Collaborating to increase access to clinical and educational resources for surgery: a case study

Jonathan M Tomasko; Nancy E Adams; Frank G Garritano; Mary C Santos; Peter W Dillon

doi:10.1016/j.jsurg.2013.03.004

Collaborating to increase access to clinical and educational resources for surgery: a case study

J Surg Educ. 2014 Jan-Feb;71(1):32-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2013.03.004. Epub 2013 Apr 6.

Authors

Jonathan M Tomasko¹, Nancy E Adams², Frank G Garritano¹, Mary C Santos¹, Peter W Dillon¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Penn State Hershey Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
² Penn State Hershey George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: nadams@hmc.psu.edu.

PMID: 24411420
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2013.03.004

Abstract

A case study is described in which collaborations between a Department of Surgery, a Department of Information Technology, and an academic health sciences library resulted in the development of an electronic surgical library available at the bedside, the deployment of tablet devices for surgery residents, and implementation of a tablet-friendly user interface for the institution's electronic medical record.

Keywords: Practice-Based Learning and Improvement; Systems-Based Practice; digital libraries; electronic medical record; graduate medical education; medical libraries; tablet computers.

MeSH terms

Computers*
Electronic Health Records*
General Surgery / education*
Internship and Residency*
Libraries, Medical / statistics & numerical data*
Medical Informatics*