Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries

Library Grand Rounds

Health Divided: Medicine, Public Health, and their Different Literatures
Monday, May 15, 2006

Handout #1 (PDF)
Handout #2 (PDF)
Research Guide: Public Health Information Resources

The Biomedical Libraries's May 15 Library Grand Rounds explored finding information and evidence in public health. Public health--or "population health"--is a diverse area. Sources of information are widely dispersed. Clinicians have models and resources for finding relevant information and "best evidence" to use in support of care for individual patients, but... What about "public health"? What information resources does it use? How should its approach be different?

Using case studies, our speakers discussed and demonstrated the available resources, techniques, and issues.

Speakers:

• Sharon McDonnell, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Community and Family Medicine
• R. Gibson Parrish, MD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Community and Family Medicine
• Tom Mead, MLS, Research and Education Librarian, Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries

Library Grand Rounds are a forum for presenting information resources and tools of interest to Dartmouth clinicians. Please contact us (biomedical.libraries.education@dartmouth.edu), if you have questions, comments, or suggestions for future Library Grand Rounds.

The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center designates this educational activity for up to one Category I credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he or she actually spent in the educational activity.

The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.