Librarian, Kresge Library, will give a guest session on using ARTstor, an image database, for locating and using medical images and illustrations for educational purposes.

Medical Education Research Faculty Learning Community is underway! Join us for the following events! Please email Misa Mi, mi@oakland.edu, with any questions.

• Friday, March 9, 2012: How Students Learn: Implications for Teaching (12:00-1:00pm, KL 100). Presenters: Jennifer Eastwood, PhD, Assistant Professor and Misa Mi, PhD, Associate Professor, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine.

• Friday, March 23, 2012: Cognitive Overload-Presenting Information (12:00-1:00pm, KL 100). Presenter: Jill Stefaniak, MTD, CPLP, Director of Education Training. Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine.

All OUWB faculty interested in education research are encouraged to participate. Visit the website to learn more about the faculty learning community or view the complete 2012 Program Schedule.

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