CDU Health Sciences Library partners with King / Drew High School Student Health Professionals Program
ANNUAL REPORT 2021
CDU Health Sciences Library partnered with the King / Drew High School Health Career Professionals Program to create awareness on how to find and evaluate reliable health information on the internet . The award of $ 19,000 was from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine , Pacific Southwest Regional Library at UCLA ’ s Biomedical Library .
The aim of the project was to provide greater insight to high school students on how to seek health information . A major concern is that students are often unsure as to where to find reliable information . The implementation of library workshops generated demonstrations on the use of select resources and discussions on how to evaluate those resources .
The students from the King / Drew Health Career Professionals Program represented students from grades nine through eleven . Students attended workshops , which were hosted on Zoom , to learn more about the National Library of Medicine ( NLM ) resources , such as
MedlinePlus in English and Spanish , ClinicalTrials . gov , and the All of Us campaign . Students participated in lively demonstrations and discussions . Over the course of the project , students demonstrated how to find , evaluate , and use reliable health information on the internet .
CDU Garners National Library of Medicine - HIV / AIDS Community Information Outreach Program Award
The CDU Health Sciences Library Director , Darlene Parker Kelly , and two CDU faculty members , Dr . Cynthia Davis and David Lee , were the recipients of the competitive National Library of Medicine - HIV / AIDS Community Information Outreach Program ( ACIOP ) award . The goal of ACIOP is to promote the use of the National Library of Medicine ( NLM ) resources and to increase the awareness of the NLM HIV / AIDS resources to HIV / AIDS community persons , advocates , educators , and students .
The funding award of $ 49,000 was made available from NLM . The primary aim of the project was to increase HIV / AIDS-related knowledge and awareness among people living with HIV / AIDS and others at risk including racial / ethnic minority populations on a local and national level by providing enhanced access to the NLM HIV / AIDS information resources .
The main resources introduced were PubMed , MedlinePlus ( both English and Spanish ), HIVinfo , and ClinicalTrials . gov .
Highlights from the ACIOP project included : the virtual workshops , participation in the 2nd Annual Paradigm Shift Women ’ s Conference held in Atlanta , Georgia ( with over 250 daily attendees ), and the creation of several electronic information kiosks at the three neighboring Metro Rail stations , including Willowbrook / Rosa Parks , Compton , and the Watts Towers . In addition , Charles Hobbs , CDU Health Sciences Librarian , created a libguide on HIV / AIDs information which includes reliable health information that is free to all .
CHARLES R . DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE 11