Resources for lifelong learning+ Public health information

Elena Springall

Contact Info Elena Springall 416-978-0853 elena.springall@utoronto.ca ask.gerstein@utoronto.ca

Learning Objectives – Public Health Information

Be aware of specialized sources for public health information

Pick the right resource for the situation

Public Health Information

more synthesized

less synthesized

Public Health Information

Guidelines, best practices

Systematic reviews

Synopses

Articles

GuidelinesGuide to Clinical Preventive Services

US Preventive Services Task Force

Guide to Community Preventive ServicesUS Task Force on Community Preventive Services

MMWR Recommendations and Reports Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Guideline Clearinghouse Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

NICE Public Health Guidance National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, UK

Best practicesModel Practice Database

National Association of County and City Health Officials

Interactive Domain Model Best Practices for Health PromotionInteractive Domain Model Best Practices Approach to Better Health

Promising Practices NetworkRAND Corporation

Canadian Best Practices Portal Public Health Agency of Canada

Systematic reviews

PubMed Clinical Queries The Cochrane Library Campbell Collaboration Joanna Briggs Institute NICE AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Effective Public Health Practice Project

News & Emerging Outbreaks

News from PHAC CDC Public Health Matters blog FluWatch HealthMap WHO News via RSS CDC COCA (Clinician Outreach &

Community Awareness)

LLL - Learning Objectives

Learn to create and maintain a personal program to keep up to date and enhance professional competence

Describe basic methods to critically evaluate new information sources

Describe characteristics of high quality patient information and develop awareness of trusted sources

Practical methods for LLL

Good current awareness programs are: Efficient, preferably AUTOMATED

• (SET it and FORGET it) Focused on your highest priorities Manageable (you can make time to

read what arrives)

Current awareness programs

First, develop goals: e.g. Read everything by supervisor e.g. Everything in the big 5 on my

specialty

Your current awareness program

Second, develop activities to achieve those goals Automated searches TOC email updates from key journals RSS feeds

• News updates

• Key blogs

Your current awareness program

Third, evaluate effectiveness Too much? Too little? Bad/no results? Adjust, then try again (Ask a librarian for help or suggestions)

Thinking about Goals

What news do I need to hear in order to do my current job properly?

What news do I need to hear in order to keep up to date with my professional development?

What am I passionately interested in knowing more about? (May have little or nothing to do with work, that’s ok)

Turn the Goal to ACTIVITYExample: GOAL: Read

everything new about hpv vaccines

ACTIVITY: Pubmed automated search for any new articles on Gardasil/Cervarix/ HPV vaccine

My NCBI

Step 1. Run the search My NCBI

Step 2Save

search

Call it something meaningful

Change the frequency, day of the week, format of delivery to suit your preferences

Evidence Updates (McMaster PLUS)

http://plus.mcmaster.ca/EvidenceUpdates/

TOC alerts Get e-mail, RSS feeds, podcasts from the big 5

medical journals

TOC alerts Use the journal’s site or TicTOCs:

http://www.tictocs.ac.uk/

RSS Feeds

Can get from journal’s website, TicTocs Can also search for feed within Google

Reader, Bloglines…

CDC Emergency Updates

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/coca/registry.asp

COCA conference calls

Twitter @CochraneCollab @CDCemergency @CDCgov @gersteinlibrary

Critical Evaluation of Sources

More advertising, more wary! Statements of responsibility, credentials Quality of content, interface How current? Pop ups? Personal information collected?

Case Study: Sermo

Case Study: Sermo

What about your patients?

Be Picky when Picking Sources

Pick professional sources for….• Reliability (both content AND schedule)• Can it deliver in a set-and-forget mode?• Relevance to your learning GOALS

Pick patient information sources for… Quality – reflect latest/best knowledge Readability (consider levels, language) Usability/learning styles (Interactive? Print?)

Your questions?

Contact Info

Elena Springall 416-946-5759 elena.springall@utoronto.ca Gerstein Science Information Centre