health environment. is a health background necessary?
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health environment
Is a
health background necessary?
Objectives
Professional domains in health
Information needs
Teach yourself new health medical topics
Health professions spectrum
1 2
3 4
Basic science
• Understanding fundamental principles of health
• Detached from patient care
Clinical laboratory science
Clinical laboratory science
Hematology
bacteriavirusesfungiparasites
Urinalysis Microbiology
Immune system
Immunology
Medicine
Medical specialties
Medical care
Clinical research
Clinical trials
Epidemiology
Outcomes researchHealth services research
Nursing
Allied health
Public health
Global health
health across regions and people dissolving the boundaries that divide us
Global Health = Ending health disparities
“The world can no longer be allowed to exist half healthy, half sick”
Change Collaboration Extension (beyond campus)
Extension (conceptual)
Globalization
Development
Improvement
Emerging diseases and health conditions
Global reach
Service
Policy
Outside the Duke University campus: local, national, global
Technology: drugs, vaccines, diagnostics
Healthcare infrastructure & equipment
Understanding health beyond the clinical or biological
Knowledge ownership and control
interdisciplinary medical sciences
computer +
information science
molecular biology
bioinformatics
complex nature of diseases
Genes, Behavior, Diet/Nutrition, Infectious agents, Ecology, Society, ???
Translational Science
ActivityYou have 30 minutes to
1. Pick a print journal
2. Find a written piece that interests you
3. Questions:– What is the topic of this article?– What does it say about this topic?
4. Look up concepts that are new to you.
5. We’ll be discussing your article.
Teach yourself new medical concepts
Information needs
Researcher needs
Doctor needs
• Information needs are frequent
• Time and management barriers
Doctors’ information needs
• Diversity of resources consulted
• Opportunities for information management education
Patients’ information needs
Driving patient info needs
Patient use of info
Questions about information needs
• Do you agree with these models/findings? Why or why not?
• Think about a recent health information need. What happened? What patterns/conclusions can you say?
Conclusion
Professional domains in health
Information needs
Teach yourself new health medical topics