Rusk Dolls Exhibit
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Rusk Dolls Exhibit Highlights Global History of the Institute
The Archives of the NYU School of Medicine has recently installed a new exhibit on the first floor of the Medical Science Building. The exhibit features a selection of dolls from the extensive collection owned by the Rusk Institute for Rehabilitation. Beginning in 1950 with the first gift of a pair of dolls from India news of the tradition quickly spread by word-of-mouth. Soon foreign doctors and therapists who came to train at the Institute and even patients who came to be treated there were bringing dolls. Dressed in costumes native to the country of the donor, the dolls are a vivid and heart-warming illustration of the world-wide influence of the Institute founded by Howard A. Rusk after World War II. The exhibit also highlights the early history of the Institute and the careers of the first two Directors – Howard A. Rusk and Mathew H.M. Lee. The exhibit will be up until the early fall.
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New Resource: GIS Services
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GIS (Geographic Information System) Services Offered by the NYU HSL
The NYU Health Sciences Libraries now provides GIS (Geographic Information System) and associated data management consulting services. Sonali Tawdekar, M.D., a recent graduate of the NYU Masters in Global Health Program, is available for consultation on Thursday and Friday afternoons. She can help you verify the data requirements in research projects create maps, incorporate GIS into your research, work with shape files, geodata bases, geocoding address, geolytics, and provide an introduction to the use of GIS in health organizations.To take advantage of this opportunity call 212-263-8935 or email gis@library.med.nyu.edu to arrange an appointment.
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PIER Now Available for PDAs
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PIER, Physicians Information and Education Resource, is an evidence-based point-of-care tool from the American College of Physicians. Designed for quick access to the most current clinical information gathered from RCTs, cohort and observational studies, case reports and expert opinion, PIER offers new and updated modules each month on topics such as Diseases, Screening & Prevention, Complementary / Alternative Medicine, Ethical & Legal Issues, Procedures and Quality Measures as well as Drugs. These modules can now be downloaded to your PDA. For assistance using or downloading PIER, please fill out the Ask-A-Librarian form found on the library’s home page under Handy Services or visit the library’s reference desk. Additional resources for PDAs and other mobile devices can be found in the Libraries’ PDA Toolkit.
PIER is available to NYU faculty, staff, and students via the Stat!-Ref platform in two formats: PIER via the Web and PIER for the PDA (download).
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