TML News and Notes: Lectures

Patient and aviation expert John J. Nance takes on a sensitive topic in medicine: mistakes. 

In 1999, a landmark study from the Institute of Medicine found that between 44,000 and 98,000 people die from preventable medical errors every year. These findings encouraged medical professionals to re-evaluate their system and look for new ways to keep patients safer--even if it meant looking far outside the medical field. One source of information is Nance, a nationally respected expert on patient safety. VCU Libraries partners with the MCV Hospitals Auxiliary and the VCU Health System to bring him to Richmond this month for a free program.   

Nance will give a lecture on "Why Hospitals Should Fly" at the Kontos Medical Sciences Building Thursday, Oct. 18 at 6 p.m. Nance's lecture, derived from his 2009 book of the same name, examines the ways hospitals and medical professionals fail, and what they can do to catch their errors before patients are harmed, using lessons learned from the aviation industry. 

The lecture celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Community Health Education Center, the only consumer health library of its kind in Virginia. Please register online. 

A pioneer in medical and aviation safety, John J. Nance is a decorated U.S. Air Force and commercial pilot, and a founder of the National Patient Safety Foundation. His ideas about leadership, responsibility, transparency and accountability are part of the national conversation on how a team-centered approach can save lives, make patients safer and strengthen the performance of hospitals and clinics. Nance is the author of many books on best practices in human systems. He will discuss his book, "Why Hospitals Should Fly: The Ultimate Flight Plan to Patient Safety and Quality Care," which many see as a guide to the future of patient care.

A military and commercial pilot with more than 13,000 flight hours, Nance helped reform the aviation field, working to eliminate accidents from preventable errors. He applies the same techniques of increased teamwork, communication and better checklists to the medical field. 

But Nance said the biggest challenge that medical professionals face is in changing their culture, the belief that they cannot or should not make mistakes. "It's not just communication, it's a willingness to understand our propensity for human failure," said Nance. "Once we accept that these failure rates are a result of being human, and we accept that teamwork is the way to get around it. Then, we believe we can get to zero."

About John J. Nance Jr.: He holds a Juris Doctor and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern Methodist University and is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel. He is an aviation analyst for ABC News and the author of 19 books. In 1988, he began applying the techniques he used to improve aviation safety to the medical field. His most recent works, "Why Hospitals Should Fly" (2009) and "Charting the Course" (2012) focus on how hospitals can improve their patient care, especially involving medical errors. Nance collaborates with his wife, Kathleen Bartholomew, on his current and most recent work. Bartholomew is a registered nurse with a Masters in Nursing who also writes and speaks on improving patient care. They live in Seattle. 

The Community Health Education Center is hosting a women's health program about urinary incontinence on Tuesday, September 11 at noon.

The Community Health Education Center (CHEC) is located on the ground floor of the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, 1200 East Marshall Street.

The Community Health Education Center is hosting an Open House to celebrate 10 years of providing current and reliable health information in a welcoming and comfortable setting.  Come by CHEC between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm on April 17, 2012 to see what we have to offer and celebrate with us!  During this time, we will have giveaways, prizes, and refreshments available.  We hope you will visit during our Open House celebration and throughout our 10th year!
For more information please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432, or email seamick@vcu.edu.
The Community Health Education Center is a partnership of the VCU Health System, the MCVH Auxiliary, and the VCU Libraries.  CHEC is located in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

Please join us on Wednesday, August 24 at noon for a program on snake bites presented by Evelyn Waring, Director of Public Education for the Virginia Poison Center at the VCU Medical Center. This program will be focused on Virginia's poisonous snakes and current treatment options for their bites.

Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided.
For more information or to register, please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432, or email seamick@vcu.edu.

Also, please stop by to see our display on snake bites throughout the month of August.  We have handouts available on snake bites and additional Virginia Poison Center information.

The Community Health Education Center is located in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298. 

Please join us in the Community Health Education Center on Tuesday, July 12 at noon for a program on menopause. This program will be presented by Dr. Lisa Ellis, Medical Director of Clinical Services, VCU Institute for Women's Health.
Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided. 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 in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

Please join us in the Community Health Education Center on Thursday, May 26 at noon for "Happiness at Work" presented by Anne Hawkins, Nursing Director of Psychiatry, VCU Health System. In this presentation, Anne Hawkins plans to review research on "joy" and "happiness" at work, identify sources of joy through work, examine how positive and negative attitudes can impact a team, and discuss actions that individuals can make to enhance joy at work. Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided. 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 in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

Please join us in the Community Health Education Center on Thursday, April 28 at noon for a program on vein care. Dr. Malcolm K. Sydnor will present "State of the Art Treatment for Varicose Veins and Spider Veins." Dr. Sydnor is Director, Vascular & Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology at Virginia Commonwealth University. In his presentation, Dr. Sydnor plans to discuss the epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of varicose veins and spider veins in the lower extremities. Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided. 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 in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

Please join us in the Community Health Education Center on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at noon for "Exercise and Nutrition in the New Year." This program will be presented by Stephen Sowulewski, Associate Professor from the VCU Dept. of Health and Human Performance, and Irene Lubker, Dietitian and Research Librarian at the Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences. If you would like to live a healthier and more active life this year, then come to this program for some hands-on education and encouragement!

Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided. 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 in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

Please join us in the Community Health Education Center on Tuesday, October 19 at noon for a program on caregiving. Dr. Joyce O. Beckett will present "Caring for the Caregiver" and share information from her book, "Lifting Our Voices: The Journeys Into Family Caregiving of Professional Social Workers." Dr. Beckett is professor emerita, School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University. Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided. 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 in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

Please join us in the Community Health Education Center on Wednesday, August 25 at noon for a special program on Injury Prevention. This program will be presented by Rachel Poindexter, RN, Injury Prevention Coordinator for the VCU Medical Center's Injury and Violence Prevention Program, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma. Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided. 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 in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

Jean Cheek will speak about Domestic Violence Prevention on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 from noon to 1 pm in the Community Health Education Center. Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided. 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 in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

Dr. Linda Hancock will present "New and Exciting Ways to Beat Tobacco: Stuff You Never Thought About" on Thursday, June 10, 2010 from noon to 1 pm in the Community Health Education Center. Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided. 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 in the VCU Medical Center
Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA
23298.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Tompkins-McCaw Library - 1st Floor Conference Room

This presentation will cover various aspects of how the iPhone/iPod Touch are being used in healthcare, and by healthcare providers and students. We will discuss the iPhone/iPod Touch features such as internet access, iTunes U, podcasts, and over 100,000 available applications. These features combined with the portability of the device are being used for medical imaging, alerts, patient monitoring, medical reference tools and calculators, even hospital security camera monitoring, and more. We will also touch on the basics of deploying and managing these devices. After the presentation, we encourage folks to use the remaining scheduled time to join Apple for refreshments and informal discussions with other attendees. Seating is limited; registration required.

Register online

Tompkins-McCaw Library is hosting two full-day PubMed classes offered by the National Training Center and Clearinghouse (NTCC) from 8:30 am to 5 pm on January 28 and 29 in room 2-012. These classes are designed to teach students how to use PubMed, including MEDLINE citations and an overview of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). For more information and to register, visit http://tinyurl.com/yl88958 or http://tinyurl.com/y8gjp4j.

Warner Yuen, Apple Consulting Engineer for Scientific Computing
Tuesday December 8, 2009
9:30 am - Noon
Tompkins-McCaw Library - First Floor Conference Room MCV Campus

Breakthrough concepts from Apple have revolutionized print publishing, the music industry, and mobile connectivity. Apple technology and innovative partner solutions are now transforming the continuum of mobility from portable to mobile learning tools in medical education. This session will highlight the use of Apple technology in medicine. - Medical imaging applications - Collaboration Services - Publishing and presentation tools - iPhone and iPod touch - Applications for medical education - Applications for practicing medicine. Free and open to the public,

Seating is Limited; Registration encouraged! Register online today!

This event is sponsored by the VCU Libraries and VCU Technology Services.

Refreshments provided courtesy Apple, Inc.

A Discussion with Dr. Tadataka (Tachi) Yamada | Print the Flyer!

February 17, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Kontos Medical Sciences Bldg.
1217 E. Marshall Street

Dr. Tadataka (Tachi) Yamada leads the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s efforts to reduce global health inequities by investing in affordable new vaccines, therapies, and diagnostics for diseases that most gravely burden the world’s poor, and by developing new partnerships to shape the future of global public health. In his presentation, Dr. Yamada will speak to his vision of the foundation's current and future role, and more broadly, to the shared priorities and approaches most important to securing major public health successes in the future.

This event is free and open to the public. To RSVP or request special accommodations, please call (804) 828-4640 by Wednesday, February 11, 2009.

This lecture is sponsored by the VCU Libraries and the MCV Campus Programs Office of the University Student Commons & Activities.

Dr. Claudia Thomas, the first African-American female orthopedic surgeon in the United States and author of "God Spare Life," will speak on Thursday, Nov. 6, at 5 p.m. in the Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building auditorium, followed by a reception and book-signing. This event is free and open to the public. To R.S.V.P. or to request special accommodations, call 804-828-4640 by Monday, Nov. 3.

This event is sponsored by the VCU Friends of the Library and the MCV Campus Programs Office of University Student Commons & Activities.

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with Addeane S. Caelleigh, MA , Former Editor, Academic Medicine
Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Biotech One, 800 E. Leigh Street, Ball Conference Room
$20 Registration Fee | Print the Flyer and Registration Form | Session Handouts
Register online at: http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/detail.html?ID=43608

Publishing in peer-reviewed journals can be intimidating and often frustrating. This session is an overview of publishing in peer-reviewed research journals and will focus on how the process works and how to make it work for you. Topics to be covered include how editors make decisions, tips for improving your chances of a good review and/or publication, writing effective abstracts, tips for dealing with the editorial office, and online and print resources.

This workshop will include presentation, handouts, hands-on exercises, discussion, and Q&A.

Guest Speaker: Addeane S. Caelleigh, Former Editor of Academic Medicine
Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Time: 9:00 AM to 1:00PM
Location: Ball Conference Room, Biotech One, 800 E. Leigh Street
Cost: $20

Register online using your VCU eID at:

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For more information about this session, contact Shannon D. Jones at 828.0626.

This event is cosponsored by the VCU Libraries and the Office of Research.

The VCU Libraries and the VCU Office of Research present Research Day 2008, which will highlight VCU's vast resources to support VCU's research enterprise, on Thursday, March 27, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Tompkins-McCaw Library.

• Dr. Francis Macrina, vice president for research, will present the Ethics of Publishing at 8:45 a.m.


• Publishing with the New England Journal of Medicine will be held at 9:50 a.m.


• New Authors Mentoring Discussion Forum, a question-and-answer session with faculty, will be held at noon.


• Library Services Supporting VCU's Research Enterprise will be held at 1 p.m.
  
• Choosing Qualitative Data Analysis Software is Only Half the Story will be held at 3 p.m.
  
• Managing Your Research Citations using RefWorks will be held at 3 p.m.


• Creating YourResearch Poster using the Instructional Media Workshop will be held at 3 p.m.

For more information, the complete schedule or to register for any of these workshops, visit http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/rday/rday_agenda.html

VCU Libraries Black History Month Lecture "Richmond Women in the Civil Rights Movement" is a panel discussion with Civil Rights pioneers Ora Lomax, Elizabeth Johnson Rice, and Hilda Warden. Moderated by Bonnie Winston. This special event will be held on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 starting at 7:30 pm in the University Student Commons, Commonwealth Ballroom on the Monroe Park Campus. Free and open to the public. Parking is available for a fee in the West Main or West Cary Street parking decks. If special accommodations are needed, please contact the VCU Libraries at 804-827-1165 or 804-827-1163 prior to February 8, 2008. A reception will be held immediately following the event. The 6th annual VCU Libraries Black History Month Lecture is sponsored by the VCU Friends of the Library. For more information contact Donna Coghill, 828-6554.

Anatomical instruction has been integral to medical education for centuries. Discover how anatomy was taught in Richmond during the 19th century and why students and faculty were involved in procuring cadavers for this important educational experience. A brief walking tour of the MCV Campus highlighting stories about grave robbing, goblins, and ghouls will follow the presentation. Seating is limited; advanced registration is encouraged. Print the flyer!

Time: 4:00-5:00 pm
Date: October 31, 2007
Guest Speaker: Jodi Koste, Archivist - Tompkins-McCaw Library
Location: Tompkins-McCaw Library - Distance Education Classroom, Rm. 2-010

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This workshop will provide attendees a brief outline of the major tools used to access NCHS data, the reasons for using each tool, and a brief demonstration using real, NCHS data as examples. Microdata access tools will be covered, including SETS, Beyond 20/20, Data Ferrett, CDC Wonder, Data 2010, and WISCARS. Seating is limited for this session; Advanced registration required. This class is free and open to the public.

Date: Friday September 28, 2007
Time: 10:00 am - Noon
Location: Tompkins-McCaw Library - 2-012 MCV Campus

Speaker: Linda Washington, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Join us for a lecture by Dr. Marcella Fierro on CSI vs. Reality in Virginia on Thursday September 13, 2007 from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm at the Medical Sciences Building Auditorium on the MCV Campus. The lecture is free and open to the public. We invite you to attend! For further information, contact Information Shannon D. Jones at (804) 828-0626.

Elvatrice Parker Belsches, VCU/MCV Alumna School of Pharmacy Thursday, July 12, 2007, Noon - 1:30 p.m., Directions and Map

Ms. Elvatrice Parker Belsches, MA, RPh, is an archival researcher, author and pharmacist living in the Richmond area. Ms. Belsches is an emerging authority on the life of Dr. Sarah G. Jones MD, the first known woman of any race to be granted a medical license by the the Virginia State Board of Medicine. Belsches will discuss her new and corrective scholarship on this pioneering physician as the author of her biographical entry for Harvard University's upcoming publication, the African American National Biography, (Oxford University Press, Spring 2008) and the author of Richmond, Virginia, a Black America Series publication (now in its sixth printing).

Description This workshop will help you to critique, rewrite and create materials that get your health and wellness information across quickly and clearly. We`ll review the disconnect between information providers and information seekers, the process of educating adults, the success of "plain language" initiatives and the importance of text, type, graphics, space and layout. In this workshop you will also be provided brochure examples, SMOG and REALM tests, a webliography and links to other training.Bring some pieces you use or some information you need to be written in an easy-to-read manner.During the workshop you will edit or develop a piece of your own so you`ll have new awareness, new skills, a new product and access to further resources. Clear health communication is the goal, regardless of medium. This class is free and open to the public.

Date: Friday March 9, 2007
Time: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Tompkins-McCaw Library - 2-012 MCV Campus

Speaker: Beth Wescott, Network Access Coordinator, NN/LM SE/A
Register Now: http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/it/course_detail.asp?ID=4329

A chronicle of the legacies of the graduates of the Leonard Medical School, a former department of Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. In existence from 1882 -1918, this historically black medical school produced over four hundred graduates. The major contributions of these graduates on the City of Richmond, the state of Virginia and various medical organizations will be discussed.

About the Speaker: Elvatrice Parker Belsches MA RPh is an archival researcher, author and pharmacist living in the Richmond area. She is a multiple contributor to Harvard University's upcoming publication, the African American National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2008) and the author of Richmond, Virginia, a Black America Series publication (now in its sixth printing). She is also the February 2007 speaker for the Duke/UNC-Chapel Hill Collaborative Lecture Series on the History of Medicine.

Date: Monday, February 26, 2007
Location: Tompkins-McCaw Library - Distance Education, Rm. 2-010
Time: 2:00-3:30 pm
Reserve your seat today: http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/detail.html?ID=39219

For more information about this lecture, contact Irene Lubker, Interim Head, User Services, 828-2004.