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Allied Health B.I.tes. ‘Nita Ferree and Nancy Schaefer Health Science Center Libraries University of Florida SC/MLA Annual Meeting San Juan Puerto Rico 23 Oct 2005.
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Allied Health B.I.tes ‘Nita Ferree and Nancy Schaefer Health Science Center Libraries University of Florida SC/MLA Annual Meeting San Juan Puerto Rico 23 Oct 2005
The University of Florida ·Comprises 16 Colleges ·Serves 48,000 students There are Six Health Science Center Colleges Veterinary Medicine Dentistry Pharmacy Nursing Medicine Public Health & Health Professions
Two Health Science Center Librarians Liaise to Five Allied Health Departments / Programs 600 Students Undergraduate • Graduate • Doctoral
What is Allied Health? In a hospital setting, with the exception of the physicians, nurses, and pharmacists, basically all other personnel involved in patient care are allied health professionals.-Association of Schools of Allied Health Schools 819,000 232,000 3,000,000 2,700,000 U.S. Statistical Abstract, 2004
How Allied Health Fits into the Three Tiers of Health Care Promoting Health -Public Health Diagnosing and Treating -Communicative Disorders -Physician Assistants Adapting and Rehabilitating -Occupational Therapy -Rehabilitation Sciences
Nature of Allied Health Students Characteristics· Age · Family Responsibilities · Jobs Pressures·Exams & Grades · Total Course Load Requirements · Information Overload · Long Hours of Studying · Lack of Free Time · Financial and Family Relationship Worries · Clinicals = Classroom Becomes Real Life · Boring Classes Covering Irrelevant Material
The Databases They Use…. LLBA: Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts Sociological Abstracts Academic Search Premier
www.library.health.ufl.edu/help/databasics12-18-03/slideShow_1.htmlwww.library.health.ufl.edu/help/databasics12-18-03/slideShow_1.html
http://www.library.health.ufl.edu/nita/Older%20Drivers%20Handout.dochttp://www.library.health.ufl.edu/nita/Older%20Drivers%20Handout.doc
http://www.library.health.ufl.edu/help/PubMed/mesh/MeshingAround.ppshttp://www.library.health.ufl.edu/help/PubMed/mesh/MeshingAround.pps
http://www.library.health.ufl.edu/nancy/Communicative%20Disorders/http://www.library.health.ufl.edu/nancy/Communicative%20Disorders/ TheQuestForFullText.ppt
How Are We Doing? Emails by Year and Program
Accolades The Flemington Community Assessment Public Health Model to Promote Older Driver Safety
What’s Next? Revamping: ·Existing PubMed Tutorial ·Online Tutorial for IEEE Explore Creating: ·Interactive PubMed Tutorial ·Online EBM Tutorial for Occupational Therapy ·Interactive Boolean Tutorial
Thank You! Presentation available at: http://www.library.health.ufl.edu/nita/SCMLA/B.I.tes.ppt For further information contact: `Nita Ferree, MALIS, AHIP ~ nita@library.health.ufl.edu Nancy Schaefer, MLIS, AHIP ~ NancyS@library.health.ufl.edu