MAHIP 2011 Symposium

          Virtual Realities – Information
          Pathways in a Digital World

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Carol Shields Auditorium, Millennium Library
215 Donald St., Winnipeg MB

The Manitoba Association of Health Information Providers (MAHIP) invites you to join us in a day of discovery and discussion as we explore the role of virtual and mobile technologies in Libraries.

We look forward to sharing this informative day with members of Manitoba’s library community.

Registration Form 
Symposium Schedule
Symposium Rates
Session Descriptions
Biographies
MAHIP Program Committee
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	Symposium Schedule
8:30 – 9:00 am	Registration
9:00 – 10:30 am	An introduction to developmental evaluation for innovative libraries Laurie Blanchard and Jan Guise, Uiversity of Manitoba Libraries
	Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:30 pm	Survey research 101 . . .  ask a silly question? Dr. Patricia Martens, Dept. Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
	Lunch (provided for full day registrants)
1:30 – 2:45 pm	Social Media: A Landscape for Healthcare Leslie Beard and Dr. Jennifer Keelan, Centre for Innovation in Complex Care
	Coffee Break
3:00 – 4:00 pm	Panel Discussion – “Connecting clients with information in a virtual world – new roles and strategies for libraries” Sherri Vokey (Moderator), University of Manitoba Health Sciences Libraries Ross Eadie, Winnipeg City Councilor Dr. Kathryn Glazner, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba Alex Homanchuk, University of Winnipeg Library Dr. Brenda Stutsky, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
	Wrap Up

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 Symposium Rates

	Member	Non-Member
Full Registration (includes lunch)	$85	$100
1/2 Day Registration (morning)	$50	$65
1/2 Day Registration (afternoon)	$50	$65

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Session Descriptions

 An introduction to developmental evaluation for innovative libraries
Presenters will introduce the concept of Developmental Evaluation and its suitability for evaluating innovative programs in libraries involving new and emerging technologies. There will be opportunities for audience discussion.

Survey research 101 . . .  ask a silly question?
It is easy to create an online questionnaire using software such as Survey Monkey but are you asking the right questions? Before you hit Send you need to take a step back and question whether your questions are valid. This workshop will cover the basics of survey design. Learn how to construct an online questionnaire by writing good questions, sidestepping common mistakes, and avoiding bias.

Social Media: A Landscape for Healthcare
Patients and providers are turning to various web-based social media platforms to seek and share health information, and for health-related activities. One of these platforms is the 3D virtual world, Second Life. Second Life is free for users with basic accounts, and had over 16 million registered users worldwide in 2008. All of the content on Second Life is user-generated and there is a significant amount of health content on the platform. We found a variety of health-related activities on Second Life that educate people about illness and specific health topics; train physicians, nurses and medical students with virtual simulations; enable disease-specific support and discussion groups; fundraise real-life dollars for medical research; and conduct research.

Our study found that these virtual health activities have real life implications. The anonymity and various interactive features of the platform make it a new and innovative domain for healthcare. Understanding both the drive to web 2.0 strategies (such as Second Life) for health-related activities, and how people engage with these platforms, present new opportunities for patient and provider engagement. 

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Biographies

Laurie Blanchard is the Outreach Librarian for Long Term Care at the J. W. Crane Memorial Library, University of Manitoba Health Sciences Libraries. She has a B.A. from the University of Winnipeg, a MLS from McGill University, and is currently enrolled in the Masters Certificate program in Library Leadership at the University of Victoria. Laurie has worked at the J. W. Crane Memorial Library since 1990, first as a consultant and for ten years as Systems Librarian. Laurie taught in the Library Technician program at Red River College; is a past editor of the Canadian Health Library Association’s journal BMC; and served as president and program chair of the Manitoba Health Libraries Association. Laurie was the recipient of the 2008 Manitoba Library Association Library Innovation of the Year award for her Info-LTC blog. 

Leslie Beard is a designer and the manager of University Health Network’s Centre for Innovation in Complex Care (CICC) in Toronto. Leslie is very focused and passionate about creating compelling and meaningful experiences for people. She is particularly interested in the application of creative and innovative strategies to empower patients, care givers and healthcare professionals.  Much of Leslie’s work focuses on using social media and new media platforms for optimizing health communication and healthcare delivery.

Ross Eadie is a Winnipeg city councilor for the Mynarski Ward. He has worked as a policy analyst in the area of disability issues, run his own small IT business and worked as a financial/accounting coordinator. Ross is very involved in community development and worked with many volunteer organizations including the Network of Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Manitoba and Injured Workers Manitoba. Prior to his election as a City Councilor he served as a School Board Trustee in the Seven Oaks School Division.

Dr. Kathryn Glazner, BSc, MD is a first year resident in the Family Medicine program at the University of Manitoba, where she had also completed her medical school training as well as her undergraduate education. She is an active user of mobile clinical decision support tools and looks forward to a professional career in an electronic patient record environment.

Jan Guise received her Master of Music (Theory) from the University of Western Ontario and her Master of Library and Information Studies from the University of Alberta. She has worked in academic libraries since 1999 at the University of Toronto, Red Deer College, Washburn University (Kansas), and Memorial University of Newfoundland. She has been Head of the Eckhardt-Gramatté Music Library at the University of Manitoba since 2007. She is currently enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Library Sector Leadership program at the University of Victoria, and on track to graduate in May 2011. Her research interest in mobile devices and library innovation have come out of that program.

Alex Homanchuk is the Digital Initiatives Librarian and Head of Digital Resources & Acquisitions at the University of Winnipeg. Alex is responsible for selection, acquisition, and implementation of digital resources and coordinates the Acquisitions and ILDD units. He is also the Collection Manager for History of Art and Politics. Alex currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Manitoba Library Association. Recently, Alex sat on the conference planning committee for Access 2010 and was instrumental in organizing Hackfest.

Dr. Jennifer Keelan is an Assistant Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, and a faculty member with academic appointment at the Centre for Innovation in Complex Care. Her research interests include public health policy, health communication, Web 2.0 and social media technologies, health promotion, no-fault compensation schemes and patient safety, citizen engagement and the democratization of science. She has won numerous awards, including a CIHR Operating Grant. Her current collaborative project with the CICC involves Web 2.0 platforms and citizen engagement in health policy and knowledge exchange.

Dr. Patricia Martens is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. She is also the Director of the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Dr. Martens is involved in various national committees, including Governing Board of the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, and Scientific Chair for the CPHA Centenary Conference in June 2010. Dr. Martens has held various research career awards and was recently named the 2010 YM/YWCA Woman of Distinction for Health & Wellness. She directs The Need To Know Team, a collaborative research group of university academics working with planners from Manitoba’s 11 Regional Health Authorities and the Manitoba Department of Health. This Team’s research impact on health policy and planning was recognized through receipt of the prestigious CIHR’s national KT Award for Regional Impact in 2005.

Brenda Stutsky is a Registered Nurse with a PhD in Computing Technology in Education. Brenda works with the Division of Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba. She also teaches in a sessional capacity with the Centre for Nursing and Health Studies at Athabasca University. Brenda’s blog Brenda’s Tips, Blips and Clips is “An assortment of things related to education, computing technology, and anything else that comes to mind!” She also collaborates on the blog href=”http://bethbrendahelga.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html”>Millions of Ways . . . which encourages discussion about Canadian health care that can contribute to “a million ways to fix our system.”

Sherri Vokey is the Health Sciences Centre Librarian at the Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library, University of Manitoba. Sherri held positions as an academic librarian at the University of Winnipeg, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the University of Toronto. She was the lead instructor in the Library & Information Technology Program at Red River College from 2007-2010. Sherri is currently President of the Manitoba Library Association and recently served on the conference committee for Access 2010 and co-chaired the 2010 Manitoba Libraries Conference.

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MAHIP Program Committee
Lori Giles-Smith, Chair
Judy Inglis
Andrea Szwajcer

Questions? Email: Lori_Giles-Smith@umanitoba.ca