CDC launches new eLearning course on Effective Communication for Healthcare Teams

The CDC is excited to announce the launch of its newest online free continuing education course: Effective Communication for Healthcare Teams: Addressing Health Literacy, Limited English Proficiency and Cultural Differences. For nurses it provides 2.1 CNE and for physicians 2.25. Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) and Certified in Public Read More …

Output of the Librarians’ Writing Group

Every day the Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC) Library’s librarians and informationists work with students, faculty, and staff at the WHSC’s schools and divisions on locating, selecting, managing, and using information for teaching and learning, patient care, and research projects. They also engage in other work supporting the missions and goals of these units in Read More …

Heart disease: the intersection of environment, genetics, and lifestyle choices

Genetics, lifestyle choices, and the environment all play a role when it comes to the emergence of diverse chronic and terminal diseases. Join Alvaro Alonso, MD, PhD, Associate Professor in the Rollins School of Public Health for a presentation on heart diseases and factors that impact the prevalence of heart disease and how clinical research has Read More …

Writing Science: Recommended Books and eBooks

In Spring Semester 2019 the WHSC Library is highlighting the print and e-book collections around scientific writing and communication.  All print books are available for check out and can be found in the temporary display behind the Information Desk upon entering the library.  A full list of the recommended books and e-books on scientific writing Read More …

Recent accomplishments at the WHSC Library

Kevin Bradford collaborated with clinicians at Grady Hospital to complete “Deprescribing Medications for Chronic Diseases Management in Primary Care Settings: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials” in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.  PMID: 30108032. Kimberly R. Powell collaborated with Jennifer Elder, Woodruff Library, to publish “A bibliometric services workshop for subject Read More …