Author Archives: mehenderson
Using the Socratic Method in a Flipped Classroom
There has been discussion lately about the use of the flipped classroom in medical education and last night it came up in the context of #medlibs continuing education because of a blog post by Eric Schnell – Flipping the MLA … Continue reading
The Lifespan of a Fact – book review and some observations
Last week I finished reading ‘The Lifespan of a Fact.’ John D’Agata, author. Jim Fingal, fact-checker. The core of the book is an essay by D’Agata about the suicide of Levi Presley in Las Vegas in 2002. But wrapped around … Continue reading
Reference Interviews, Data Curation, and “To Sell is Human”
I’ve had the strangest convergence of ideas that have been bouncing around in my brain the last couple of weeks. It started with research on data curation or management as a role for Librarians. I have been on a work … Continue reading
The Power of Social Media
Last night I ran a bit of an experiment on medlibs chat on twitter. I noticed quite a few anti-circumcision tweets during on the AAMC feed during the 2012 meeting and I thought it quite odd. After all, I’m not … Continue reading
Librarians Connecting EHR Data – a paper presented at MLAQUAD 2012
I had a fantastic time at MLAQUAD in Baltimore. It was great to see some old friends and meet some new ones. I had crab cakes every day, and they were all good. There were a couple of queries about … Continue reading
EHRs and Patient Safety – a reply to a #medlibs chat
Last Thursday Jon Goodell (@jonspoke) mentioned that EHRs can worsen pateint safety and posted a JAMA article from 2005 http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=200498 I knew we had used newer things in a class presentation earlier this year in my Clinical Information Systems class. … Continue reading
Day in the Life wrap up and other interests
It is a few days past the end of the Day in the Life Project for this year, but I thought I would write a bit of a wrap up. If you have read any of the other blogs and … Continue reading
Thursday – Library Day in the Life Project
I was back in the Library building today. I always start out slow if I can, making a pot of coffee and reading emails and my Google Reader and maybe even Twitter or now Google +, to see what people … Continue reading
Wednesday – Day in the Life Project
I’m out of the library again today – providing taxi and groom service to my younger daughter who has a horse show today. But as I mentioned Monday, I am able to do many things from home thanks to computers … Continue reading
Tuesday – Library Day in the Life Project
Well, today I got out of my pjs and into clothes so I could work in the Library. The day started with a small class of three internal medicine residents. We have about one class a month, each with a … Continue reading