scholarly journals Creating a new “reality” for medical education: the Nexus Reality Lab for virtual reality

2019 ◽  
Vol 107 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Lilly ◽  
Kellie N. Kaneshiro ◽  
Chelsea Misquith ◽  
Brandon Dennett
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Feedback Mechanism ◽  
Collaborative Partnerships ◽  
Indiana University ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Entry Barrier ◽  
Annual Basis ◽  
Medical Library ◽  
Virtual Projects ◽  
Advanced Visualization

Background: The Technology Team at the Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana University (IU), first started exploring virtual reality (VR) in 2016. In 2017, we began offering weekly sessions dubbed VRidays (“VR Fridays”) to give students an opportunity to experience the technology. We also purchased a portable VR setup that allowed us to demonstrate VR at our regional campuses.Description: To lower the entry barrier to VR, the Technology Team collaborated with the IU Advanced Visualization Lab to establish a reality lab in our collaborative learning space. The lab opened in the fall of 2018 and consists of four high-end VR stations that are accessible to students at any time, but they can also make an appointment for a more guided experience. Information and instructions are available on a LibGuide.Conclusion: We are currently collecting data on the number of unique users and evaluating application usage. We are working on a feedback mechanism and looking to develop collaborative partnerships across the university.Virtual Projects are published on an annual basis in the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) following an annual call for virtual projects in MLAConnect and announcements to encourage submissions from all types of libraries. An advisory committee of recognized technology experts selects project entries based on their currency, innovation, and contribution to health sciences librarianship.

scholarly journals Bring the past to the future: adapting stereoscope images for use in the Oculus Go

2020 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy C. Ogdon ◽  
Stefanie Crumpton
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Current Application ◽  
Annual Basis ◽  
The Past ◽  
Medical Library ◽  
Short Video ◽  
Virtual Projects ◽  
Video Demonstration ◽  
Virtual Reality Application

The purpose of this project was to explore methods for adapting images originally created for the analog stereoscope to use in contemporary virtual reality headsets. The Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences holds in its collections a set of medical images for the stereoscope published by Dr. S.I. Rainforth in 1910. We scanned 3 stereoscope cards from the collection at a resolution of 1200 dots per inch, then adapted the images for use in virtual reality using Adobe Photoshop and Unity. We successfully created a working application for the Oculus Go that displays the images stereoscopically in the headset. The current application allows only static display of the images. Our next steps in developing this project will be to add images from the collection to the virtual reality application, optimize parameters related to image display, and develop scripting that would allow users to dynamically select images from the collection. More information on this project is available on the Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences Virtual Exhibits website, and a short video demonstration is available on Vimeo.Virtual Projects are published on an annual basis in the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) following an annual call for virtual projects in MLAConnect and announcements to encourage submissions from all types of libraries. An advisory committee of recognized technology experts selects project entries based on their currency, innovation, and contribution to health sciences librarianship.

scholarly journals Data-driven space planning: using Suma to collect data

2019 ◽  
Vol 107 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin R. B. Eldermire
Keyword(s):  
Advisory Committee ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Comprehensive Assessment ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Space Planning ◽  
Annual Basis ◽  
Medical Library ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Library Staff ◽  
Virtual Projects

Library users frequently make individual requests to staff about how they would like us to improve the services and resources, but it can be difficult to prioritize such requests. To proactively understand how we can improve our library, library staff undertook a comprehensive assessment of spaces and resources using Suma.Virtual Projects are published on an annual basis in the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) following an annual call for virtual projects in MLAConnect and announcements to encourage submissions from all types of libraries. An advisory committee of recognized technology experts selects project entries based on their currency, innovation, and contribution to health sciences librarianship.

scholarly journals Multisite collaboration using REDCap to capture library data

2019 ◽  
Vol 107 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie Grinstead ◽  
Amanda Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Advisory Committee ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Annual Basis ◽  
Medical Library ◽  
Virtual Projects

In January 2018, library services at Providence St. Joseph Health merged to form a single, unified system, incorporating nine libraries and sixteen full-time staff. As a small, nonclinical team of librarians, we needed to make sure our work and value were visible to clinicians, administrators, and other nonlibrary stakeholders. Using REDCap, we developed a form to seamlessly collect statistics about our services.Virtual Projects are published on an annual basis in the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) following an annual call for virtual projects in MLAConnect and announcements to encourage submissions from all types of libraries. An advisory committee of recognized technology experts selects project entries based on their currency, innovation, and contribution to health sciences librarianship.

scholarly journals Sidecar Learning: a new e-learning platform for librarians

2020 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Mery
Keyword(s):  
Advisory Committee ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Annual Basis ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Medical Library ◽  
University Of Arizona ◽  
Health Sciences Students ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Virtual Projects ◽  
The University

This article describes how two librarians at the University of Arizona created a new e-learning tool, Sidecar Learning, and implemented tutorials aimed at health sciences students and researchers. Librarians at the University of Arizona have used these interactive tutorials to reach thousands of students. Sidecar Learning was created to provide librarians with a scalable means of teaching thousands of students how to use complicated library databases.Virtual Projects are published on an annual basis in the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) following an annual call for virtual projects in MLAConnect and announcements to encourage submissions from all types of libraries. An advisory committee of recognized technology experts selects project entries based on their currency, innovation, and contribution to health sciences librarianship.

scholarly journals Virtual resident showcase: leveraging an institutional repository during COVID-19 social distancing

2020 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather J. Martin ◽  
Amanda Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Health Centers ◽  
Scholarly Activity ◽  
Academic Health Centers ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
Academic Health ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Annual Basis ◽  
Medical Library ◽  
Virtual Projects

While institutional repositories are common in medical schools and academic health centers, they have been used by only a small number of health systems to track and promote their research and scholarly activity. This article describes how Providence System Library Services leveraged their existing institutional repository platform to substitute a virtual showcase for an annual in-person event.Virtual Projects are published on an annual basis in the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) following an annual call for virtual projects in MLAConnect and announcements to encourage submissions from all types of libraries. An advisory committee of recognized technology experts selects project entries based on their currency, innovation, and contribution to health sciences librarianship.

High performance force feedback mechanism for virtual reality training of endotracheal intubation

2004 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan D. French ◽  
James H. Mutti ◽  
Satish S. Nair ◽  
Michael Prewitt
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Endotracheal Intubation ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Force Feedback ◽  
Feedback Mechanism ◽  
Virtual Reality Training

scholarly journals Bibliometric mapping for current and potential collaboration detection

2019 ◽  
Vol 107 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan Wrigley ◽  
Virginia Carden ◽  
Megan Von Isenburg
Keyword(s):  
Concept Maps ◽  
Grant Proposal ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Institutional Research ◽  
Grant Application ◽  
Pain Research ◽  
Bibliometric Mapping ◽  
Medical Library ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Virtual Projects

This project characterized current research and collaboration patterns in pain research at one institution after researchers working on a grant application approached the library to better understand current institutional research and publishing about that topic. To address this question, library staff developed a collaborative, multi-tool process for bibliometric analysis and network visualization. The primary data source used was a preexisting, curated EndNote library of institutional publications. This EndNote library was searched using keywords relevant to the topic in order to create two sublibraries: one on pain and one specifically on musculoskeletal pain. Article data from each library were exported into InCites to create a benchmarking analysis. In addition, article data were imported into VOSviewer to visualize collaboration networks by author and create concept maps. Researchers were consulted to identify and label resulting clusters in the VOSviewer visualizations. This project successfully generated useful visualizations via bibliometric mapping that characterized current and potential pain research at the institution. The analysis was included in a grant proposal for funding a center for pain research and for catalyzing further collaborative research.Virtual Projects are published on an annual basis in the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) following an annual call for virtual projects in MLAConnect and announcements to encourage submissions from all types of libraries. An advisory committee of recognized technology experts selects project entries based on their currency, innovation, and contribution to health sciences librarianship.

scholarly journals From enhanced collaborations to space advancements: technologies to bring libraries (and librarians) full circle and into the future

2019 ◽  
Vol 107 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia F. Anderson ◽  
Emily J. Hurst
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Service Planning ◽  
Research Partnerships ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Full Circle ◽  
Medical Library ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Library As Place ◽  
Virtual Projects

Since the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) Virtual Projects section was first announced in 2012, the virtual projects featured in the JMLA have expanded or improved library spaces, services, collaborations, connections, and future directions. Virtual projects selected by the JMLA Virtual Projects Section Advisory Committee have been both practical and responsive to library and patron needs and illustrate ways that librarians are leading their communities and services in new directions. Virtual projects highlighted in this year’s section demonstrate innovative adaptations of technology into the modern medical library that strengthen collaborative commitments and clinical and research partnerships. They also illustrate how technologies support the idea of “library as place” by providing spaces for users to explore new technologies, as well as tools for space and service planning. This year’s virtual projects fully embrace changes in learning, research patterns, technologies, and the role of the health sciences librarian and the library.

scholarly journals What can we do about Dr. Google? Using the electronic medical record (EMR) to prescribe reliable online patient education

2019 ◽  
Vol 107 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruti Volk ◽  
Nabeel Obeid
Keyword(s):  
Patient Education ◽  
Medical Record ◽  
Electronic Medical Record ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Uniform Resource Locator ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Medical Library ◽  
It Department ◽  
Virtual Projects ◽  
Online Patient Education

Objective: The project enabled clinicians to utilize the electronic medical record (EMR) to easily prescribe preapproved online patient education resources to their patients.Background: Physicians and other clinicians are concerned about the wide use of “Dr. Google” and the difficulties of responding to patients who demand unproven or unnecessary tests and therapies they found out about on the Internet.Setting/Participants/Resources: Participants were providers at a large health system using Epic EMR. The institution maintains a web-based database that links to print and electronic patient education materials that have been vetted by content experts.Methods: Clinicians worked with librarians to create web pages that link to the resources they recommend for their patients. Librarians collaborated with the information technology (IT) department to implement a solution that enables clinicians to quickly and easily send the uniform resource locator (URL) to the after visit summary (AVS) or as a message via the patient portal.Results: This solution has been implemented in more than 20 units across the institution. Analytics data demonstrate that the majority of patients in a surgery clinic visited recommended resources.Conclusion: This simple solution is effective in directing patients to reliable resources. It can be easily adapted by other institutions using an EMR system such as EPIC or Cerner.Virtual Projects are published on an annual basis in the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) following an annual call for virtual projects in MLAConnect and announcements to encourage submissions from all types of libraries. An advisory committee of recognized technology experts selects project entries based on their currency, innovation, and contribution to health sciences librarianship.

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