The Use of Loansome Doc to Meet the Needs of Unaffiliated Health Professionals

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Kiscaden ◽  
Jacqueline Leskovec ◽  
Elisabeth Unger
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Interlibrary Loan ◽  
Document Delivery ◽  
State Region ◽  
Usage Data

Objective: This study was undertaken in order to determine how health sciences libraries in a ten-state region are using Loansome Doc, with an emphasis on whether this tool continues to be used to serve unaffiliated health professionals. Methods: Usage data were examined and health sciences libraries were administered a survey to determine how they are using this tool. Results: Loansome Doc usage across libraries is low and declining, and a number of libraries do not serve unaffiliated health professionals with this tool. Conclusions: Use of Loansome Doc is low and declining due, in part, to license restrictions, declining interlibrary loan, and the prevalence of alternatives, such as OCLC ILLiad, for document delivery to affiliated users.

scholarly journals Online Training Course on COVID-19

BioMedica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (2S) ◽  
pp. 78-80
Author(s):  
Nasir Shah
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Online Training ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Global Trend ◽  
The World

<p>In the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, global trend for launching online courses and trainings regarding risk factors, acquisition, diagnosis, clinical presentation, management and prevention of COVID-19 is cresting. Department of Family Medicine at University of Health Sciences Lahore introduced a 2-hours online course where a total of 39993 health professionals from all over the world were enrolled and 32000 participants completed the course with encouraging feedback.</p>

scholarly journals Implications of conflicting definitions of probability to health risk communication: a case study of familial cancer and genetic counselling

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kieran C O'Doherty
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Communication ◽  
Genetic Counselling ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Familial Cancer ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Research And Practice

The question of what probability actually is has long been debated in philosophy and statistics. Although the concept of probability is fundamental to many applications in the health sciences, these debates are generally not well known to health professionals. This paper begins with an outline of some of the different interpretations of probability. Examples are provided of how each interpretation manifests in clinical practice. The discipline of genetic counselling (familial cancer) is used to ground the discussion. In the second part of the paper, some of the implications that different interpretations of probability may have in practice are examined. The main purpose of the paper is to draw attention to the fact that there is much contention as to the nature of the concept of probability. In practice, this creates the potential for ambiguity and confusion. This paper constitutes a call for deeper engagement with the ways in which probability and risk are understood in health research and practice.

scholarly journals Health Status, Behaviors, and Beliefs of Health Sciences Students and Staff at Kuwait University: Toward Maximizing the Health of Future Health Professionals and Their Patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (23) ◽  
pp. 8776
Author(s):  
Nowall Al-Sayegh ◽  
Khazna Al-Enezi ◽  
Mohammed Nadar ◽  
Elizabeth Dean
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
P Value ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Kuwait University

Health professionals who engage in healthy lifestyle behaviors are more likely to promote their patients’ health. We evaluated health status, behaviors, and beliefs of students (future health professionals) and staff in four health sciences faculties, Kuwait University. In total, 600 students and 231 staff participated in this descriptive cross-sectional study. Questionnaire surveys were used to evaluate lifestyle-related practices and participants’ beliefs about these practices, in addition to health-related objective measures, e.g., heart rate, blood pressure, and body mass index. Overweight/obesity was prevalent among the participants (staff, 68.7%, students, 48.1%; p < 0.001); 57% of staff had suboptimal resting blood pressures. About half of the participants reported being moderately physically active (staff, 44.8%, students, 52.6%; p < 0.05), and most reported moderate/high stress (staff, 88.8%, students, 90.9%; p > 0.05). Only 25.1% of staff and 27.9% of students reported at least 8 h sleep nightly (p > 0.05). Staff reported healthier dietary practices than students (p-value range < 0.001–0.02). Overall, the participants had sub-optimal health indices. A marked gap existed between participants’ beliefs about healthy lifestyle practices and their actual health status. Healthy lifestyle programs are needed on campus with respect to diet, exercise, and stress management. As emerging health professionals, students in health sciences faculties, Kuwait University, need exposure to a health-promoting environment including healthy staff as role models.

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