[Anchasl-l] Duke Medical Center Library hosting April 20th MLA Webcast - Shifting Skills to Navigate the Changing Horizon

[Richard Peterson]

The Duke Medical Center Library will be hosting the April 20th MLA Webcast - Shifting Skills to Navigate the Changing Horizon.

Goal

This webcast will introduce information professionals to some of the emerging trends in biomedical research and healthcare environments that present new opportunities for partnership, collaboration, and support. Translational science, e-science, and electronic health records are characterized by large amounts of information and data. These offer new and expanded roles for information professionals in data management, curation, sharing and integration; new models for scholarly publication; new ways to collaborate with Clinical and Translational Science Award centers and their constituents; and new opportunities to educate health and information technology professionals in the meaningful use of health information via electronic health record systems.

Program Objectives
*       Provide an overview of translational science, e-science and health information resources in electronic health records, including the related trends and issues affecting information professionals
*       Identify skills that information professionals need to work with researchers, information technology professionals, clinicians and community partners in these environments
*       Learn about community engagement in translational science research and roles for clinicians and information professionals in this arena
*       Address meaningful use of health information by patients accessing their electronic health records, as required by recent legislation to facilitate quality improvement at the point of care

Additional information about the webcast is available at http://www.mlanet.org/education/distance_ed/skills/index.html
The Webcast will be shown in room 212 of the Medical Center Library, from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm.     Attendees will earn 1.5 MLA continuing education (CE) hours for viewing the program.  A limited number of seats are available at no cost.  If interested in attending, please let me know.

Thanks

Rick Peterson, Deputy Director
Medical Center Library and Archives
DUMC  3702
Durham, NC  27710
(919) 660--1147 voice   (919) 681-7599 fax
rick.peterson at duke.edu
http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu