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The value of medical and surgical grand rounds: the outreach librarian’s perspective. Tatjana Petrinic Cairns Library, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK tatjana.petrinic@bodleian.ox.ac.uk. 2010 CILIP Health Libraries Group Conference Manchester, July 2010. Background.
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The value of medical and surgical grand rounds:the outreach librarian’s perspective Tatjana Petrinic Cairns Library, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK tatjana.petrinic@bodleian.ox.ac.uk 2010 CILIP Health Libraries Group Conference Manchester, July 2010
Background What about our subject knowledge? Watson EM. Subject knowledge in the health sciences library: an online survey of Canadian academic health sciences librarians J Med Libr Assoc. 2005 Oct;93(4):459-66. Petrinic T, Urquhart C. The education and training needs of health librarians - the generalist versus specialist dilemma. Health Info Libr J. 2007 Sep;24(3):167-76. Ferree N, Schaefer N, Butson LC, Tennant MR. Liaison librarian tiers: levels of service. J Med Libr Assoc. 2009 Apr;97(2):145-8
Grand Rounds at Oxford Open door policy • Medical Grand Rounds – Thursday 13.00h • Surgical Grand Rounds – Friday 8.00h • Neuroscience Grand Rounds – Friday 10.30h • Richard Doll Seminars – Tuesday 13.00h • Well attended, chaired by leading clinicians • Integral component of medical education • Interesting clinical cases →‘Lively’ debates • Excellent invited speakers • Limited to one hour • Food and drink permitted (discreetly)
So I went • Over a hundred Grand Rounds attended since 2004 • Weekly e-mail alerts to introduce the topics • Website with programme for the whole term • Colleagues soon joined http://www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/seminar/medical-grand-rounds
The value of medical and surgical grand rounds:the outreach librarian’s perspective Tatjana Petrinic Cairns Library, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK tatjana.petrinic@bodleian.ox.ac.uk 2010 CILIP Health Libraries Group Conference Manchester, July 2010