Visualizing the Impact of a New Clinical Informationist Service

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This presentation was given as a webinar on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 from 10:00 am - 11:00 am (CST). The webinar was hosted by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) Greater Midwest Region (GMR) through their Kernel of knowledge expert-speaker series

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Have you heard the term clinical informationist in the health sciences library field and wondered what, exactly, this title means and what clinical informationists do? Learn more from a team of librarians and informationists from Galter Health Sciences Library who developed a program in 2015 and have measured the impact of this service over the past two years. This team will share how they have supported the clinical care environment at their institution by fostering evidence-based decision making. Within this presentation, you will learn how the team used visualization techniques to analyze the current service model.Speakers for this session are:Karen Gutzman is the Impact and Evaluation Librarian at Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University. Karen works within the librarys Metrics and Impact Core to support individuals and groups in their understanding, assessment, visualization, and reporting of impactful outcomes of research and clinical care efforts.Corinne Miller, MLIS, is the Clinical Informationist at Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University. Corinne previously worked as Reference Librarian and Education Coordinator at the Library of Rush University Medical Center. In 2016, Corinne joined the Galter Library team and has worked closely with Jonna Peterson to develop and soon expand the Galter Library Clinical Informationist Service.Jonna Peterson is the Senior Clinical Informationist at the Galter Health Sciences Library. As the first clinical informationist at Galter, she has created the program from the ground up by establishing key relationships with stakeholders both in and outside the library. She attends clinical meetings and provides research support to attendings, residents and students on patient rounds.Class Date:Region/Office: NationalSep 26, 201710:00AM - 11:00AM CT

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presentation_location: Chicago, Illinois, United States

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