Hello from the 3D printing team of the Biomedical Library! We run the 3D printing service for the library which has become one of our most popular services. In addition to free […]
3D print of the week: heart teaching model prototype
Hear from Dr. Paul Offit about his new book, “Bad Advice: Or Why Celebrities, Politicians, and Activists Aren’t Your Best Source of Health Information”
October is Health Literacy Month, a perfect time to hear Dr. Paul Offit speak about his new book on sources of health information -or misinformation. WHEN: Friday, Oct. 5th, 3:30-5pm WHERE: Biomedical Library, Johnson Pavilion, […]
Biomed Librarians participate on healthcare policy-making boards
Evidence-based healthcare (EBH) policies that are integrated into Clinical Decision Support Systems are critical to clinical practice. To assist with the development of such high quality healthcare policies, biomedical librarians serve on […]
The Penn Proxy Bookmark: seamless remote access to full text articles
Do you do most of your work or research from off campus? If so, then Penn Libraries has the perfect tool for you: The Penn Proxy Bookmark. Adding this bookmark to the toolbar […]
Biomed Librarian forges community partnerships at First Thursday Meetings at Free Library of Philadelphia Walnut Street West Branch
Every first Thursday of the month from September through May, the University of Pennsylvania Office of Government & Community Affairs (OGCA) hosts an 8am networking meeting open to all Penn students, […]
Meet the 3D printing consulting team!
The Biomedical Library now offers 3D design consultations, by appointment only, to faculty, students and staff of the University of Pennsylvania. Our 3D-printing gurus are talented graduate students from the schools […]
Research impact metrics services
Are you interested in how to best assess the impact of your work as a researcher? Are you an administrator interested in the research impact or collaborations of the faculty in your […]
Interprofessional Mingling at #IPSAG Welcome (Back) Lunch
On Wednesday August 29th, 2018, #IPSAG (which stands for Interprofessional Student Advisory Gatherings, a Penn Libraries-hosted interprofessional networking event series geared towards health sciences students) held its 2nd Annual Welcome (Back) Lunch at the Biomedical Library. […]
Seeking evidence-based clinical information at the point of care
When seeking answers to clinical questions at the point of care, healthcare professionals must locate relevant, concise, highly reliable and synthesized evidence-based information in a very short period of time, e.g., 3-5 […]
Penn Health-Tech and Biomed Library to make expired medical devices available for reverse-engineering
What good are medical devices whose expiration date has passed? Well, Penn Health-Tech believes that tinkerers may find such expired devices quite useful and has started to build a stockpile of them for teams to prototype, reverse engineer, […]
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