Just a quick note that I will be away for holidays for two weeks starting with December 20th. I won’t be updating the blog till early January – but when I come back, there would be some nice treats for you all , like our new online tutorial for searching Google for health information.
Seasons greatings!!
Rebecca Tunnacliffe says that my sense of humour is not as it was a year ago. Well, to disagree, I decided to add a new category to the blog – called “Fun”. Check it from time to time for fun things online 🙂 Let’s start with my profession today – check out Conan the Librarian!
A couple of weeks ago the Boston Globe has published a nice article about physiotherapy as a profession.
A nice quote from there was: “Physical therapy is booming. We can’t get them out of school fast enough. Hospitals are crying out for physical therapists all over the country”, sounds neat, eh?
Take a look on the full text here – “Physical therapy arrives”
Just a quick note that I have added some new podcasts in Rehab Sciences, for instance – “Introduction to Evidence- Based Practice. How do I get the best information quickly? Step 1: How to ask the question and quickly access the most relevant literature “.
We also migrated all our podcasts into our institutional repository @ UBC – https://dspace.library.ubc.ca/ – see under the Library or see the full list here – http://tinyurl.com/y6bx24
Here is the detailed “how-to” to get all our podcasts in one place:
1. Go to https://dspace.library.ubc.ca
2. Click on “Library” link under “Communities in DSpace”
3. Click on ” The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre” link
4. You will see a small search box. Click on “Titles” button to list all files by titles or “Authors” file to list all files by their authors
5. When opening a particular record, just click on the relevant link to listen to a podcast or see the presentation in PDF format.
Keep your audio devices handy – we have more Rehab Sciences podcasts coming, the next one – How do I know the article is any good? Step 2: How to appraise the literature (Quantitative articles – theory session). will be added in late December – stay tuned!
There is a new way to contact me from the blog. I added a “Contact Me” window on the right side menu. If you type anything in it, I will promptly respond to you by instant messaging in the same window (if I am online at that time).
Just a note: our information and research services are intended to the Physiotherapy Association of British Columbia (PABC) members and University of British Columbia (UBC) faculty, students and staff, so if you require my research help – let me know whether you belong to one of those groups!
The American Physical Therapy Association recently recognized BlackBerry Thumb as an official work place malady — a stress-related injury due to over-use of any PDA or smartphone, a condition is caused by highly repetitive, forceful thumb movements with the thumbs held back from the palms.
Here is APTA news release. If you need to type long messages use an external keyboard for the device, PLEASE!
With this very unusual snow in Greater Vancouver area and caring for your and our own safety we have to cancel our coming workshops in Abbotsford this Thursday. We will re-schedule those to January 2007 when the regular rain comes back
December and January are generally quiet months, therefore I would be offering a bit less workshops during this period. What is going to be covered?
1. “Mastering Google for Physiotherapists”. During this hour we will learn to use Google to locate reliable health / medical physiotherapy information, moreover I would also cover the fun things you can do with your search engine and also future directions in search. The workshop is outlined here [PDF, 1.3MB]
2. “Mastering PubMed for Physiotherapists”. During this hour we will learn to use PubMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine – world largest biomedical database) to find Evidence Based research in physiotherapy. The workshop content is outlined here [PDF, 600KB]
Two seminars would be presented in December / January. Here are the dates:
** Tue 12 Dec 2006 – St. Pauls Hospital, Vancouver, Conference Centre, Lab 2, Instructor: Eugene Barsky
a. “Mastering Google for Physiotherapists”, 6 – 7:15pm. Ten spots are available. Register for this workshop here
b. “Mastering PubMed for Physiotherapists”, 7:30 – 8:30pm. Ten spots are available. Register for this workshop here
** Sat 20 Jan 2007 – St. Pauls Hospital, Vancouver, Conference Centre, Lab 2, Instructor: Eugene Barsky
a. “Mastering Google for Physiotherapists”, 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM. Ten spots are available. Register for this workshop here
b. “Mastering PubMed for Physiotherapists”, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM. Ten spots are available. Register for this workshop here
Instructions for registration:
1. Click on an appropriate link to register for a session
2. Type your email address in
3. If you haven’t registered for any of our workshops before, a new form will appear where you would need to type some details, like your name and email address
4. Since our workshops are free only to PABC members, please type your CPA/PABC number into the “Program / Faculty / Department” box
5. Click on “Sign me Up” and you are done
6. You will receive an automatic confirmation from me to your email box immediately
One last note: I would like to ask you to attend a session if you are registering for any! By registering and not coming to a session, you are actually eliminating other PABC members’ ability to attend, since we have limited space capabilities.
This weekend, I am going to run two workshops in Kootenays, BC – Nelson on Fri., Nov.17th and Cranbrook on Sat., Nov. 18th. In Nelson, the seminar would run from 6-9pm in the computer lab of the Hume Elementary School and in Cranbrook in the computer lab of the Kootenay Regional Hospital from 1 to 4pm.
What is going to be covered? Here is an outline:
1. “Mastering Google for Physiotherapists”. During this hour we will learn to use Google to locate reliable health / medical physiotherapy information, moreover I would also cover the fun things you can do with your search engine and also future directions in search. The workshop is outlined here [PDF, 1.3MB]
2. “Mastering PubMed for Physiotherapists”. During this hour we will learn to use PubMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine – world largest biomedical database) to find Evidence Based research in physiotherapy. The workshop content is outlined here [PDF, 600KB]
I am looking forward seeing some forty of you this weekend 🙂
Canadian Physiotherapy Pain Sciences Group has released its latest newsletter last week – Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 4
It is available on their website under “Archived Newsletters”
Personally, I liked the short piece about GLIAL CELLS by Debbie Patterson…
Enjoy 🙂
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