CHLA/ABSC 2012 - Course Descriptions

Course Descriptions

Copyright Policies in the Health and Medical Sciences: Emerging issues in Librarianship, Teaching and Research

Instructor: Samuel Trosow
Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Time: 1:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: Sheraton - MacNab Room

Copyright policies have an increasingly important effect on the day to day work of health librarians and other practitioners in the health and medical fields. Prof. Samuel Trosow will provide an overview of Canadian Copyright Law and will relate his background to the fields in the medical sciences in various health care or research settings (universities, hospitals, public health units, etc.). Current copyright policy developments in the Parliament, in the Courts, at the Copyright Board and at local institutions will also be identified and assessed. The program will be geared towards librarians and other information professionals, but no background in copyright law will be assumed.

Learning objectives:

The participants in this workshop will be able to understand:
the basic concepts underlying Canadian Copyright law including protected subject matter, requirements for copyright to subsist in a work, owners exclusive rights, infringement and exceptions and limitations to infringement;
the strategic importance of the fair-dealing doctrine and how it supports the basic functions of teaching, research and scholarship;
the different venues in which copyright policies are made including the legislature, the courts, the copyright board and local institutions;
how current events are impacting the direction of copyright laws and policies particularly with respect to universities libraries;
special issues of concern in the field of health-related research publications (e.g., open access publishing, etc.)

Disaster Health Information Sources for Canadians: The Basics

Instructors: Robin Featherstone and Tara Landry
Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Time: 9:00am - 12:30pm
Location: McMaster Health Sciences Library, eClassroom

Disaster Health Information Sources for Canadians: The Basics provides a comprehensive overview of information resources needed to support disaster mitigation, planning, response and recovery activities for health care organizations. This interactive, case-based workshop will cover key sources of disaster information from Canadian and international agencies and organizations (e.g., Public Health Agency of Canada, National Library of Medicine and the World Health Organization). Tools for locating, organizing and disseminating disaster health information will also be discussed (e.g., email lists, RSS feeds and mobile apps).

Please note: The workshop does not teach disaster preparedness/recovery for libraries; rather, its intent is to support librarians who want to play an active role in disaster management.

Emotional Intelligence and Resilience: Keys to Thriving in Uncertainty

Instructor: Sonia Hawrylyshyn
Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Time: 1:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: McMaster Health Sciences Library, Room 1B20

Let's face it change is inevitable and it can leave people feeling drained, pressured, fearful of the unexpected and challenge our relationships along the way. As a result we need to embrace new ways of coping. Join this interactive workshop to discover how using emotional intelligence and resilience can arm you with essential skills. Find out why this is important to your role in work and overall life achievements. Leave with helpful tools, resources and techniques to thrive.

Knowledge Transfer: Moving from Best Evidence to Best Practice

Instructor: Ann McKibbon
Date: Monday, June 11, 2012
Time: 1:30pm - 5:30pm
Location: McMaster Health Sciences Library, Room 1B20

Getting research findings harnessed and into practice or every-day life is a vital step in the evidence based practice cycle. All people need to be able to adapt their behaviour and make changes in their work or home to keep pace with research findings and changing environments. This change process has many names including knowledge translation, implementation science, translational sciences, diffusion of innovation, and quality improvement. Understanding what knowledge translation is, what makes it work, and how to make it work better and faster is important for all of us. This workshop will be interactive and use the research of knowledge translation as its foundation. Please come to the session with a change that you want to implement in your work situation or daily life.

Literature Searching in Systematic Review & Health Technology Assessment: Identifying, Aggregating and Appraising Real-World Evidence

Instructor: Kaitryn Campbell
Date: Monday, June 11, 2012
Time: 1:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: McMaster Health Sciences Library, eClassroom

Summary: This intermediate level course is designed for information professionals who currently provide information support for health care research. The focus will be on searching for evidence outside of the randomized controlled trial (RCT) realm. Participants should have experience searching bibliographic databases and familiarity with indexing, Boolean operators, truncation and other basic search tools and techniques. By the end of the session, participants will:

Improve their understanding of Systematic Review and Health Technology Assessment bibliographic database search methods, especially searching for non-RCT evidence
Know how to plan a search strategy
Have the skills to undertake faceted searching using OVIDSP
Be able to locate and use methodological search filters
Be able to document the search process
Have an awareness of how to manage references throughout a review cycle, using reference management software
Become familiar with 2 popular study quality assessment tools

Searching Public Health Information Using the Fast Lane

Instructor: Jessie McGowan
Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Time: 1:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: McMaster Health Sciences Library, eClassroom

This course will provide an overview of the basic steps required in searching for public health information. It will be targeted to library staff and public health professionals who need to quickly find high quality information to support evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM).

This course will provide an overview of searching methods and skills required to search pre-appraised literature, including how to work with research questions, plan a search strategy and evaluate and document the search strategy.

The Art of Effective Feedback

Instructor: Carl deLottinville
Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Time: 9:00am - 12:30pm
Location: McMaster Health Sciences Library, Room 1B20

Conventional rules for giving and receiving feedback in the work place have been developed, refined and practiced for decades. Despite their aim of preventing harmful feedback from having a negative effect on the employee, feedback given under conventional rules can still come across to others as evaluative and judgemental. Those receiving initiative positive feedback often feel patronized when it is followed by the "bad points". This interactive course will explore an alternate set of strategies known as the "Agenda-led, Outcome-based Approach". Participants will have an opportunity to experiment with this communication approach which has proven to overcome many of the disadvantages inherent in traditional feedback methods.

Workplace Bullying vs. Position Accountability: the Boundaries of Acceptable Behavior. A Workshop.

Instructor: Jackie McDonald
Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:30pm
Location: Sheraton, MacNab Room (Plaza Level)

This course will review three forms of workplace bullying, discuss the difference between manager-staff bullying and position accountability, and introduce strategies for addressing each form of bullying for victims and for witnesses. The workshop will use clips from victims of and witnesses to bullying from health and library settings. Participants will hear about resources that should be available to them and practice responses using different strategies. This workshop is for library staff at all levels.