May is Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, and to learn more about this hereditary disease affecting the lungs and digestive system, we’ve compiled the five resources below. These eBooks and videos discuss the role of diet and exercise in Cystic Fibrosis, how to live longer with Cystic Fibrosis, and more.
Cystic Fibrosis in Primary Care: An Essential Guide to a Complex, Multi-System Disease
Diet and Exercise in Cystic Fibrosis
Living Longer with Cystic Fibrosis [VIDEO]
This spring, the Scott Memorial Library’s Archives and Special Collections department added a third (temporary) member to their team – intern Kate!
Read on to learn about what attracted Kate to the internship and what her favorite item from the Archives has been so far.
Check out the SML’s archives and special collections.
What made you want to apply to be an intern in the Thomas Jefferson University’s Scott Memorial Library and specifically work with the SML’s Special Collections/Archives department?
I’ve always been interested in the history of science and medicine, so I was intrigued by the library’s collections. I also love the more personal, human stories related to this history, which of course one finds a lot of in an archive stretching back as far as Jefferson’s does. As a relatively new resident in the area (I live in Haddonfield), the chance to learn more about local history appeals to me as well!
What type of projects will you be helping out with?
I’m currently working on a couple of different projects. The first is a transcription of notes taken by student William H. E. Wehner during lectures given by Jacob Mendes Da Costa. The notes cover various infectious diseases and their treatments. It’s fascinating to see how medical knowledge and recommendations have changed since the 1880s when Wehner made these notes.
My second project involves updating metadata for Ariel, the Jefferson student newspaper published between 1969 and 1986. Mostly, I’m collecting key words. These will make it easier for researchers to find the specific issues and articles they need. This is a really interesting project so far – the articles cover the major political events of the day, as well as all of the goings-on at Jefferson, from academic matters to social and sporting events.
What are you hoping to learn and get out of this internship experience?
I hope to gain some firsthand experience working with different archival materials and helping to make them more accessible to wider audiences. The transcription and metadata projects are great opportunities for this. I already feel like I’m starting to get the hang of it! I also hope that my experiences at Jefferson will help me gain knowledge that will be useful in graduate school.
Is there a specific type or genre of archival documents or special collections that are most interesting to you? What is something you’ve learned so far that is interesting or something you weren’t expecting to learn about?
As I mentioned above, I have a strong interest in anything and everything related to the histories of science, technology, and medicine. I am especially interested in the social and cultural impacts of changes/advances in scientific and medical knowledge. You really see this in the different issues of Ariel. Notably, the editors of the paper devoted plenty of page space to discussions of disparities in healthcare access and proposals for national health insurance. The student journalists, along with other students and faculty who wrote letters to the editor, talked about issues that still challenge us today, and it is interesting to see how the authors of these pieces advocated for the causes they believed in.
OA Works is a newly rebranded nonprofit company that builds free, open-source tools to make the process of finding and providing open access to research available for all. They have been an important player in the Open Access community since 2013, when the company’s founders launched their OA Button, a browser extension that makes finding open access versions of articles easy. One of their newer tools, Share Your Paper, helps authors find out if and how they can legally share their manuscripts openly with the world.
Organizations like OA Works are important to the growth of Open Access. They provide front-line access tools for researchers, especially those not already associated with a large research university. These tools help keep the OA movement equitable. The vision statement of OA Works focuses on creating resources that can help marginalized students and researchers.
For Thomas Jefferson University students, staff, and faculty, these tools can be useful complements to those available from the Gutman and Scott libraries. For Abington-Jefferson Health users, these tools can be useful complements to those available from the Wilmer Memorial Library. For example, the finding full text guide includes the OA button and other browser extensions on its “tools” page. The Jefferson Digital Commons institutional repository allows scholars to share work created while affiliated with Jefferson openly with the world.
To learn more, please visit the library’s open access publishing guide.
The first annual Drs. Theresa and Charles Yeo Writing Prize invites all members of the Jefferson community—employees, faculty, volunteers, and students—to submit essays that respond to the following prompt:
Imagine we’re creating a time capsule to be laid in the foundation of one of our new Jefferson buildings and to be opened 100 years from now, in 2121. Reflecting on the past year, what personal story would you put into the time capsule for future generations?
The first-place winner will receive $1,000, the second-place winner $500, and the third-place winner $250. Winners and honorable mentions will be invited to a reading and reception to honor their work and the participation of all contestants, and they will have their entries featured in the 2021 issue of Evanescent. All other submissions will also be considered for publication in Evanescent. Submissions will be judged by the prize selection committee, and winners will be announced in late summer 2021.
Guidelines
Essays can be no longer than 1,250 words and must be submitted by Sunday, June 7, 2021, at 11:59 pm at www.jeffersoncovidstories.com/submissionform.
Full prize guidelines can be found at www.jeffersoncovidstories.com/writingprize.
Learn More
The Drs. Theresa and Charles Yeo Writing Prize is sponsored by the Jefferson Center for Injury Research and Prevention, which runs the Eakins Writers’ Workshop and publishes Evanescent, a literary journal that provides a creative forum for people to explore and share stories about their personal experiences with injury. Learn more about Evanescent, the writing prize, and the Jefferson Center for Injury Research and Prevention here.
Questions?
Email Evanescent@jefferson.edu or call 215-503-0441.
Quantitative Studies: GRADE
GRADE (Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) is considered an important tool for guiding evidence synthesis in clinical practice guidelines and systematic review development based upon the certainty of evidence. Five specific domains are incorporated in the GRADE approach: Risk of Bias, Publication Bias, Imprecision, Inconsistency, Indirectness.
Published systematic reviews generally present Summary of Findings Tables structured to reflect outcomes across studies via four levels of evidence: High, Moderate, Low, Very Low.
Qualitative Studies: GRADE-CERQual
GRADE-CERQual: represents a framework for assessing Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative Research. Four components contribute to this synthesis: Methodological Limitations, Coherence, Adequacy of Data, Relevance of Data.
The framework’s four levels of grading are High Confidence, Moderate Confidence, Low Confidence, Very Low Confidence.
Recently posted videos provide excellent guidance for each framework:
GRADE:
GRADE-CERQual:
Please visit the Scott Memorial Library’s Systematic Reviews Guide for additional Evidence Synthesis resources & details.
Questions? Contact askalibrarian (Scott/Center City), AskGutman (Gutman/East Falls), or Wilmerlibrary (Wilmer/Abington).
This May, we’re adding 25 eBooks to the collection covering a very diverse range of interests and studies. Check out the new additions below and browse our complete online collection here (Gutman) or here (Scott).
Biostatistics for Population Health: A Primer
Expertise and Architecture in the Modern Islamic World: A Critical Anthology
Food and Poverty: Food Insecurity and Food Sovereignty Among America’s Poor
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty
Managing Creativity: A Systems Thinking Journey
Managing Your Personal Finances: From Start of Career to Retirement and More
Marijuana: Examining the Facts
Meaning of Fashion in Jean Rhys: An Analysis of Gender Identity
Migrant Housing: Architecture, Dwelling, Migration
Offsite Production and Manufacturing for Innovation Construction
On Accident: Episodes in Architecture and Landscape
One Nation, Two Realities: Dueling Facts in American Democracy
Out in Time: The Public Lives of Gay Men from Stonewall to the Queer Generation
Patternmaking History and the Theory
Product Design and Sustainability: Strategies, Tools and Practice
Professional Practice for Interior Designers
Puppetry, Puppet Animation and the Digital Age
Representation and the Electoral College
Resistance and Empowerment in Black Women’s Hairstyling
Revit 2020 for Architecture: No experience required
Veiling in Fashion: Space and the Hijab in Minority Communities
As we close out the month of April, we’re giving special attention to Occupational Therapy. April marks Occupational Therapy Month and is a time to spread awareness about the importance of the profession. Occupational therapy professionals are encouraged to share stories about how occupational therapy is changing lives on social media using #OTmonth.
Creativity in Occupational Therapy: Person, Process, Product
History of Occupational Therapy in History of Occupational Therapy in the United States [VIDEO]
The Occupational Therapy Manager
The Jefferson Libraries collection now includes expanded Draw it to Know it offerings.
Access Draw it to Know it (Center City/Scott Memorial Library access)
Draw it to Know it (East Falls/Gutman Library access)
Draw it to Know it teaches gross anatomy and neuroanatomy through a series of online, interactive illustrated, and narrated tutorials. In addition to anatomy, new courses in Biology, Science for Undergraduate, Graduate & Medical disciplines, Integrated Systems (e.g., neurological, respiratory) are now also included.
Additional resources include Board Preparation for:
Support Resources
Questions? Contact AskALibrarian (Scott) or AskGutman@jefferson.edu (Gutman).
Instructors adopting Open Educational Resources (OER) into their courses can apply for grant funding to support their work. The Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund is providing Pennsylvania Grants for Open and Affordable Learning (PA GOAL), and the program is designed to support student success and increase equitable affordable access to higher education.
Get details on the application process, eligibility, and grant guidelines on the PA GOAL website. The first cycle of applications will close on Sunday, May 9.
To apply for an OER Development Grant, complete the online application form and Project Narrative documents. Start the application process here.
If you have questions, email PAGOAL@palci.org
Back in 1970, the Autism Society first launched Autism Acceptance Month. Every April, autism educators and experts use this time to educate the public, promote acceptance, and spark change around autism issues.
To help educate our community, check out these five digital resources:
Autism Genes [VIDEO]
The Boy in the Labyrinth: Poems
Personalized Food Intervention and Therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorder Management
We know that as an instructor, your time is limited. That’s why we created Canvas Express workshops to learn the most helpful and time-saving features of Canvas. Canvas Express workshops focus on copying course content, student context cards, and quiz analytics. Each session will be led by Canvas Consultants, who will provide a quick 10-15-minute demonstration and then answer your questions about Canvas and your courses.
Invest 15-30 minutes of your day into Canvas now and thank yourself later. Check out the Canvas Express workshops below and get Canvas help here.
This information can help faculty identify learner engagement and provide insights on learners in between letter grades.
Canvas Course Copy Tool
Monday, May 17
9:30 – 10 a.m.
Register
The Canvas Course Copy Tool provides faculty with a quick and easy way to copy a course, in part or in whole. The Canvas Course Copy Tool also allows faculty to easily change or convert course calendars from term to term or even convert a course calendar from a Monday-Wednesday schedule to a Tuesday-Thursday schedule.
Canvas Course Copy Tool
Monday, May 17
2:30 – 3 p.m.
Register
The Canvas Course Copy Tool provides faculty with a quick and easy way to copy a course, in part or in whole. The Canvas Course Copy Tool also allows faculty to easily change or convert course calendars from term to term or even convert a course calendar from a Monday-Wednesday schedule to a Tuesday-Thursday schedule.
Canvas Course Copy Tool
Tuesday, May 18
11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Register
The Canvas Course Copy Tool provides faculty with a quick and easy way to copy a course, in part or in whole. The Canvas Course Copy Tool also allows faculty to easily change or convert course calendars from term to term or even convert a course calendar from a Monday-Wednesday schedule to a Tuesday-Thursday schedule.
April 6 – 12 is National Public Health Week, and to celebrate, we put together a list of eBook and video resources related to public health. Topics include public health nursing in the Jim Crow era, the role of technology in global public health, and how public health practices can improve equity.
Case Studies in Population and Community Health Management
Global Health and Social Justice Discussion: Meet the Founders of Partners in Health [VIDEO]
Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness
Happy Spring, and welcome to another Jefferson Digital Commons Quarterly Report. Check out the report to read about what fellow colleagues, researchers, and students are up to!
Here are last quarter’s numbers:
This quarterly report includes:
Infographics can be powerful and influential tools in public health communication. A clear and appealing visual can quickly and effectively explain and encourage personal behavior changes to improve public health.
No public health communication has been more important this past year than the message of encouraging face mask-wearing to curb the spread of COVID-19.
To help encourage mask-wearing, graduate students in the Jefferson College of Population Health created infographics to encourage their fellow students and the public to mask up. Check out some of their infographics below and view the complete collection on the Jefferson Digital Commons (JDC). Share these infographics to help encourage mask-wearing!
Check out the complete collection of infographics on the JDC.
This April, we’re adding 25 eBooks to our digital collection. Issues discussed in this collection span a wide range of topics, including graphic design, the role that architecture can play in social equality and sustainability, fashion journalism, and more.
Check out the new titles below or visit our website to access the full online collection.
Activism in Architecture: Bright Dreams of Passive Energy Design
Affect and Embodied Meaning in Animation: Becoming-Animated
Beyond Greenwash? Explaining Credibility in Transnational Eco-Labeling
Choice Architecture: A New Approach to Behavior, Design, and Wellness
Construction Project Management: An Integrated Approach
Designing Social Equality: Architecture, Aesthetics, and the Perception of Democracy
Design to Renourish: Sustainable Graphic Design in Practice
Elements of Sustainable Architecture
Experimental Animation: From Analogue to Digital
Fashion Marketing and Communication: Theory and Practice Across the Fashion Industry
Fast Fashion Systems: Theories and Applications
From Doxiadis’ Theory to Pikionis’ Work: Reflections of Antiquity in Modern Architecture
Graphic Design: Learn It, Do It
Graphic Design for Architects: A Manual for Visual Communication
Happy by Design: A Guide to Architecture and Mental Wellbeing
Historical Pattern Archive: Women’s Clothing 1837-1969
A History of Russian Exposition and Festival Architecture: 1700-2014
Human Health Benefits of Plant Bioactive Compounds: Potentials and Prospects
Infowhelm: Environmental Art and Literature in an Age of Data
Information Systems: What Every Business Student Needs to Know
Interior Design: A Global Profession
Making Architecture Through Being Human: A Handbook of Design Ideas
Reverse Design: A Current Scientific Vision from the International Fashion and Design Congress