Teaching

Professional courses taught:

current

  • Health Sciences Information Sources and Services
  • Applications in Medical Informatics
  • Health Consumer Information Sources and Services
  • Sources, Services and Technology for an Aging World

recent past

  • Understanding Information
  • History of Books, Printing, and Publishing
  • [Seminar] Research Methods in Health Information
  • [Seminar] Information-Seeking Behavior
  • [Seminar] History of Information Technologies
  • [Seminar] Introduction to the PhD Program

Continuing Education courses taught:

  • Knowledge Transfer: Moving from Best Evidence to Best Practice. [Continuing Education Course approved by the Medical Library Association; 4 CEUs]
  • Using the Internet to Stay on Top of All That Medical Information..[Continuing Medical Education course; ACCME credits approved through the American Medical Association]
  • The Geriatric Professional's Guide to the Internet-I: Websites for Patients and Their Families [Continuing Medical Education course; ACCME credits approved through the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry]
  • The Geriatric Professional's Guide to the Internet-II: Searching the Evidence-based Literature [Continuing Medical Education course; ACCME credits approved through the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry]
  • Using the Internet to Search the Literature: Advanced Google-tm: Tips for Effective Surfing [Continuing Medical Education course; ACCME credits approved through the American Medical Association]
  • Evaluating Health Care Information on the Internet [Continuing Medical Education course; ACCME credits approved through the American Medical Association]
  • Using the Internet to Search the Literature: Update on Searching the Medical Literature [Continuing Medical Education course; ACCME credits approved through the American College of Psychiatrists]
  • Treating the Web-Savvy Patient: How to Find & Recommend Websites for Patients [Continuing Medical Education course; ACCME credits approved through the American College of Psychiatrists]
  • Using the Internet to Search the Medical Literature for Evidence-Based Treatment [Continuing Medical Education course; ACCME credits approved through the American College of Psychiatrists]
  • The Psychiatrist and the Internet: Searching the Literature [Continuing Medical Education course; ACCME credits approved through the American College of Psychiatrists]
  • What Patients Are Learning on the Internet [Continuing Medical Education course; ACCME credits approved through the American College of Psychiatrists]
  • Medical Informatics and Medical Librarianship [Continuing Education Course approved by the Medical Library Association; 8 CEUs]
  • Information Behaviors of Health Care Consumers and Caregivers [Continuing Education Course approved by the Medical Library Association; 4 CEUs]
  • Information Behaviors of Health Professionals [Continuing Education Course approved by the Medical Library Association; 8 CEUs]
  • Introduction to Medical Informatics [Continuing Education Course approved by the Medical Library Association; 4 CEUs]
  • Research Methods for Health Sciences Librarians [Continuing Education course approved by the Medical Library Association; 8 CEUs]

Selected CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE Presentations

"Using the Internet to Stay on Top of All That Medical Information...", Medical Communications Conference, American Medical Association, Tampa FL, April 2007.

"The Geriatric Professional's Guide to the Internet-I: Websites for Patients and Their Families." Annual Meeting, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, New Orleans LA, March 2007

"The Geriatric Professional's Guide to the Internet-II: Searching the Evidence-based Literature." Annual Meeting, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, New Orleans LA, March 2007.

"Using the Internet to Search the Literature: Advanced Google-tm: Tips for Effective Surfing," Annual Meeting, American College of Psychiatrists, Palm Springs CA, February 2007.

"Using the Internet to Search the Literature: Update on Searching the Medical Literature," Annual Meeting, American College of Psychiatrists, Palm Springs CA, February 2007.

"Medical Informatics and Medical Librarianship," Annual Meeting, Medical Library Association, Phoenix AZ, May 2006.

"Evaluating Health Care Information on the Internet." Medical Communications Conference, American Medical Association, Phoenix AZ, April 2006.

"Treating the Web-Savvy Patient: How to Find & Recommend Websites for Patients," Annual Meeting, American College of Psychiatrists, La Jolla CA, February 2005.

"Using the Internet to Search the Medical Literature for Evidence-Based Treatment," Annual Meeting, American College of Psychiatrists, La Jolla CA, February 2005.

"The Psychiatrist and the Internet: Searching the Literature (Advanced)," Annual Meeting, American College of Psychiatrists, Miami Beach FL, February 2004.

"The Psychiatrist and the Internet: Searching the Literature," (Intermediate)," Annual Meeting, American College of Psychiatrists, Miami Beach FL, February 2004.

"Information Behaviors of Health Professionals," Health Sciences Libraries Association of New Jersey/HSLANJ, December 2003.

"The Psychiatrist and the Internet: Searching the Literature," Annual Meeting, American College of Psychiatrists, Vancouver BC, February 2003.

"What Patients Are Learning on the Internet," Annual Meeting, American College of Psychiatrists, Vancouver BC, February 2003.

"Online Literature Searching for Psychiatrists," Annual Meeting, American College of Psychiatrists, Kona HI, March 2002.

"The Internet for Psychiatrists," Annual Meeting, American College of Psychiatrists, Kona HI, February 2002.

"The Information Behaviors of Healthcare Consumers and Family Caregivers," Pittsburgh Regional Chapter, Medical Library Association, Pittsburgh PA, November 2001.

"The Internet for Psychiatrists," Annual Meeting, American College of Psychiatrists, Tucson AZ, February 2001.

"Introduction to Medical Informatics," Pittsburgh Regional Chapter, Medical Library Association, Pittsburgh PA, March 2000.

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