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MAC 2001 Continuing Education Courses

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Continuing Medical Education and Health Sciences Libraries: Partnership Opportunities

Instructors: Gretchen Arnold, MLS, Associate Director for Library Operations; and Elaine Banner, MLS, Clinical and Nursing Liaison, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

Focus on the common goals shared by continuing medical education (CME) and health sciences libraries. Take the leadership role in fulfilling your parent institution's educational goals. Partner with CME initiatives to create opportunities for integrating information management education into formal venues and expand the librarian's role. Identify current and potential CME partnership activities for your current environment.

TIME:		    1:00PM - 5:00PM
DAY:		    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17
PLACE:		    HOTEL
MAC MEMBERS:        $65
NON-MEMBERS:        $85
CE CREDITS:	    4 CONTACT HOURS

Building and Managing Your Digital Library

Instructor: Scott Garrison, MLS, Library Systems Operations Manager, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Learn to create and manage a digital library consisting of a set of networked electronic services, databases, and collections. Gain an understanding of digital library affordability, and current and near-future concepts, including metadata, Internet and database technologies, consortial licensing, and profile-driven access.

TIME:		    8:00AM - 5:00PM
DAY:		    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17
PLACE:		    HOTEL
MAC MEMBERS:        $130
NON-MEMBERS:        $170
CE CREDITS:	    8 CONTACT HOURS

PDAs

Instructor: Gabriel R. Rios, MLS, Assistant Director for Information Services & Technology, University of Virginia Health System, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Not available

TIME:		    8:00AM - 12:00PM
DAY:		    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20
PLACE:		    HOTEL
MAC MEMBERS:        $65
NON-MEMBERS:        $85
CE CREDITS:	    4 CONTACT HOURS

Bioethics: An Introduction for Health Information Professionals

Instructor: John C. Moskop, PhD, Professor of Medical Humanities, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, and Director, Bioethics Center, University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina.

This workshop will offer participants and introduction to the field of bioethics, examine ethical issues frequently encountered by health care and health information professionals, and review leading research and reference materials in bioethics.

TIME:		    8:00AM - 12:00PM
DAY:		    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20
PLACE:		    HOTEL
MAC MEMBERS:        $65
NON-MEMBERS:        $85
CE CREDITS:	    4 CONTACT HOURS

The History of the Health Sciences: A One-Day Overview

Instructors: Patricia E. Gallagher, MLS, MA, Special Projects Coordinator, New York Academy of Medicine Library, New York, NY and Stephen J. Greenberg, MSLS, PhD, Reference/Collection Access Librarian, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland.

This is an eight-hour course, designed as an overview of the history of the health sciences in the West. Though concentrating on medicine, it will also discuss topics in dentistry and nursing. It will identify major names, issues, discoveries, and publications, and will place them in a coherent historical context for the use of the health information professional.

TIME:		    8:00AM - 5:00PM
DAY:		    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20
PLACE:		    HOTEL
MAC MEMBERS:        $130
NON-MEMBERS:        $170
CE CREDITS:	    8 CONTACT HOURS