Session 3

Date: Tues. 4/7/09

Location: Computer Lab, M202 -- See map .

Topics and Speakers:

For students with non-medical background:
Medical Information Resources and MD Consult Exercise: Chris Stave, MLS (Librarian, Informatician)

For students with medical background:
Introduction to Bioinformatics: Amar Das, MD, PhD

Project Teams Meeting with Coaches

Topic 1: Medical Information Resources

Learning Objectives : After attending this session, the learner should be able to:

locate a journal (print or online), book or audiovisual via the Lane Library E-Journal List, the Lane Library Catalog or the Stanford University Catalog.
perform a basic search using the Clinical Core meta-search
Describe the contents and advantages of UpToDate , MD Consult and SKOLAR.
perform a basic topic search in PubMed. Limit results by language, age group, publication type (e.g., review), and date. Download and/or print.
perform a basic topic search in SciSearch (includes BIOSIS, Engineering Index, Science Citation Index, etc.)
take advantage of some advanced search features of selected web search engines.

Assignment: None

Supplementary Resources

Lane Medical Library Links to online catalogs of Lane library holdings, literature databases, online textbooks, physician information systems, to use for homework for projects.
PBS Nova documentary on medicine from medical students' point of view, with emphasis on how medical information is gathered. Available in class library. Further info on this documentary series can be found at the PBS web site.