Caregiving

Take Heart

A workshop for caregivers

Saturday, February 14th
10-11:30 a.m., SLT

Location: Healthinfo Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Healthinfo%20Island/102/190/24


Take some time on Valentine’s Day to care for yourself! Join counselor Avalon Birke and consumer health librarian Carolina Keats on Healthinfo Island for a workshop on a topic of concern to many: caregiving.

Avalon will be talking about coping methods for caregivers,then Carolina provides an overview of good resources, including legal, financial, and health information.You'll leave with a listing of top-quality links that can help you get the help you need. If you cannot attend, the handout is available to all.

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Please note: If this topic interests you but the date or time won't work – let me know. I am happy to conduct another workshop on the same topic. I am also delighted to tailor workshops or classes on many topics your group would like to know more about.

Carolina Keats
Consumer Health Librarian

Supported by funding from the National Library of Medicine
Administered through the Alliance Library System

Start the New Year Well! Learn how to find good health information on Healthinfo Island - Wednesday

PubMed for YOU: Searching for Medical information

PubMed for YOU: Searching for Medical Information

October 14
PubMed for YOU: Searching for Medical information
Healthinfo Island Classroom area
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. SL time
Prerequisites: Curiosity and an interest in searching for health information

Join us on Healthinfo Island for a hands-on opportunity to learn how you (yes, you!) can search the PubMed database. No need for prior experience - it's all about checking out one of the greatest informational resources we have, free on the Internet. Questions? Contact Carolina Keats inworld.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Healthinfo%20Island/102/190/24

I take this one personally

Nearly 8 years ago I finally did what I had been dreading for 29 years: I stopped smoking. The journey to cessation was amazing and life-altering, entailing lots of learning. I didn't just learn about what smoking does to bodies, but about my own fears and anxieties around cessation, and how important a community of support is in change.

You could say that this class was more than 8 years in the making. I will be telling (briefly!) my own story, but also asking for your own experience. Without pressure, I'll also share a few good resources so when you're ready, you'll know where to find good info on medications, community support, and more (and who knows, we may even begin our own smoking cessation support group).

Second Life is a community. Let's come together for health!

Carolina Keats

Notecard text:
Consumer Health Information at Healthinfo Island: The Workshop

Have you always wanted to learn more about consumer health information services? Join us on Wednesday, September 3 at 11:00 a.m. SL time for a one hour hands-on class!

Location is on Healthinfo Island in the classroom area: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Healthinfo%20Island/154/226/0

This is intended for you, if you:

• have little or no experience with consumer health information
  
• are interested in joining the active SL Health Librarians group, including helping to provide coverage on Healthinfo Island for tours and other activities
  

Expect to walk (or fly!) away with a basic awareness of the following:

• Reference skills (what do I need to remember? What are some dos and dont's?)
  
• Basic resources: links and tips
  
• Health information literacy - and and easy way to measure content for readability
  
• Credibility in a virtual environment: Resource quality evaluation, transparency, and knowing when to refer

The content of this workshop was used to train staff (including paraprofessionals) at the Duke University Medical Center Library, and is adapted for use in Second Life. If there is sufficient interest we will plan a second class for more advanced skills.

Looking for Health : a workshop on finding good health information

Class is in session!

This great image, kind courtesy of Ewa Dobrogowska
thanks so much!

I'm pleased with the number of people who showed up to this first class on the brand new Virtual Ability Island! Today was also the first time I have tried using voice AND a serial chat feeder AND slides, along with typed chat, for teaching. Let me just say that it's clear to me that I am no teenager, multitasking with ease and grace.

One idea that has resulted from this class is that we need to have a group (oh no, another group!) for Healthinfo Island and Virtual Ability Island classes, workshops and events. I'm trying to find a script that I can insert into a poster ('touch here to be notified about classes') or other object.

Upon request, I am also linking here to the class transcript. Note that because I didn't get permission, I have 'anonymized' everyone except me, calling all class participants 'A'. As I did this, I thought it was probably a good practice even if people do give permission.