health environment

Is a

health background necessary?

Objectives

Professional domains in health

Information needs

Teach yourself new health medical topics

Health professions spectrum

1 2

3 4

Basic science

• Understanding fundamental principles of health

• Detached from patient care

Clinical laboratory science

Clinical laboratory science

Hematology

bacteriavirusesfungiparasites

Urinalysis Microbiology

Immune system

Immunology

Medicine

Medical specialties

Medical care

Clinical research

Clinical trials

Epidemiology

Outcomes researchHealth services research

Nursing

Allied health

Public health

Global health

health across regions and people dissolving the boundaries that divide us

Global Health = Ending health disparities

“The world can no longer be allowed to exist half healthy, half sick”

Change Collaboration Extension (beyond campus)

Extension (conceptual)

Globalization

Development

Improvement

Emerging diseases and health conditions

Global reach

Service

Policy

Outside the Duke University campus: local, national, global

Technology: drugs, vaccines, diagnostics

Healthcare infrastructure & equipment

Understanding health beyond the clinical or biological

Knowledge ownership and control

interdisciplinary medical sciences

computer +

information science

molecular biology

bioinformatics

complex nature of diseases

Genes, Behavior, Diet/Nutrition, Infectious agents, Ecology, Society, ???

Translational Science

ActivityYou have 30 minutes to

1. Pick a print journal

2. Find a written piece that interests you

3. Questions:– What is the topic of this article?– What does it say about this topic?

4. Look up concepts that are new to you.

5. We’ll be discussing your article.

Teach yourself new medical concepts

Information needs

Researcher needs

Doctor needs

• Information needs are frequent

• Time and management barriers

Doctors’ information needs

• Diversity of resources consulted

• Opportunities for information management education

Patients’ information needs

Driving patient info needs

Patient use of info

Questions about information needs

• Do you agree with these models/findings? Why or why not?

• Think about a recent health information need. What happened? What patterns/conclusions can you say?

Conclusion

Professional domains in health

Information needs

Teach yourself new health medical topics