AUHS was recently awarded the NLM Grant for 18k. NLM, or the National Library of Medicine, is part of the National Institutes of Health and is the world’s largest biomedical library since its establishment in 1836. Located in Bethesda in the state of Maryland, the NLM is rich with history and also supports and conducts research, development, and training in the field of health and biomedical sciences. The funds will mainly go towards equipment for academic program and student use such as laptop computers and voice recorders, and will also compensate patients for participating.
By holding a community outreach, AUHS students will visit underserved hospitals that are located by the university or those that students are already associated with. Students will then interview patients about their health information needs. Lastly, they will demonstrate to patients on how to find health information by using the Internet and the NLM database.
The students will be trained on interviewing patients by an AUHS instructor, and will also be trained on researching by AUHS Librarian, Ms. June Kim. Students will also receive volunteer hours for their time.