NN/LM National Initiatives

Pacific Southwest RegionMay 15th, 2013

Midday at the Oasis

2011-16 National Initiatives

• Promotion of MedlinePlus Connect (Kelli)• Outreach to Community Colleges (Kay)• Promotion of ClinicalTrials.gov Results (Lori)• K-12 Outreach (Kelli)

National Initiatives Shared Strategy

• Define audience• Learn about the target community’s needs

and available resources• Articulate outcomes• Track and evaluate outreach efforts• Identify best practices• Share findings

MEDLINEPLUS CONNECT TASK FORCE

What is MedlinePlus Connect?

• Behind the scenes system that connects information in the electronic health record to information in MedlinePlus

• Works for diagnoses, lab tests and medications

Potential Audiences

• Medical librarians• Regional Extension Centers (RECs)• Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)• HIT personnel– Hospitals and other healthcare organizations– Community college HIT program faculty

• Vendors (NLM)

Potential Barriers

• Lack of awareness (even at basic MedlinePlus level)

• Fear that “free” equates to low quality or extra work

• Vendors – no financial incentive

What have we done so far?

• Defined audiences• Key informant interviews• Convened day-long meeting – Consensus that toolkit would be most helpful– Brainstormed contents of toolkit– Future meetings will continue the work

To Learn More…

• http//medlineplus.gov

OUTREACH TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES TASK FORCE

Facts about Community Colleges

• Train everyone from EMTs to Health IT to RNs• Multi-disciplinary library staff!• Library as place• Faculty collaboration

NLM National Initiative for Community College Outreach

• Articulate desired outcomes for outreach to community colleges, for example: – links to MedlinePlus, PubMed – training activities – partnerships with NN/LM – membership in NN/LM – links to MedlinePlus Connect

• Learn about the target community’s needs and available resources

What have we done so far?

• Phone interviews with community college librarians & faculty

• LibGuide for community college library training, April 2012 – 4 One-Hour Classes: PubMed, MedlinePlus,

Mobile Apps, Special Populations– http://1.usa.gov/11yZica

• Roundtable discussion at AzLA• Site visits and training in Hawaii in April 2013

Future Plans for Community College Outreach

• More site visits• More trainings • Articles and social media presence• Increased number of network members who

are community college libraries

CLINICALTRIALS.GOV RESULTS TASK FORCE

ClinicalTrials.gov

• A registry and results database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants conducted around the world

• 145,189 studies with locations in all 50 states and in 185 countries

• 95 million page views per month and 60,000 unique visitors daily

• Second most popular NLM database!

ClinicalTrials.gov Landing Page

ClinicalTrials.gov Results Page

ClinicalTrials.gov Results

• Section 801 of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA 801)

• Results information includes– Participant flow– Baseline characteristics– Outcome measures and statistical analyses– Adverse events

• 8,856 studies with results

ClinicalTrials.gov Results: Purpose

• Provide public record of basic study results in a standardized format

• Promote fulfilling of ethical responsibility to participants; use of research results to contribute to medical knowledge

• Mitigate "publication" and "outcome reporting" biases

• Facilitate systematic reviews and other analyses of the research literature

ClinicalTrials.gov Results Task Force: Audience and Goals

• Educate health sciences librarians and researchers as to the availability of the results

• Inform health sciences librarians and researchers of the obligation to report

ClinicalTrials.gov Results Task Force: Strategies

• Moodle course for librarians: ClinicalTrials.gov: Results Reporting, Unique Evidence, and the Role of Medical Librarians

• In-person presentations being developed as outreach for researchers at exhibits and conferences

• Educational materials

K-12 OUTREACH TASK FORCE

Task Force Approach

• Voluntary participation by region• Regional approach varies greatly– Educators – School librarians– School nurses– Public librarians– Students

What have we done with K-12 so far?

• Defined primary audience and types of outreach– Training to educators – Outreach at conferences via exhibits

• In the process of creating tracking and evaluation tools

PSR Recent Activities

• Exhibits and presentations at school nurse association conferences

• In process of identifying magnet schools in California with emphasis on environmental science and medical career track curriculum

• Arizona K-12 outreach

Some Great Resources!

http://kidsenvirohealth.nlm.nih.gov/

Afterschool Science Club Curriculum

• From ToxTown• For teachers or science

clubs• Classroom Activities• Interactive Resources• Career Exploration

http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/text_version/teachers.php

Any Questions?

INSIGHTS FROM MLA, 2013

NLM Updates

• Theater presentations available in Technical Bulletin

• IndexCat will have a new search system; will be downloadable into bibliographic tools

• Native Voices banner exhibit available to travel• Budget reduced

More Updates

• MedlinePlus now 15 years old; Spanish M+ is 10!

• NLM may change mobile sites/apps • Influenza Virus Resource database• New version of

Dietary Supplement Label Database • DOCLINE update includes preliminary resource

sharing survey results

Influenza Virus Resource database

Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD)

Questions