Old Age in the New Age: Ask the Informationist

Old Age in the New Age: Ask the Informationist
University of Arizona College of Medicine
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Product ID: 20416

Abstract: 
This product in its original format was a CD which has now been uploaded to POGOe and can be viewed at http://www.pogoe.org/custom/oldageinthenewage/index.html. In this format, it consists of three parts: 1) A reprint (with permission from the publisher) of Davidoff and Florance's seminal article published in 2000 in Annals of Internal Medicine entitled "The Informationist: A New Health Profession?"; 2) A PowerPoint presentation outlining in detail the role the informationist has played in the Arizona Reynolds Program of Applied Geriatrics (ARPAG);and 3) A "Library of Questions" consisting of the full responses to 28 clinical questions posed by the Reynolds scholars. The PowerPoint presentation and each of the 28 questions and responses can also be viewed independently below.

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URL where the product can be viewed: 
http://www.pogoe.org/custom/oldageinthenewage/index.html
Educational objectives: 
After reviewing this product the viewer will :
  1. Be able to discuss the role of an informationist in clinical and medical educational settings.
  2. By adapting some of the concepts presented in this product, be able to generate ideas for the incorporation of an informationist within a geriatric education program
  3. Be able to discuss some of the very specific questions posed by academic clinicians addressing a broad range of topics including: Cardiology, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), Cultural Issues, Diagnostic and Prognostic Tools, Gero-Oncology, Gero sensitive environments and interventions (with particular reference to the Emergency Department), Medical Education, Mental Health, Palliative Care/End of Life Issues, Pharmacology, Sexuality and Surgery.
Publications from, presentations from, and/or citations to this product: 
Many of the clinical questions included in the “Library of Questions” are available on the website of the Arizona Reynolds Program of Applied Geriatrics (http://www.reynolds.med.arizona.edu/EduProducts/physicianfacts.cfm) and on the Geriatrics and Gerontology Health Topics website hosted by the Arizona Health Sciences Library (http://www.ahsl.arizona.edu/topics/geriatrics/). Four have also been published in the Arizona Geriatrics Society Journal.

The PowerPoint,” Arizona Program of Applied Geriatrics: The Role of the Informationist” was part of a presentation , with Sandra Kramer, MA, MS, to the 2007 Contributed Papers session -- Issues and Innovations in Biomedical and Life Sciences Librarianship, of the Annual meeting of the Special Libraries Association, Denver, Colorado, June 4, 2007.
Date posted: 
Tue, 05/12/2009
Date last updated: 
Tue, 08/10/2010
CME credits available: 
No
Has this product been peer reviewed?: 
No
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Contact person/corresponding author: 
Dr. Carol Howe (chowe@ahsl.arizona.edu)
Authors: 
Dr. Carol Howe
NLM Citation:
Howe, C. Old Age in the New Age: Ask the Informationist. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education; 2009 Available from: http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20416
APA Citation:
Howe, C. (2009). Old Age in the New Age: Ask the Informationist. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education. Retrieved May 17, 2012 from http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20416
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