last updated:
August 20, 2003
|
| healthHQ Video:The Librarian
Is In:
Facing Modern Consumer Health Issues in the Public Library
A consumer health training video entitled The Librarian Is In: Facing Modern Consumer Health Issues in the Public Library has been underwritten by ICON, a health sciences library consortium in Nebraska and Western Iowa. The video was developed and scripted by the Reference Department at the University of Nebraska Medical Center McGoogan Library of Medicine, acted by members of ICON, and produced by the University of Nebraska Medical Center Biomedical Communications Department
The video was produced in the year 2000 and has not yet been updated to
reflect changes in health information on the internet. Specifically, reference
is made to drkoop.com which is no longer a resource we would recommend.
Likewise, we have no example using
MEDLINEplus®, which is now one of the premier sites for consumer health
information on the internet. The
facilitator's handbook was revised in the fall of 2003 and will use these examples to illustrate
how internet resources must be constantly checked for currency and authority.
The Librarian Is In is intended to help librarians in the public library setting deal with consumer health questions they may encounter in their libraries. However, it would also be useful for librarians in any setting who deal with consumer health questions. Five scenarios on the topics of doctor credentials/questionable doctors, dealing with emotional customers, cancer treatment, alternative medicines, and drugs are covered. Each scenario demonstrates an interaction between a librarian and a customer asking for help. Various print and Web resources are mentioned by the characters as well as by the narrator. The narrator summarizes important information to remember at the end of each vignette.
NEW! Watch the streaming video!
Physician's credentials
Emotional customers
Cancer treatment
Alternative medicines
Drug information
notify
Lisa Anderson, Icon Communications Coordinator, if you have problems
accessing the site
A revised facilitator’s handbook has also been developed to accompany the video. The handbook and video are intended to be used as training aids for librarian educators or could be used for self-study by individuals.
The videotape and 2nd edition of the facilitator’s handbook may be ordered from:
Mary Helms, Executive Secretary
ICON Consortium
University of Nebraska Medical Center
McGoogan Library of Medicine
Box 986705 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-6705
(402)559-5498 (fax)
(402)559-7099 (voice)
mhelms@unmc.edu
The cost for the video is $15. The cost for the handbook is $10. To order,
please print and fill out the order form and
send it, with a check made payable to ICON, to the above address.
|
