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Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee workers traveling to communities, 1980s
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) workers traveling to communities, 1980s: Women between the ages of twenty and fifty are recruited by BRAC to teach oral rehydration therapy. Because Bangladeshi culture does not always allow women to travel far from their homes, men chaperone the workers and introduce them at each village they visit. Courtesy BRAC Bangladesh

The Himmelfarb Library and the SMHS Office of Diversity and Inclusion will be hosting the National Library of Medicine (NLM) exhibit:  Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health.

Per the National Library of Medicine, Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health examines stories of the community groups that are making a difference in global health around the world. People are working on a wide range of issues—from community health to conflict, disease to discrimination. As we learn more about the challenges of the past, we join a growing community of people committed to global health. A revolution in global health is taking place—see this exhibition and learn more."

The exhibit will be located on the first floor of Himmelfarb Library from October 21 until November 20, 2019.  We hope you will visit!

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Cathepsin B (1CTE) protein

Our 3D printer has been in use for almost a year, and in that time the Himmelfarb community has printed some incredible 3D models!

 

3D printing has applications in both medical education and practice. It has impacted everything from patient-specific anatomical models to quicker implant production, and more precise drug creation in the pharmaceutical industry. Researchers have even explored combining 3D printing techniques with human cells to create transplantable organs.

For more information, check out our 3D Printing LibGuide. Stop by the computer workstation to the left of the Himmelfarb entrance to submit your 3D print job today!

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Cytosine + adenine nucleotides (green & yellow), transfer RNA (black), protein molecules (white)
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Cytosine + adenine nucleotides (green & yellow), transfer RNA (black), protein molecules (white)

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The Health Risk of Where You LiveBored of the default graphing options on Microsoft Excel? Want to take your data visualizations to the next level?

Tableau is a software program which allows users to create stunning
visualizations of their data. Users can import data in a number of formats (an Excel spreadsheet, for example) and Tableau will help them create graphs and charts that go beyond what they can do in programs like Excel.

There is a free version of the program called Tableau Public if you’re interested in downloading this and giving it a try. For those who work in SMHS, the folks at CASS (Computer and Applications Support Services) recently added Tableau Public to the software center to make it available for you to download on your work computer.

Be sure to explore Tableau Public's gallery of examples including The Health Risk of Where You Live, Ohio, 2017 by Joshua Smith.

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Bring your ideas to life as 3D printed objects!

Courtesy of a grant from the GW Hospital Women's Board, Himmelfarb Library now has a 3D printer available to faculty, residents, students, and staff of GW's School of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Nursing, Milken Institute School of Public Health, the GW Medical Faculty Associates, and the GW Hospital.

Use our 3D Printing at Himmelfarb guide to learn about Himmelfarb's 3D printing policies and FAQs, where to find 3D models, and to learn about scholarly uses of 3D printing!

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CranialnervesHow do you learn?

Do you know the twelve cranial nerves (of Christmas)?

A recent article in Anatomical Sciences Education explores how mnemonics and rhymes can be an important learning strategy.  Read the article to learn more about how mnemonics and rhyme relate to learning processes and neuroanatomy.  And, watch the video to learn the twelve cranial nerves of Christmas:

 

Image citation: Lynch, P.J. (2011). Brain human normal inferior view with labels.  Retrieved from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brain_human_normal_inferior_view_with_labels_en-2.svg

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visiblebodyWant to study heart and lung anatomy?  Other aspects of human anatomy? Do you want an interactive anatomy atlas on your iPad?  Himmelfarb has the Visible Body Anatomy Atlas for you!

Visible Body Human Anatomy Atlas provides a new way to study and explore anatomy. This online anatomy atlas allows you to view specific structures and layers from head to toe, rotate anatomical models, and explore systemic and regional anatomy.

Visible Body Human Anatomy Atlas includes 5,000+ medically accurate anatomical structures and was developed by medically trained illustrators and reviewed by anatomists. This atlas allows you to explore human anatomy via multiple approaches: systemic anatomy, regional anatomy, cross sections, senses, and muscle actions.

To install, download the app from an on-campus location (or from off-campus while you have Cisco AnyConnect turned ‘on’).  To maintain access to the app,  open your Visible Body app while on-campus or  while off-campus and connected via Cisco AnyConnect at least every 150 days.

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How do you teach?  If you’re interested in adding innovation to your instruction, check out online modules made available by GW faculty!

Online teaching materials and modules serve as  great teaching tools in medical education.  GW’s SMHS and CNHS faculty have published these tools in the AAMC’s MedEdPortal, which houses open-source materials.  The teaching materials provide access to multiple documents, including powerpoints, guides, and surveys.

Some of the topics covered by the modules are newborn care, OB/GYN, navigating the wards and more!

Check out the modules here!

 

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SDC_custom-visualizationWant to compare health data between states?

 

Interested in exploring data via maps, rank,  tables and bar graphs?

 

Check out the new State Health Compare tool developed by the the  State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) at the University of Minnesota and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

 

State Health Compare allows users to compare data between states and look at trends over time by mining data from statistical sources including the American Community Survey (ACS), the Current Population Survey (CPS), the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), and the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component (MEPS-IC) and .

 

Users are able to download graphics as well as export the data.

 

Interested in learning more about State Health Compare?  Explore topics and data representations on these topics:

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Solving jigsaw puzzleAre you revising your curriculum?  Redesigning sessions to include more active learning?  Flipping the classroom?

Himmelfarb Library has created an Active Learning Resources Research Guide to support faculty.  This guide will help faculty identify tools and resources to support their efforts and includes information on:

  • Creating online recordings - equipment and software to help you create online recordings, deliver webinars, and more.
  • Locating readings - find readings to support your instruction in Himmelfarb's extensive online collection and provide direct links to readings for easy access by students.
  • Assessing students - find in-class and remote tools to use to assess your students' learning.
  • Finding images - Himmelfarb Library's online collection can provide you images to support your teaching.
  • Finding cases - access to clinical scenarios and cases which can help frame your learning objectives.
  • Finding equipment and software - how and where to access equipment and software which can be used to create instructional materials.
  • Instructional design assistance - contact information for the instructional designers who support SMHS, SON, and MISPH.
  • Finding tutorials and multimedia resources - locate existing tutorials and multimedia resources in Himmelfarb Library's collection and link directly to them.
  • Blackboard - learn how to get more in-depth instruction to maximize Blackboard for your teaching activities.

Image: Ben-Avraham, Y.  (2011).  Solving jigsaw puzzle [Image]. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/epublicist/8718123610/

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