title: Combining history of medicine and library instruction: an innovative approach to teaching database searching to medical students.
abstract: Library faculty members at the Health Sciences Library at the LSU Health Shreveport campus offer a database searching class for third-year medical students during their surgery rotation. For a number of years, students completed "ten-minute clinical challenges," but the instructors decided to replace the clinical challenges with innovative exercises using The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus to emphasize concepts learned. The Surgical Papyrus is an online resource that is part of the National Library of Medicine's "Turning the Pages" digital initiative. In addition, vintage surgical instruments and historic books are displayed in the classroom to enhance the learning experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Library Science, LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana 71103, USA. dtimm@lsuhsc.edu
authors.forename: Donna F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Timm
authors.forename: Dee
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Deidra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Woodson
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Cyrus
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education* / Q000266:history*; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008145:Louisiana; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic / Q000266:history*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D013337:Students, Medical