Health literacy is the set of skills we use to find and evaluate information in order to make health-related decisions. October, Health Literacy Month, was an exciting month in and out of […]
Health Literacy Month Recap!
Featured 3D Prints of the week: Museum artifacts, dinosaurs, skulls, and vertebrae!
3D print a 1:1 scale Penn Museum object as part of a program to learn how to make storage mounts for objects. Printed in ABS plastic on the Stratasys These prints were […]
Time to Tech ‘n’ Treat
It’s time for the #IPSAG Tech ‘n’ Treat Lunch, a drop-in networking event for students interested in clinical or other health-related careers. How do you “Tech ‘n’ Treat“? Tech: Share your thoughts about technologies available […]
3D Print of the week: spinal model used for surgical planning
This week’s print is a preoperative surgical planning spinal model that was part of a Penn Vet neurology 3D printing study. Such models are created from medical scans using specialized software. For […]
Materials Library Tour on Oct 29th for those interested in healthcare innovation
A new addition to Penn Libraries, the Materials Library, located on the ground floor of the Fisher Fine Arts Library, has a wildly eclectic and unique collection of physical materials – pigments, textures, […]
No time to put your poster together? We can help!
Due to popular demand, the Biomedical Library is now offering a poster layout service to Penn faculty, students and staff. The service includes placement of your content into a poster format, placement of […]
3D Print of the week: a newly synthesized molecule
This week’s featured print from the Biomedical Library’s 3D printing service is a structural model of a newly synthesized molecule. Dr. Eric Schelter of Penn’s Department of Chemistry and his team are […]
The Biomedical Library will host The First Annual Alice B. Kroeger Spotlight on STEM Librarianship Event: Oct. 25th, 2018
The Penn Libraries’ Biomedical Library is pleased to partner with the Philadelphia Chapter of the Special Library Association, Drexel University’s Metadata Research Center, and the Drexel University Library and Archives Student Association […]
Dynamed Plus: EBM tool now directly linked to PSOM curricular resources
Dynamed Plus, an evidence-based medicine resource purchased by the Biomedical Library, can be used as a point-of-care or educational tool providing clinically organized summaries for thousands of medical topics. DynaMed Plus editors monitor […]
3D Print of the week: surgical guide for dental implants
This week’s print features a surgical guide for dental implants. Each model has been printed in specially engineered resins that accurately model the patient’s teeth. One of the models will be used […]
