http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/about/news/newsletter.html#archivesexhibit

by Jessica Roseberry, Oral History Program Coordinator, Duke Medical Center Archives, 919-383-2653 or jessica.roseberry@duke

The Duke Medical Center Archives presents a new exhibit honoring “Women in Duke Medicine.” This online exhibit utilizes oral history interviews to explore the stories of women at Duke, particularly those who blazed trails at Duke during a time when there were generally fewer women in medicine. It features biographies, transcripts, and sound clips of Duke scientists, physicians, pioneers, and leaders. Interview topics included treatment as a female in a mostly male culture, particular scientific breakthroughs, leadership, work-family balance, and many others. Jessica Roseberry, Oral Historian, Duke Medical Center Archives, conducted the interviews.

The primary impetus of the exhibit has been a joint project between Archives, which provided extensive research, and Dr. Ann Brown, Office of the Associate Vice Dean for Faculty Development, who offered guidance, contacts, and support. Either the featured women themselves or people who knew them were interviewed. Many of the interview transcripts were made possible by a generous grant from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion has released a vastly redesigned healthfinder.gov!  The site is available in beta, so share your feedback, please.

The new site has a prevention focus and has been redesigned based on usability and health literacy principles. As a result of audience research and user testing, healthfinder.gov now offers:

• a user friendly interface;
• simple navigation and information organization; and
• an easy-to-read format.

New features include:

• The Quick Guide to Healthy Living – basic, easy-to-understand information on key prevention topics, including the benefits of taking recommended actions and tips on how to get started.
• myhealthfinder – personalized health recommendations based on age and sex from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
• Personal Health Tools - menu and activity planners, health calculators, online check-ups, and more.

Please, try out the new beta site, then go to http://beta.healthfinder.gov and look for the feedback button. Encourage your constituents to do the same. Post a link to healthfinder.gov from your organization’s Web site.  A Web banner and instructions are located at: http://beta.healthfinder.gov/aboutus/linking.aspx.  Perhaps you could market the site with a feature announcement about the new healthfinder site in your organization’s electronic or print newsletter.

http://www.aamc.org/meded/tacct/tacct.pdf

Use the tool developed by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) to assess curriculum around issues of cultural competency knowledge, attitudes, and skills. The tool is called TACCT – Tool for Assessing Cultural Competency Training and it is available on the AAMC website.

TACCT could be used to assess how practices are creating and supporting a culture where these KAS are discussed, developed, and incorporated into practice.  The AAMC website also has the guidelines for using and the bibliography that supports the TACCT Tool.

There is a companion Resource Guide as well which includes valuable curricular and instructional techniques, and materials to assist with the implementation of TACCT. Find it at http://www.aamc.org/meded/tacct/tacctresourceguide.pdf.

Listen to the NLM Director’s Comments on Help to Quit Smoking. The transcript is also available. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/podcast/transcript063008.html

Physicians now have a variety of proven options to help persons stop smoking including counseling, medication, and targeted interventions, reports a recent commentary in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The commentary followed the release of new, updated U.S. Public Health Service clinical practice guidelines about tobacco use and dependence intended to help physicians assist smokers to quit.

MedlinePlus’ Smoking Cessation health topic page also reminds us that tobacco use remains the most preventable cause of death.  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smokingcessation.html.  The page also includes information  targeting senior smokers: Smoking: It’s Never Too Late to Stop(National Institute on Aging) found on the “age Page” at http://www.niapublications.org/agepages/smoking.asp.

Looking for materials to use to share with clients, patrons, co-workers, on the National Library of Medicine’s premiere consumer and medical research websites? Download and copy these online brochures to use in promotion of resources you have access to at your institution.

PubMed Basics:
http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/pmtri.pdf

MedlinePlus Basics: (English and Spanish versions)

http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/mptri.pdf
http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/mptri_esp.pdf

MedlinePlus for Health Professionals:

http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/mp4hptri.pdf

Included among the revisions are mention of MedlinePlus’ “Multiple Languages” feature and updated snapshots of the PubMed and MedlinePlus home pages.

Additionally, The Exhibition Program: K-12 Resources on the Web brochure has been updated.  This PDF can be found at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/exhibition/pdf/EPonlineK_12resources.pdf.  Similar information is also available on an HMD/Exhibition Program web site at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/especiallyfor/teachersstudents.html#A1.

These and other brochures can also be found at http://nnlm.gov/sea/services/promotional.html