Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, a podcast dedicated to current and aspiring intensivists. My name is Pradip Kamat
and my name is Rahul Damania and we come to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Emory University School of Medicine. Today's episode is dedicated to optimizing your Pediatric Critical Care Knowledge and study skills by utilizing your medical librarian.
We are delighted to be joined by Ms. Carrie Price a health Professions librarian. Carrie was formerly at the Welch Medical Library, serving the faculty, students and staff of Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Ms Price is currently at the Albert S. Cook Library of Towson University in Towson, Maryland.
Ms Price is an expert searcher with a strong interest in user-centered and instructional design, evidence-based medicine, and inter-professional education.
Ms Price also maintains and updates a YouTube Channel with videos about citation management, searching, and evidence-based medicine. Carrie is on twitter @carrieprice78
Q1. Carrie welcome to PICU DOC on Call Podcast. Our topic today— Value of the librarian in PedsICU education and it is one of the first in our series of how learners can organize their study habits while rotating in the PEDS ICU.
Carrie: Thanks Rahul and Pradip for having me on PICU DOC on Call podcast. I have no conflicts of interest or financial disclosures.
Q2. Carrie tell us your story and how you came to be an expert medical librarian ?
Carrie: I came into librarianship as a second career, after a first career in nonprofit development. I was fortunate to start my work in libraries at Johns Hopkins University, where I worked as a library assistant in access services while getting my masters degree in library science. During this time my mom was diagnosed with appendix cancer, a rare cancer, (she's okay now), and through the time we spent together in the hospital, I noticed there was a medical library in the building. I had this epiphany that librarians weren't limited by traditional career paths. From then I started focusing on health and consumer health classes. Later, at a work all-staff meeting, I literally bumped into the former director of the Welch Medical Library, and the rest is history! I applied for an open position, was hired, and started working at the Welch Medical Library in 2012. It has been an incredible experience. I am fortunate to work extensively with a number of departments and divisions at Johns Hopkins and now at Towson University, so my experiences have been really multidisciplinary. In the past I worked as a physical therapy technician, which was awesome and helped inform the knowledge I brought to the profession. I've taken a lot of professional development in the field. I just never stop learning, and I love sharing information on Twitter, YouTube, and on my website, which is http://carrieprice78.github.io/ (carrieprice78.github.io).
This is such an amazing story!
Q3: Carrie the practice of critical care medicine requires that learners in the Peds ICU remain current in their knowledge of the literature. Given an overwhelming amount of information out there how should these learners drink from that fire hydrant without being blown away?
Carrie: I think that's an excellent question. Prior to the arrival of internet, most additional knowledge was acquired from physically going to a library and perusing through peer reviewed journals and textbooks. Now, things are digital and even "born-digital" — and there is so much information available online and on your phone.... I understand that given how much information is out there, a learner can feel overwhelmed and have difficulty trusting the information they see. That's why critical appraisal is a key part of evidence-based practice. Studies have shown the value of readily-available information in patient care and have highlighted the role of the library and librarian in support of clinical practice.
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