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The value of medical and surgical grand rounds:
the outreach librarian’s perspective
Tatjana PetrinicCairns Library, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
2010 CILIP Health Libraries Group Conference
Manchester, July 2010
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Background
What about our subject knowledge?
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Grand Rounds at Oxford
• Medical Grand Rounds – Thursday 13.00h • Surgical Grand Rounds – Friday 8.00h• Neuroscience Grand Rounds – Friday
10.30h• Richard Doll Seminars – Tuesday 13.00h
Open door policy
Well attended, chaired by leading clinicians Integral component of medical education Interesting clinical cases → ‘Lively’ debates Excellent invited speakers Limited to one hour Food and drink permitted (discreetly)
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So I went
• Over a hundred Grand Rounds attended since 2004• Weekly e-mail alerts to introduce the topics• Website with programme for the whole term• Colleagues soon joined
http://www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/seminar/medical-grand-rounds
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Interesting clinical cases
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Gaining confidence in my own subject areas
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Past, present and future of medicine and surgery
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Invited speakers
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Oxford medics coming home
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Benefits of attending Grand Rounds
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The value of medical and surgical grand rounds:
the outreach librarian’s perspective
Tatjana PetrinicCairns Library, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
2010 CILIP Health Libraries Group Conference
Manchester, July 2010