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Bridging the Gap and Building Relationships: Successful Outreach to Family Medicine. Katherine Rickett, MSLS, MSED Liaison Librarian to the Brody School of Medicine William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library East Carolina University.
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Bridging the Gap and Building Relationships:Successful Outreach to Family Medicine Katherine Rickett, MSLS, MSED Liaison Librarian to the Brody School of Medicine William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library East Carolina University
The legislature set forth a three-fold mission for the ECU School of Medicine: • to increase the supply of primary care physicians to serve the state, • to improve health status of citizens in eastern North Carolina, and • to enhance the access of minority and disadvantaged students to a medical education. • The school offers nine residency programs for the specialized training of graduate physicians. The largest is family medicine … • Background questions - • - What is the setting? • What is your mission? • Who are your customers? • What are your priorities?
Good clinical practice should be performed like good jazz, with the physician blending the structure of evidence-based medicine with the appropriate improvisation of clinical experience. • 'Clinical Jazz,' is an evidence-based medicine conference in which residents and faculty present evidence-based answers to common clinical questions and provide examples of utilizing information technology at the point of care. • Take advantage of existing connections. • Add value to them.
Grand Rounds • FPIN – Family Physicians Inquiries Network • Family Medicine Evidence Based Medicine Working Group • Academic Afternoon • …presentations on core topics primarily related to inpatient care. • didactic sessions for all residents. Family medicine faculty, along with other subspecialty faculty, provide a mixture of traditional lectures and hands-on workshops • Look for opportunities to attend lectures and conferences, sit on committees, etc. • Identify your champions • Volunteer to present • Be an emergency backup
Letters, we get letters… • Announce Lists • Daily POEMs • poems@essentialevidenceplus.com • Guidelines.gov • New Book Email • Greetings to New Faculty • Email lists • Chairs and Dept Heads • Residency Directors Stay in touch -
Results • Established place in new resident orientation schedule • Residents contact me for help with presentations. • Some apologize for not to asking for help – they’ve been to classes I’ve taught • Current faculty refer new faculty, sometimes before I know they have joined the department. • I am approached for help with grant proposals early in the game. • Invitation to teach EBM class for other depts • June 06 – May 07 • 41 service contacts • 7 classes taught • June 07 – May 08 • 136 service contacts • 11 classes taught • June 08 – August 08 • 45 service contacts • 3 classes taught
Katherine Rickett, MSLS, MSEd252-744-2217 888-820-0522rickettk@ecu.edu • “That’s OUR Librarian” • Comment from resident leading a tour for prospective residents. • The librarians here are some of the most helpful you will find anywhere, so please feel free to elicit their help. • Family Medicine Intern Survival Manual Quotes and photos taken from the websites of the Brody School of Medicine http://www.ecu.edu/med/ and Laupus Library www.ecu.edu/laupuslibrary