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Date

November 2, 2020

Event Timing

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Location

Online

Cost

Complimentary

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Library Virtual Open Day

Al Maktoum Medical Library is pleased to invite you to the Library Virtual Open Day scheduled on Monday, 2nd November 2020 to learn more about library resources, services and facilities. Registration is free and all patrons are welcome to attend. Click here to download the schedule. 

Virtual Open Day Schedule: Monday 2nd November 2020
Welcome note
Tamara Muir
Senior – Director
Administrative Affairs
Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences

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Opening Talk
10:00 am – 10:15 am
“Library and Its Importance in Medical Education, Research and Patientcare”

Presenter
Professor Mutairu EzimokhaiSenior
AdvisorVice Chancellor Office
Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences

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Session 1
10:15 am – 10:30 am
“Virtual Library Tour”

Presenter
Shakeel Tegginmani
Librarian
Al Maktoum Medical Library
Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences

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10:30 am – 10:45 am
“How to Access Library e-Resources Off-Campus”

Presenter
Thasleem Harif Rahman
Lead Library Systems
Al Maktoum Medical Library
Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences

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10:45 am – 11:00 am
“Students Sharing their Library Experience”

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Session 2
11:00 am – 11:15 am
“Find Information Easily through AMML”

Being able to search for useful information that is relevant to your studies is one of the key skills that will improve your marks, as well as the overall quality of your study experience. Knowing where to find information, what information you need, how to search the sources and recording your searches are the key components for search skills. This session will cover search tools and features and relevant information resources that are available at Al Maktoum Medical Library to support your learning and research.

Presenter
Shakeel Tegginmani
Librarian
Al Maktoum Medical Library
Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences

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11:15 am – 11:30 am
“Know about MBRU Knowledge Repository and Its Benefits”

Repositories are important tools for preserving an organization’s legacy; they facilitate digital preservation and scholarly communication. MBRU Knowledge Repository is a digital service that collects, preserves, and distributes digital material. MBRU’s scholarly communications including theses, faculty publications, student projects, and publications are the key digital records available in this repository. The session will cover an overview of KR, how documents can be submitted, know about its benefits, accessibility and long term preservation.

Presenter
Thasleem Harif Rahman
Lead Library Systems
Al Maktoum Medical Library
Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences

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11:30 am – 12:00 pm
“Open Access Publishing at Springer Nature – A Path to More Visibility and Impact”

This webinar explores options to publish in our high quality open access journals. Why has open access become so important and what are the benefits to the researchers? What can you as a researcher do to improve your research’s visibility and how does publishing in an open access journal help you to make your article more discoverable on a publisher’s platform? Session will cover answers to these and other questions. The session will also cover introduction to open access, Green vs. Gold open access, benefits of open access, predatory journals, open access at Springer Nature, Springer open access portfolio and funding support and peer review.

Presenter
Johanna Kuhn
Institutional Engagement Manager Open Access
Springer Nature

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Virtual Booths – 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm (Parallel Sessions)
Booth 1 – Elsevier
“Your Partner in Education Research”
You will learn how ClinicalKey supports healthcare professionals and students with the latest evidence across specialties in a variety of formats, including full-text reference books and journals, point-of-care monographs, drug information, videos, practice guidelines, customized patient education handouts, clinical calculators and more.Presenter
Laila Tawfik
Account Development Manager
ElsevierThe session will cover how SciVal allows you to visualize your research performance, benchmark relative to peers, develop strategic partnerships, identify and analyze new, emerging research trends, and create uniquely tailored reports. You will also learn how to evaluate research strengths and weaknesses using SciVal modules.Presenter
Wael Mansoor
Consultant – Research Management
Elsevier

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Booth 2 – Wolters Kluwer Uptodate
“Improve Patient Care Using UpToDate”

More than 7,100 world-renowned physician authors, editors, and peer reviewers use a rigorous editorial process to synthesize the most recent medical information into trusted, evidence-based recommendations that are proven to improve patient care and quality. More than 1.1 million clinicians in 180 countries and almost 90% of academic medical centers in the United States rely on UpToDate to provide the best care. Learn about what’s new in UpToDate and how UpToDate is committed to innovation and value to continually make enhancements that help clinicians provide better patient care.

Presenter
Hashem Kanafani
Account Manager – Clinical Effectiveness
UpToDate | Lexicomp | Medi-Span
Wolters Kluwer

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Booth 3 – BMJ
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

“Foster and Develop Research Skills”

Join anytime for a short session that shows you how you can benefit from your access to Research to Publication – a research methodology and publishing programme – and BMJ Learning – a learning platform which allows you to test your knowledge and keep updated with the latest developments in medicine.

Presenter
Ali Boukabache
Training Manager
BMJ

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
“Clinical Webinar – BMJ Resources for Healthcare Professionals: from Decision Support to Digital  Learning to Getting Published”

The following topics to be discussed:

  1. Evidence based medicine
  2. Clinical decision support
  3. BMJ Best Practice and the Comorbidities tool from BMJ Best Practice
  4. BMJ Learning
  5. Getting your paper published

Presenter
Kieran Walsh
Clinical Director
BMJ

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Booth 4 – EBSCO
“Explore World of Medical Resources”

EBSCO provides evidence-based information, nursing skills, allied health resources, healthcare business intelligence, research tools and more. The session will cover various databases from EBSCO that provides clinical content and information resources for health professionals and how these databases are integrated with EBSCO Discovery Service to ensure users can easily access medical information that they need and benefit from greater efficiencies and increased flexibility.

Presenter
Wael Salama
Regional Manager
EBSCO

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Booth 5 – McGraw-Hill
“McGraw Hill comprehensive digital solutions to your medical and educational needs”

AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill Medical is a comprehensive online medical resource that helps residents, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants with instant access to videos, self-assessment, and leading medical textbooks that facilitate decision-making at the point-of-care; and allows practicing physicians to brush up on their medical knowledge to ensure the best patient outcome. Learn how these text books and multimedia library can benefit students and faculty for teaching and learning.

Presenter
Yoossuf Al-Khanchi
Trainer
McGraw-Hill

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Booth 6 – WK – OVID
“Human Anatomy in Digital Form”

Acland’s Video Atlas of Human Anatomy contains nearly 330 videos of real human anatomic specimens in their natural colors, including 5 new, groundbreaking videos of the inner ear. Dr. Robert Acland presents moving structures—muscles, tendons, and joints—making the same movements that they make in life.

Presenter
Ahmed Alwani
Training Sales Engineer
Ovid Health
Wolters Kluwer

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Booth 7 – Wiley Global Research
“Evidence-based Medicine Reviews using Cochrane Library ”

The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. The Cochrane Library provides practitioners with protocols, systematic reviews, abstracts, technology assessments, economic evaluations, and clinical trials abstracts, ensuring they have the most up-to-date, independent, and assessed healthcare information at their fingertips. The session will cover the tools and features available in Cochrane Library to find relevant information.

Presenter
Tia Al Shahristany
Account Manager
Wiley Global Research

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Booth 8 – Al Maktoum Medical Library
“Library Outreach & User Engagement Programs”

User engagement activities are conducted to form collaborative relationships within the university and wider medical community. We design and promote a variety of events and activities that are relevant, interesting, and meaningful to our patrons of different ages, backgrounds, and educational levels. Inspiring returning and attracting new patrons to the library is done through the coordination of outreach efforts, social media, and publicity. This session will give you an overview of our past events and our planned activities for the upcoming year.

Presenter
Laila Abdelkhaliq
Senior Executive
Al Maktoum Medical Library

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Booth 9 – Al Maktoum Medical Library
“Learn about Borrowing Policies and Library Membership”

Library collection includes more than 3000 print books covering more than 40 specialties in medicine. These books are categorized into reference books, course reserves, rare books, archives etc. This session will cover how these books can be borrowed and guidelines to be followed for borrowing. You will also learn about library membership and how library extend its resources, services and facilities to wider medical community.

Presenters
Mohamed Rafeeq
Senior Executive – Technical Services
Al Maktoum Medical Library

Sayed Purayil
Executive – Information Desk
Al Maktoum Medical Library

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