SFGH BARNETT-BRIGGS LIBRARY Strategies for teaching patients and staff

Patient Classes - Background Partnership with the San Francisco Public Library Collaborative Teaching – Melonie Miles, Kristine Macalalad, Griffin Burgess – SFPL Librarians Rebecca Alcala and Yemila Alvarez “Helping Diabetics Search for Health Information Online: A Toolkit for Trainers” – Computer and Internet Basics – MedlinePlus and Health Info – Evaluating Health Websites

Patient Class Promotion

Computer and Health Classes for Patients

Results So Far … – Computer and Internet Basics – 8 participants – MedlinePlus and Health Info – 9 participants Understanding more then I ever have before. Thank you. More classes I came as a member of the 1M Clinic patient advisory board who Stephen spoke to last Friday. This is great! I will report back that other members could benefit from these classes! Good Job! Excellent communications by teachers Keep the good educational work up thank you I liked the class. The teacher and assistant are very kind, helpful and knowledgeable.

Staff Classes - Background Promoted mainly to physicians, nurses, researchers All classes focused on finding best evidence in key library resources: – Find Answers Using Pubmed – Get Started With CINAHL – DIY With Nursing Reference Center – Dynamed For The Rest Of Us 1 hour format with hands on exercises

Staff Class Promotion LibGuide for classes to key distribution lists Link on library website Added to LibCal calendars (SFGH & UCSF) Flyers posted in library Flyers posted in hospital/other areas Word of mouth

Barnett-Briggs Medical Library Classes

Results So Far…. – Find Answers Using Pubmed 18 people registered (max) + 18 people waitlisted Held 2 nd class due to high demand 12 people attended #1, 7 attended #2 – CINAHL, Nursing Reference Center, Dynamed Actual attendance for each: 4-7 participants Primarily nurses wanting CE – Results were positive; participants particularly liked the hands-on exercises (and wished there were more) – But wanted more help with managing searches/results