Event Announcement

Laurie Garrett, Abraham Verghese will speak at the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics 10th Anniversary Celebration

Books are available in the Briscoe Library

The Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics will celebrate its 10th anniversary October 10-12 with a number of events to honor its four areas of emphasis: Community Service Learning, Global Health, Ethics and Professionalism, and Literature and Art.  Details can be found on the 10th anniversary website (http://www.texashumanities.org/celebration).

Laurie Garrett and Abraham Verghese, two well-known authors, will speak as part of the celebration.

Laurie Garrett will deliver the 10th Annual Frank Bryant, Jr., MD Memorial Lecture in Medical Ethics on Thursday, October 11, Noon to 1:00 p.m., Holly Auditorium.  Ms. Garrett is Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations, a best-selling author and the only journalist ever to win the Pulitzer, Polk, and Peabody prizes.  The following books by Laurie Garrett are available for checkout in the library:

  • I Heard the Sirens ScreamGarrett, Laurie (2011). I Heard the Sirens Scream: How Americans Responded to the 9/11 and Anthrax Attacks. Kindle e-book.  (Kindle with e-book available for check-out at the Circulation Desk).
  • Garrett, Laurie (1995). The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance. Penguin.   (WA 105 G239c 1994)
  • Garrett, Laurie (2001). Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health. Hyperion.  (WA 530.1 G239b 2000)

Abraham Verghese will speak about “The Pen and the Stethoscope” on Thursday, October 11, 6:00-7:00 p.m., Holly Auditorium.  Dr. Verghese is a best-selling author, Professor of Medicine at Stanford University, and founding Director of the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics.  Books by Dr. Verghese available for check-out are:

  • Cutting for StoneVerghese, A. (2009).   Cutting for Stone:  A Novel.  Knopf. (PS 3622 E744c 2009).
  • Verghese, A. (1999).  The Tennis Partner.  HarperPerennial. (WZ 100 V496t 1999).
  • Verghese, A.  (1995).  My Own Country:  A Doctor’s Story. (WC 503.4.AT2 V496m 199

Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of Libraries

 

 

 

 

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Library-hosted workshops will explore Community Asset Mapping for CTSA Community Engagement

ctsa logoIn February and March 2013 the UT Health Science Center Libraries and the South Central and Lower Rio Grande Border AHECs will host Communities and Their Assets: Community Asset Mapping for CTSA Community Engagement.  Supported by a CTSA Community Engagement Pilot Project Award from the South Central Region of the National Networks of Libraries of Medicine, the program will bring together librarians from the six CTSA funded institutions in Texas, New Mexico and Arkansas.  It will encompass a 2-day event organized by the Briscoe Library in San Antonio on February 21 and 22,  followed by a 1-day event organized by the Ramirez Library in Harlingen on March 7.

At the San Antonio and Harlingen events librarians and other attendees will attend an Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Workshop led by Dan Duncan, Adjunct faculty member of the ABCD Institute at Northwestern University. The workshop will be open by invitation to CTSA Librarians along with CTSA researchers, Key Function Group members, and administrators from regional and national CTSA institutions. Participating community groups will include health care providers, primary care physicians, community organization leaders, program administrators, public health workers, community health workers (promotores), public and academic librarians, Area Health Education Center (AHEC) board members, and university faculty.

The workshop will cover the principles of Asset-Based Community Development and how these principles can be used to identify a community’s assets.  The workshop will also open a dialog with community groups and explore opportunities to effect change in the role librarians play in the CTSA process.

On the second day of the event in San Antonio, librarians from CTSA institutions will convene for a strategic planning session led by Mary Flanagan, a nationally-recognized facilitator with Management Solutions Group. The purpose of the session will be to brainstorm about how librarians can be more actively involved in the future with CTSA Key Function Groups, CTSA administration, grant applications, research output and impact tracking, community engagement, and other CTSA initiatives.  The anticipated outcome of the strategic planning process will be a road map for librarian contributions and engagement with the work of the CTSAs.

For more information about Community Asset Mapping for CTSA Community Engagement contact Peg Seger, Head of Outreach Services, at segerp@uthscsa.edu.

This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. HHSN-276—2011-00007-C with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.

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Medical Library Association Webcast

Shifting Skills to Navigate the Changing Horizon:  Finding Our Way in the New Biomedical Research and Health Care Environments

  • Wednesday, April 20, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
  • Regional Academic Health Center Room 1.132
  • 5th Floor Briscoe Library— Howe Conference Room

Program Objectives: Provide an overview of translatonal 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 The Webcast carries 1.5 continuing education credits, with an additional 1.5 credits possible through participation in wraparound sessions.

Register to view the webcast

For additional information, contact Susan Hunnicutt, Special Projects Librarian, Hunnicutt@uthscsa.edu.

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NLM marks the 50th anniversary of MeSH

On November 18 the National Library of Medicine® (NLM®) marks the 50th anniversary of MeSH with a talk by Robert Braude, PhD. The talk entitled “MeSH at 50 – 50th Anniversary of Medical Subject Headings” will be videocast with captioning at http://videocast.nih.gov/.

The videocast is scheduled from 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.  It can be viewed in the Briscoe Library Collaboratory– Room 4.074.

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Nov 7 Webinar: Lessons Learned from The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Henrietta Lacks Angelo State

The Briscoe Library is hosting a Texas Department of State Health Services Grand Rounds webinar.

Date: Wednesday, Nov 7
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Location: Briscoe Library Collaboratory (4.074)

On October 4, 1951 Henrietta Lacks, an African-American mother of five died of cervical cancer on a segregated ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore at the age of 31. Yet her legacy lives in an immortal cell line generated from her cancerous tumor. Known as HeLa, the cells harvested and disseminated without her knowledge or consent contributed to major scientific breakthroughs including the polio vaccine, cloning, and chemotherapy, that continue to advance medical research today.

Written by Rebecca Skloot in compelling prose, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks chronicles the story of this poor and largely illiterate tobacco farmer and the impact the celebrity of her cells had on her family.

Please join Dr. Kathryn Artnak, a bioethicist and Professor of Nursing at Angelo State University, for a discussion of the many ethical issues surrounding this intriguing narrative.

Continuing Education Credit Hours Available: 1.5 contact hours for Continuing Medical Education (CME); Continuing Nursing Education (CNE); Social Workers; Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and Master-Certified Health Education Specialists (M-CHES); Registered Sanitarians; LCDC, LPC, LMFT; and certificate of attendance. Ethics credit for physicians and social workers.

To register to earn CE Credit:

  1. Sign up for a TRAIN Texas account; use your full email address as your login name.
  2. Register for TRAIN Course ID 1034529, click on the “Registration” tab, select the type of credit you wish to receive, and click the “Register” button to the right of the  the location “UT Health Science Center San Antonio”.

Copies of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks are available for checkout at the Briscoe Library and the Ramirez Library at the Ramirez Library at the RAHC, and at the San Antonio Public Library.  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was the One Community/One Book selection for 2010.

Luke Rosenberger, Director of Library Technology and Historical Collections

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November 7 – 41st Annual Meeting of the Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library

Dr. Fernando Guerra, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P., Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the UT Health Science Center, and recently retired Director of Health for the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, will be the speaker at the 41st Annual Meeting, Dinner and Presentation of the Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library.  The event will take place Monday, November 7, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. at the Doubletree Airport Hotel.

The topic of Dr. Guerra’s presentation, “Doctors and Dollars May Not Always Be Enough!” will provide the occasion for him to reflect on the health care system, its institutions, professionals, personnel, technology and investments, as well as measurable progress in the delivery of health care over the past forty years. Dr. Guerra will also consider ongoing challenges and opportunities, especially in light of the Affordable Health Care Act.  How is it possible to fill the gaps when doctors and dollars may not be enough?

The Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library invite all those interested in the history of medicine   to an enjoyable evening of good food and conversation.

The cost of attendance is $40/person.  Advance registration is required.  Student attendance is $30 and includes Friends membership.  Opportunities to sponsor student attendees at the dinner are available.

Please register by October 3: Send registration form to Briscoe Library – MSC 7940, UTHSCSA, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-9674, Attention: Susan Hunnicutt.  Email questions to Hunnicutt@uthscsa.edu.

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October 5 – Anatomists and Their Art: Dr. Charleen Moore will speak

Illustration: Bernhard Siegfried Albinus and Jan Wanderlaar: Tabulae Sceleti e Musculorum Corporis Humani, London 1749.Dr. Charleen M. Moore, Ph.D., Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, will give a presentation on Anatomists and Their Art in the Howe Conference Room, 5th Floor, Briscoe Library at noon on Wednesday, October 5, 2011.  Dr. Moore’s lecture will include stories of artists who dissected, anatomists who illustrated their own works, and anatomist/artist teams who worked together in the early days of printing to produce some of the most important anatomical texts of all time.  The public is welcome to attend.

After the presentation, a display of more than 25 rare anatomical books will be on exhibit in the P.I. Nixon Reading Room, including many of the books described in Dr. Moore’s lecture.

For more information, contact Susan Hunnicutt, Special Projects Librarian: 567-2406 or hunnicutt@uthscsa.edu.

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Image: Bernhard Siegfried Albinus and Jan Wanderlaar: Tabulae Sceleti e Musculorum Corporis Humani, London 1749. Image courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.

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October is National Medical Librarians Month— Help us celebrate

Graphic courtesy of the Medical Library Association

October has the distinction of being National Pizza Month, National Pickled Pepper Month, National Spinach Lovers Month, but did you know that October is also National Medical Librarians Month?

Medical librarians are information professionals who support universities, hospitals and other health care organizations in their mission to teach the next generation of health care providers, advance health through research, provide excellence in clinical care, and offer service to communities.  At the UT Health Science Center, librarians teach classes to students on resources for evidence-based practice, manage the Briscoe Library and four branch libraries, handle licensing and access to over 16,000 electronic journals and databases, serve as the official records manager and archives depository for the university, provide service on university committees, design and mount exhibits, and offer information services to our campus communities— in addition to many other duties.

By serving as a Resource Library within the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, the service reach of the UT Health Science Center Libraries goes beyond the UTHSC campuses to 32 counties in South Texas served by outreach, educational, and interlibrary loan services provided by UT Health Science Center librarians and library assistants.

Please join us in celebrating National Medical Librarians Month by letting us know in a few words What Your Library and Librarians Mean to You. Take the survey and let us know what medical libraries and librarians mean to you in your daily life.

Do you use journals and databases?  Check-out books?  Study in the library?  Ask librarians for assistance when you can’t find the information you need?

Has one of our librarians helped you with EndNote or Refworks, records management, or a computer issue?

Did we cancel your favorite journal (yes, we want to hear the bad as well as the good)?

Teach a class for your students?  Help with a grant application?  Serve on a committee with you?

Let us hear from you!

Rajia Tobia
Executive Director of Libraries

Join us!

To celebrate National Medical Librarians Month, we invite you to be our guests in the Briscoe Library on October 28 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. for coffee, tea and breakfast treats.

October 28 is also “Library Snapshot Day,” sponsored by the Texas Library Association.   Please take time to have your photo taken while you are here.

We hope to see you!

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On display in the Briscoe Library in August: Art of ancient Mexico

The UT Health Science Center Libraries are hosting an exhibit of artwork from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM-San Antonio) through August 2011. The featured art —  reproductions of funerary artifacts from the cultures of West Mexico that were produced between 100 B.C and 300 B.C.— will be on display in the School of Medicine’s Lecture Hall Commons through the end of August.

The figurines are  made from reddish or orange clay with geometric decorations in red, white, black and yellow. They depict women preparing food, musicians, dancers, flutists and warriors, all going about their daily activities. A unique and interesting feature of these figurines is their adornments: oversize ear and nose ornaments in the shape of a bar or a half moon, as well as bracelets and necklaces of several strands.

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On display in the Briscoe Library July 7: Art of ancient Mexico

The UT Health Science Center Libraries are pleased to be able to host an exhibit of artwork from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM-San Antonio), beginning July 7th, 2011. The featured art —  reproductions of funerary artifacts from the cultures of West Mexico — will be on display in the School of Medicine’s Lecture Hall Commons through the end of August.

According to Paula de Gortari, who is mounting the exhibit for UNAM, the items to be displayed represent a vast area that includes  parts of the present-day states of Jalisco, Colima and Nayarit. The art that will be exhibited can be dated back to the years between 100 B.C and 300 B.C.

The figurines are  made from reddish or orange clay with geometric decorations in red, white, black and yellow. They depict pregnant women or women preparing food, musicians, dancers, flutists and warriors, all going about their daily activities. A unique and interesting feature of these figurines is their adornments: oversize ear and nose ornaments in the shape of a bar or a half moon, as well as bracelets and necklaces of several strands.

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