title: Collaborating to increase access to clinical and educational resources for surgery: a case study.
abstract: A case study is described in which collaborations between a Department of Surgery, a Department of Information Technology, and an academic health sciences library resulted in the development of an electronic surgical library available at the bedside, the deployment of tablet devices for surgery residents, and implementation of a tablet-friendly user interface for the institution's electronic medical record.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Penn State Hershey Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tomasko
authors.affiliation: Penn State Hershey George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: nadams@hmc.psu.edu.
authors.forename: Nancy E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Penn State Hershey Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Frank G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Garritano
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Penn State Hershey Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Mary C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Penn State Hershey Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Peter W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Dillon
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008490:Medical Informatics
keywords: Practice-Based Learning and Improvement; Systems-Based Practice; digital libraries; electronic medical record; graduate medical education; medical libraries; tablet computers