Librarian integration into health care conferences: a case report

• DOI: 10.5195/jmla.2020.803
• Publication Date: 2020-04-01T13:07:48Z
• Authors: Carrie Price; Sapna R. Kudchadkar; Pragyashree Sharm...; Archana Nelliot; Madison Smith; Michael Friedman; Dale M. Needham
• Keywords: Best practice; Information Dissemination

Health care continuing education conferences are important educational events that present opportunities for structured learning, interactive sharing, and professional networking. Conference presenters frequently cite published literature, such as clinical trials, to supply an evidence-based foundation, with presenters' slides often shared conference attendees. By using social media, these can have greater impact, assist in supporting practice, increase stakeholder engagement.The authors a case of embedding health sciences librarian into the Annual Johns Hopkins Critical Care Rehabilitation Conference. The served multiple roles, including media ambassador, exhibitor, presenter. We explore how roles contributed field early rehabilitation research through information dissemination education. also address best practices support conference, discussion tools, platforms, work flows were beneficial.Librarian integration facilitated about bibliographic literature database content, searching, critical appraisal, reporting search methodology. Additionally, real-time distribution scholarly proficiency web citation management programs, media. Librarians' expertise organization dissemination, well various technology make them valuable addition conferences.