Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Badgerlunch Spring Training : Health Resources in Badgerlink

Thursdays 12-12:45 April – May 2013

BadgerLink is available to ALL Wisconsin residents at http://www.badgerlink.net/ 
Links on the Affinity Library Intranet site.     
Learn to use these FREE health resources over lunch with these April webinars.

4.4 AHFS Consumer Medication Information and Consumer Health Complete
AHFS provides education on medications for patients including information in Spanish.
Consumer Health Complete provides consumer health content, covering all areas of health.
Click Here To Join

4.11 Health Source: Consumer and Nursing/Academic Editions
Consumer Edition is a collection of consumer health information, including full text, consumer health magazines on many health topics.
Nursing/Academic Edition provides access to scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
Click Here To Join

4.18 MEDLINE
An authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.
Click Here To Join

4.25 Encyclopædia Britannica
A reference site synthesizing images, video, editorially reviewed websites, and the Encyclopædia Britannica.
Click Here To Join

5.2 PubMed
Brought to you by the US National Library of Medicine, PubMed has more than 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
Click Here To Join

More information including a FAQ with technical info.  Registration not required.
*  Can’t make the live sessions? All sessions will be archived for later viewing.
*  Need a computer? Stop by the MMC Library computer lab to sit in on a session.
*  Need help with any of these databases, ask Your Librarian, Michele Matucheski.

BadgerLink is a project of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), Division for Libraries and Technology. The project is funded through the Wisconsin Universal Service Fund with partial support provided by the Library Services and Technology Act using funds received from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Monday, March 18, 2013

Exploring Health Care Careers

The following websites offer a plethora of information on careers in health care. 

Wisconsin Health Care Careers Information Center  - Best bet!

Area Health Education Center (AHEC)

Lifeworks Career Exploration - National Institutes of Health Office of Science Education
*  Explore health and medical science careers

Occupational Outlook Handbook (Online)
A nationally recognized source of career information designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations. Updated every 2 years.

Health Occupations on MedlinePlus

Careers in Medical Informatics
A rapidly developing scientific field that utilizes computer technology in the advancement of medicine.

Discover Nursing
Johnson & Johnson Campaigns to Reduce Nursing Shortage

Careers in Healthcare Management
Providing a Link to the Future

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Advisory Board is Back!


Affinity once again has access to The Advisory Board through the Ministry Health Care Membership.


If you previously had an Advisory Board login, it may still work.
          If you want a new login, Register here.
The Advisory Board provides online access to the research and services of The Advisory Board for Affinity and Ministry Colleagues.

This includes full-text access to reports on best practices, leadership development, technology assessment and planning, tools and analytics for the healthcare industry. Implementation kits and technology briefs summarize latest findings to assist decision making on adoption of new technology and much more ...

Their Daily Briefing is a great way to stay up-to-date with relevant health care news, without being overwhelmed.

2 Ways to find it on the Affinity Intranet :
A) Go to http://www.advisoryboard.com  OR
B) Affinity Intranet Homepage > Library > General Reference Links > Advisory Board