BEYOND MEDLINE ADVANCES IN MEDICAL INFORMATION ACCESS
 
CONFERENCE DATES:
 
Thursday, September 16, 1993
Ramada Inn, Morristown, TN
 
Friday, September 17, 1993
Holiday Inn, Johnson City, TN
 
Sponsored by Office of Continuing Medical Education, Department of
Learning Resources/Medical Library and Northeast Tennessee Area
Health Education Center, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East
Tennessee State University, Johnson City.
 
CONFERENCE
 
The conference will feature presentations, exhibits,
demonstrations, and a Grateful Med workshop.  Presentation topics
will focus on the role of modern health-related information
technologies as they affect patient care, research, and teaching.
Participants will gain hands-on experience with state-of-the-art
computer applications and learn how to access the latest medical
and health research results.  Exhibitors from major medical and
health information technology firms at the conference will provide
participants the opportunity to examine the latest technologies and
question the experts on their use.
 
The conference will be offered at two sites.  The September 16th
program in Morristown will emphasize information technologies as
they affect practitioners in small and rural communities.  The
September 17th program in Johnson City will include presentations
on information technology as it affects health care delivery and
presentations for basic science and clinical faculty on the role of
technology in health professions education.
 
WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS CONFERENCE?
 
Physicians, residents, nurses, medical and health care faculty,
graduate and medical students, hospital administrators, librarians
who serve medical and health-related audiences.
 
MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT PENDING.
 
MORRISTOWN, TN
Thursday, September 16, 1993
 
AHEC:  Bridging the Information Gap for Rural Practitioners.
Thomas Bacon, DrPH, Director, Mountain Area Health Education
Center, Asheville, NC
 
The Idea Station:  Electronic Information Services to Rural
Georgia.  Jocelyn Rankin, PhD, Director, Mercer University School
of Medicine Library, Macon, GA
 
Computer & Communications Technologies:  Opportunities for the
Rural Practitioner.  Mark Frisse, MD, Washington University School
of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
 
Telecommunications and Rural Practice:  The Next Decade.  Wayne
Myers, MD, Director, Center for Rural Health, University of
Kentucky, Hazard, KY
 
Grateful Med Workshop
 
 
JOHNSON CITY, TN
Friday, September 17, 1993
 
Georgia Interactive Network for Medical Information (GAIN).
Jocelyn Rankin, PhD, Director, Mercer University School of Medicine
Library, Macon, GA
 
Integrating Multi Media into the Curriculum with the Laser Disk &
CD-ROM.  Margaret Hougland, PhD, Assistant Dean for Information
Resources & Associate Professor of Anatomy, James H. Quillen
College of Medicine, Johnson City, TN
 
Information Technologies & the Academic Health Science Center.
Mark Frisse, MD, Washington University School of Medicine, St.
Louis, MO
 
Slice of Life and the New Curriculum.  Andre St. Pierre, Director,
Slice of Life Office, Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of
Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
 
Grateful Med Workshop
 
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:
 
Janet S. Fisher
Assistant Dean for Learning Resources/Director,
James H. Quillen College of Medicine Library, East Tennessee State
University, Box 70693, Johnson City, TN 37614
(615) 929-6252
 
e-mail: JFISHER@LIFE.JSC.NASA.GOV
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