Thursday, May 29, 2008

2 Good Articles for Clinical Teachers

Please visit the following links to find out more on:

What Makes a Good Clinical Teacher in Medicine?
The full text of this article is available in the Academic Medicine Journal, which is held in our Library and accessible via UT e-resources.

Sutkin G, Wagner E, Harris I, Schiffer R.
What makes a good clinical teacher in medicine? A review of the literature.
Acad.Med. 2008 May;83(5):452-466

Tips for Clinical Teachers to Improving Time Efficiency When Both Teaching and Caring for Patients.
Irby DM, Wilkerson L. Teaching when time is limited.
BMJ 2008 March; 336(7640):384-387

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

New Global Health Resource Wiki

Please visit this new Global Health information resource created by McGill University.


This resource guide was created as a */wiki /*using MediaWiki software* *so that as many people as possible would be encouraged to both use the guide and add resources to it. *All members of the McGill community – students, faculty, clinicians, researchers and staff* *– can add resources to the guide by logging in with their McGill user ID. Anyone in the international community** with an interest in global health* is welcome to use the guide for finding global health information and resources. If you are from an academic community outside of McGill, we* *encourage you to participate and contribute to the wiki. Contact us for a user ID if you would like to contribute resources or information to the guide.

Please contact the following librarians for further information, such as to obtain more information, to comment or pass on suggestions for content, or to request a User ID to add resources and content, please contact one of these McGill librarians:
Eamon Duffy Government Information Service eamon.duffy@mcgill.ca
Louisa Piatti Nahum Gelber Law Library louisa.piatti@mcgill.ca
Jim Henderson Life Sciences Library jim.henderson@mcgill.ca
Deborah Meert Macdonald Campus Library deborah.meert@mcgill.ca

Thursday, May 8, 2008

New Books in DFCM Library

Please view our latest acquisitions.


Holmboe Eric S., Hawkins Richard E. (Ed.). Practical guide to the evaluation of clinical competence. Philadelphia : Mosby Elsevier, 2008.
[Class: EVALUATION]
Holmboe Eric S., Hawkins Richard E. (Ed.). Practical guide to the evaluation of clinical competence with bonus DVD [DVD]. Philadelphia : Mosby Elsevier, 2008. [Class: EVALUATION]
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Merriam Sharan B., Brockett Ralph G. The profession and practice of adult education : an introduction. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2007.
[Class: EDUCATION]
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Orbinski James. An imperfect offering : humanitarian action in the twenty-first century. Canada : Doubleday, 2008.
[Class: PHYSICIANS]
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Sturmberg Joachim P.; with a contribution by Martin Carmel M. ; foreword by McWhinney Ian R. The foundations of primary care : daring to be different. Oxon : Radcliffe Publishing, 2007.
[Class: FAMILY PRACTICE - GENERAL TEXTS]
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Thursday, May 1, 2008

New Books in DFCM Library

Please view our new acquisitions.


Sotile Wayne M., Sotile O. Mary.
The Resilient Physician: Effective emotional management for doctors and their medical organizations
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USA : American Medical Association, 2002.
[Class: PHYSICIANS]

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Zachary Lois J.
Creating a mentoring culture :the organization's guide
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San Franciso : Joseey-Bass, 2005.
[Class: EDUCATION - FACULTY DEVELOPMENT - MENTORING]
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O'Donnell Karen.
My different life : an intimate portrait of a family living with learning disabilities [DVD]
. United Kingdom : Workshop Productions, 2007.
[Class: FAMILY / COUNSELING]

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O'Donnell Karen.
Odd kid out [DVD].
United Kingdom : Workshop Productions, 2002.
[Class: FAMILY / COUNSELING]
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