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Resources for lifelong learning+ Public health information
Elena Springall
Contact Info Elena Springall 416-978-0853 [email protected] [email protected]
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?
