WHMIC teams up with MAHSLIN to offer continuing education event

MAHSLIN partnered up with the Western Massachusetts Health Information Consortium Collaborative (WMHIC) to host a CE event, Ninja Strategies and Labyrinthine Travels in Librarianship.

Details on the program follow:

Location: Baystate Health Conference Center
Date: Friday, September 26

Time: 9:00am-12:45pm

Session 1:
Ninja Teaching: Stealth Strategies to Conquer Any Teaching Scenario In this interactive session, participants will identify effective teaching strategies and practice implementing them. The session will focus on three common teaching scenarios for librarians, including:
1. One-to-One (e.g., Medical resident walks into the library and asks for a tutorial)
2. Small Group Instruction (e.g., A group of five nurses ask for assistance in researching a quality improvement project)
3. Classroom (e.g., Faculty asks for an introduction to library services for incoming allied health students)
Presented by:  Rebecca Blanchard, PhD, MEd, from Baystate Health, Academic Affairs Division. Dr. Blanchard is the director of medical education and research, and focuses her efforts on developing innovative educational curricula, conducting education research, and developing the academic prowess of faculty and staff. She also conducts "ninja teaching" (teaching faculty and staff when they don't realize it) on education and education research.

View the powerpoint from this session here. 

Session 2:
The Use of Labyrinths in Stress Reduction Presented by:  Donna Zucker, RN, PhD, FAAN, from University of Massachusetts, School of Nursing.

Dr. Zucker researches the prevention of communicable diseases and the efficacy of behavioral modifications for those at high risk of addiction, contracting hepatitis C or HIV.  With the Sheriff's Office of Hampshire County she has initiated two programs with incarcerated offenders:  a peer education program to prevent the spread of communicable diseases and the development of a labyrinth walking curriculum.  In this latter project, Dr. Zucker worked with a landscape architecture student to develop an outdoor labyrinth at the county jail.  Currently she is completing a labyrinth walking study in high stress library environments.  Data indicates that labyrinth walking is highly satisfying and reduces stress.  Participants will have an opportunity to walk a portable labyrinth.

View the powerpoint from this session here. Find a labyrinth near you here.