Resources and Information Services in Professions and Disciplines: Consumer Health Librarianship INFO 220

Information professionals can provide health information to consumers of all ages who are increasingly concerned with managing their own wellness or improving communication with their health providers. Consumer health librarianship is practiced in academic, public, school, community, and hospital settings. Consumer Health Librarianship focuses on the librarian-patient/caregiver interaction and the provision of resources and services for patients/caregivers in academic, public, school, community, and patient advisory hospital settings.

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Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to: 

1. Identify, organize, and evaluate appropriate health information resources and services for consumers and care givers in particular contexts.
2. Understand the ethical concerns of providing health information without health training.
3. Conduct a consumer health reference interview.
4. Explain the history, current roles, and opportunities for providing accurate and useful health information to consumers.
5. Promote and market electronic resources to constituent communities.
6. Conduct health information outreach and education in presentation contexts, individually and collaboratively.

Agenda

• Monday, June 2^nd
  • First Day of Summer Intensive 220-11 Instruction: Receive access to CANVAS for the course. Submit a personal introduction created with Canvas Studio on the Canvas site by Friday, June 6th,11:59 pm PT.
• Tuesday, June 3^rd:
  • First OPTIONAL SJSU ZOOM Topic Presentation. 5:00 pm PST. The recording will be immediately posted after captioning. Additional OPTIONAL SJSU ZOOM lectures will be presented on June 10, 17, and 24.
• Wednesday, June 11^th:
  • Deadline to declare paper/blog topic in Canvas forum. After approval from the instructor, the topic must be posted to the discussion group so other students know that the topic is taken.
• Tuesday, July 1^st:
  • Student round-robin presentation – to share their individual article project with the class. Students prevented from attending the optional lecture will submit a 5-minute video presentation on their topic. Last Day of Summer 1-credit semester. Final Article or Blog address submitted, 11:59 pm PST, submitted as a CANVAS assignment.

MLA CE Credits: 1