Minority Health Conference Lecture Webcast: Taking Action to Achieve Health Equity: Beyond the Affordable Care Act
Friday, February 22, 2013
2:00 - 3:30 pm
Tompkins-McCaw Library, Room 2-010

Tompkins-McCaw Library will host the internet broadcast of the keynote lecture of the 34th Annual Minority Health Conference at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr. Brian Smedley will explore how neighborhood and community contexts directly and indirectly shape health and contribute to health inequities as a result of racial and ethnic residential segregation. The presentation will also feature a discussion of policy strategies that de-concentrate poverty, reduce the geographic concentration of health risks, and increase investments in health-enhancing resources in communities that suffer from disinvestment. More information can be found at http://www.minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/2013/keynoteabstract.cfm  Access Live Webcast Lecture to register.

Open Workshop: Introduction to Searching PubMed
Monday, February 25, 2013
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tompkins-McCaw Library, Room 2-006

Learn to search MEDLINE via PubMed, including basic features and search techniques such as limits, display options and print formats. Methods to identify locally available journals or full-text online articles will also be discussed. Registration is encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome. Access Searching PubMed to register.

Open Workshop: Tompkins McCaw Library Orientation and Tour
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
12:00 - 1:00 pm
TML Classroom, Room 2-006

Learn about the variety of resources and services available to you from the VCU Libraries. In these one hour sessions we`ll show you the most effective ways to find books, journals, and other information for research and provide an orientation to the Tompkins-McCaw Library and its services as well as offer a tour of the facility. Participants may bring their lunch. Registration is encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome. To register access Library Orientation & Tour

Community Health Education Center Program (CHEC): Boomerang Kids - When Your Adult Child Lives at Home
Thursday, February 28, 2013
12:00 - 1:00 pm
VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, CHEC

Please join us as Margaret Rittenhouse presents "Boomerang Kids - When Your Adult Child Lives at Home."Margaret Rittenhouse is a Behavioral Health Counselor in the Department of Psychiatry. This program will be especially helpful to you if your adult child is living at home again, or if you know someone in this situation. Attend to learn more about how to adapt to such a change and prevent it from negatively affecting your health. Light refreshments will be provided. Space is limited and registration is required. For more information or to register, please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432 or email seamick@vcu.edu.The Community Health Education Center is located on the Ground Floor of the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building.


Open Workshop: Searching Primo - VCU Libraries New Discovery Tool
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sanger Hall, Room B1-020

Have you tried the VCU Libraries Search box recently and noticed the new results format? Are you uncertain about what you have found? Please join us to learn what you are searching and strategies for finding what you need. Registration is encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome. Access Searching Primo to register.