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The Fox Valley Area Library Consortia (FRVALC) and The National Network of Medical Libraries-Greater Midwest Region (GMR) will be hosting the MLA Webcast entitled:

Partnering to Prevent Diagnostic Errors : Librarians on the Inside Track

What :  3-hour webcast from The Medical Library Association

Goals

The goal of this program is to raise awareness and encourage participation by medical librarians in diagnostic error (Dx) prevention and mitigation.
 
Objectives

bullet Explain what Dx error is, that it's a subset of patient safety and an exceedingly critical problem
bullet Outline several roles, including collaborative roles, for librarians in Dx error prevention from solo to larger medical libraries
bullet Outline a range of activities for medical librarians to employ in their institutions to collaborate on Dx error awareness and reduction
bullet Reinforce the unique position of frontline librarians in their institutions to participate and collaborate with clinicians addressing Dx

 

Full agenda, presenters and more information are available at:
http://www.mlanet.org/education/distance_ed/spring13/index.html

When :   Friday, March 22, 2013      12:30-3:30 pm
                 (Makeup Date in case of bad weather : April 5, 2013)

Where :   Fox Valley Technical College Library (Rm G113-I) - Appleton, WI
                   1825 N. Bluemond Dr.          
                   Appleton, WI

                   Locations and Maps with driving directions
                   FVTC Campus Floor Map               Please park near entrance 11. 

Please RSVP to Michele Matucheski   mmatuche@affinityhealth.org   or  920-223-0340

This program is being sponsored in The Fox Valley by The National Network of Medical Libraries - Greater Midwest Region (N/ML-GMR) and FRVALC.   

The sponsorship of this webcast site has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. NLM-N01-LM-6-3503 with the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Last updated: March 05, 2013.