AHEC LIBRARY TRAINING INITIATIVES: RESPONDING TO OPPORTUNITIES

1. AHEC LIBRARY TRAINING INITIATIVES: RESPONDING TO OPPORTUNITIES Sharon Schmidt, MLS Linda Butson, MLn, MPH Florida AHEC Network Meeting November 5, 2004

2. Good fortune is when opportunity meets need and preparation. Thomas A. Edison

3. AHEC LIBRARY TRAINING INITIATIVES • Florida AHEC Network Products • Responding to population needs • NNLM Information Access Grant • School Health Nurses • NNLM Exhibit Grant

4. OPPORTUNITY: FLORIDA AHEC NETWORK PRODUCTS • The Internet: A Guide to Working Smarter • AHECPortal • FADL –Florida AHEC Digital Library

9. AHEC PRODUCTS • Had been developed • People did not know about them even though they were distributed statewide • The resources were not intuitive to use • Effective use required training Not everything on the Internet is correct or easy to locate

10. TRAINING ONLINE RESOURCES FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS Approved for CME CEU’s 1 hour

11. LEARNER OBJECTIVES • Construct effective search strategies • Demonstrate the ability to use keyword and Boolean search strategies • Locate clinically relevant health resources using the Internet and AHECPortal • Find clinically relevant articles in the medical literature utilizing the Florida AHEC Digital Library (FADL) • State how to use Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) principles in online search strategies • Evaluate Web-based health resources

12. FORMAT • Live Internet connection • Power Point Presentation • Combination of Power Point with live Internet connection

13. AUDIENCE Healthcare professionals working in: • County Health Departments • Community Health Centers • Rural Hospitals

14. VENUES • Individual offices • Training rooms • Conference rooms • Hotel meeting rooms • Exhibit halls

15. MARKETING • Training sessions offer an opportunity to market: • The FLAHEC Network • FLAHEC Network products • Individual AHEC Programs and Centers • Note: The Internet Guide and AHECPortal have gained national exposure during poster sessions at national and regional medical library meetings.

16. OPPORTUNITY National Library of Medicine Funding • Desire to train public health workers on use of Internet (Healthy People 2010) • Grant program provides funding NNLM Information Access Grant - 2001 $50,000 awarded to UF HSC Libraries and North Florida AHEC program

17. TRAINING • Two sessions developed • Searching for Medical Information through the National Library of Medicine (2 hours) • Locating Public Health Resources Using the CDC and other Internet Websites

18. LEARNER OBJECTIVES • Name at least two Internet search engines • Name and give examples of three criteria used to evaluate websites • Identify useful Internet sites for Public Health • Find grant writing resources, practice guidelines and evidence based medicine resources on the web • Locate and use search engines and databases • Locate free full-text medical journals and books on the web • Search for clinical medical information in PubMed • Search for consumer health information in MedlinePlus

19. AUDIENCE • Public health professionals working in the 14 counties of Big Bend AHEC • Training was provided to West Florida and Northeast Florida AHEC counties when the grant period was extended to 2003.

20. VENUES • County Health Departments • Department of Health • Community computer training facilities to allow hands-on practice

21. FORMAT • Combination of power point presentations with live Internet connection and hands-on search training • CME and CE credits for social work and nursing were obtained • The audience provided topics used to demonstrate the search processes

22. MARKETING • Big Bend AHEC scheduled sessions at health departments and the Department of Health • Participants were given information about Florida AHEC Network products: • The Internet Guide • AHECPortal • Websites for free medical journals and books (pre-FADL) • NLM databases – PubMed and MedlinePlus

23. OPPORTUNITY:SCHOOLHEALTH • Big Bend and Suwannee River AHEC identified need from School Nurse participation in CHD training • Presented as part of AHEC-sponsored School Health Nurse Conferences Fall 2003/January 2004 in: • Suwannee River • Big Bend • Northeast Florida • One-hour session on Internet Resources for School Health.

24. LEARNER OBJECTIVES • Identify and search the Internet using major search engines • Construct valid search statements • Identify Internet resources for school health • Evaluate web sites for: • Accuracy, Authority, Objectivity, Currency and Coverage • Introduce the FSNP website

25. VENUES • Hotel conference facilities • County Health Departments • Local schools • Community board rooms • One or two-hour session dependent on location

26. FORMAT • Combination of power point presentations with a live Internet connection and hands-on training • Nursing CE credits were provided • Funding for travel from UFAHEC program

27. OPPORTUNITY • Florida Public Health Association Joint Annual Meeting Internet Café • Barbara Richardson was FPHA President • NN/LM Southeastern/Atlantic (SE/A) State or Regional Exhibiting subcontract • $2,000 for each professional meeting

28. VENUE • Conference space • Four laptops with DSL and dial-up Internet connections • Individual and group seating

29. AUDIENCE • FPHA, FEHA and FPHN attendees • Nurses, physicians and environmental health professionals • County Health Department Directors • Students and faculty in MPH programs • DOH employees • EH professionals do not know about use of Internet resources

30. FORMAT • Internet Café • 4 computers with Internet connectivity • Check email • Send documents (grant submissions) • Attend a training session • Individual instruction with a librarian • Presenters could test their slides • Trainings were a combination of power point presentations and live Internet connection

31. TRAINING • Timely and relevant topics for attendees approved for CEU’s • Three sessions on Internet Resources in • Environmental health • Consumer health • Public health

32. OUTLINE • “Finding Public Health on the Internet” • Locating Internet search engines • Using search logic and Google • Evaluating websites • Public Health Portals and Websites • NIH/NLM Resources PubMed MedlinePlus • Finding full-text books and journals, Including FADL

33. MARKETING Participants were given information about Florida AHEC Network products: • The Internet: A Guide to Working Smarter • AHECPortal • FADL • Health Career Guide Copies items were on display in the training room.

34. FUTURE POSSIBILITIES • Statewide professional meetings exhibits and hands on training. • FEHA is interested in hands-on training • Health Occupations • Resources for Teachers and students • Partnering with Public libraries on Health literacy and consumer health topics • Senior centers and retirement communities • Focus on resources for special populations resources like Hispanic, Indian resources

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