[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":122},["ShallowReactive",2],{"impact-report-story-ucla-librarians-advance-the-teaching-research-and-patient-care-needs-of-the-ucla-health-enterprise":3},{"entry":4},{"id":5,"sectionHandle":6,"slug":7,"uri":8,"title":9,"text":10,"contributors":11,"heroImage":17,"blocks":29},"5405930","impactReportStory","ucla-librarians-advance-the-teaching-research-and-patient-care-needs-of-the-ucla-health-enterprise","impact/2024/ucla-librarians-advance-the-teaching-research-and-patient-care-needs-of-the-ucla-health-enterprise","UCLA librarians advance the teaching, research and patient care needs of the UCLA Health enterprise","\u003Cp>In the digital age, librarians have emerged as research partners while continuing to manage infrastructure that enables access to resources, collections and new technologies\u003C/p>",[12],{"id":13,"byline":14,"typeHandle":15,"title":16},"5464654","Written by","externalContributor","Caroline Champlin",[18],{"image":19},[20],{"id":21,"src":22,"height":23,"width":24,"srcset":25,"alt":26,"focalPoint":27},"5464481","https://static.library.ucla.edu/craftassetsprod/images/_fullscreen/Healthcare-1-Iris.jpg",1463,2560,"https://static.library.ucla.edu/craftassetsprod/images/_375xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Healthcare-1-Iris.jpg 375w, https://static.library.ucla.edu/craftassetsprod/images/_960xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Healthcare-1-Iris.jpg 960w, https://static.library.ucla.edu/craftassetsprod/images/_1280xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Healthcare-1-Iris.jpg 1280w, https://static.library.ucla.edu/craftassetsprod/images/_1920xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Healthcare-1-Iris.jpg 1920w, https://static.library.ucla.edu/craftassetsprod/images/_2560xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Healthcare-1-Iris.jpg 2560w","AI generated image of a medical researcher and librarian",[28,28],0.5,[30,35,39,43,60,64,88,100,103],{"id":31,"typeHandle":32,"richText":33,"sectionTitle":34},"5406742","richText","\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">As an emergency room doctor at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Jake Toy sees the aftermath of the most serious incidents happening on a daily basis in Los Angeles.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\"It's the spectrum of traumatic injuries: falls, car crashes, gunshot wounds, stabbings,\" Toy says.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Tough as his job is, he's sympathetic to paramedics who arrive on the scene first.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\"There's a lot of environmental factors going on. They're on the highway, it's often chaotic,\" Toy says. \"They have to make a lot of critical decisions quickly.\"\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Toy is passionate about ensuring that teams treating patients en route to the hospital have the best tools available to make those split-second decisions. In addition to his day job in the E.R., Toy conducts academic research on this topic. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Recently, he got interested in the power of new technology — what if paramedics could get accurate medical advice from artificial intelligence?\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Toy's curiosity led him to the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.library.ucla.edu/visit/locations/biomed/\">Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library,\u003C/a> which supports the teaching, research and patient care needs of the UCLA health and life science communities.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cfigure class=\"image--right image--half\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://static.library.ucla.edu/craftassetsprod/images/Jake-Toy-MD.jpg\" alt=\"Jake Toy\" />\u003Cfigcaption>Jake Toy, M.D., Harbor-UCLA Medical Center\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">He wanted to learn about the state of artificial intelligence in medical contexts and write a paper on his findings. But first, he needed to search the \"endless sea\" of medical literature for relevant information.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\"It felt like a very daunting task to put that search together,\" Toy says.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">As a clinical and research support librarian, that daunting task is the heart of Bob Johnson's job. He regularly offers consultations for doctors, residents, medical students and faculty looking to publish research on novel topics.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Earlier this year, Johnson and Toy met over Zoom and prepared to search the literature. Toy planned to publish a scoping review, which is a type of academic paper providing a broad overview of a topic.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\"After I was done with my first meeting with Bob, he sent me a huge Word document with hundreds of search terms,\" Toy says.\u003Cbr />\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Johnson typically spends three hours meeting with each medical researcher, but in the case of more in-depth studies, this collaborative process can take years. When conducting a systematic review, for example, librarians and researchers seek to answer a single clinical question by compiling every relevant study on the topic, sometimes reading thousands of papers. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">That kind of investment is what it means to be a medical librarian in the digital age. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\"There has been a huge shift in what librarians do. We've become a research partner,\" Johnson says. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Medical libraries still provide the infrastructure to access literature — the Biomedical Library houses thousands of hard-copy medical journals and teaching materials. Many more resources are digital. PubMed, an online collection of medical literature, is the university's most visited online database.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">With an unlimited amount of information on these web platforms, it takes a specialized skill set to find what you're looking for. Modern librarians are experts at sifting through search results, earning them authorship on research publications.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Johnson is currently working on a long-term project with researchers on healthy aging in people with intellectual disabilities. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\"It is a grind, but I'm really dedicated to getting a result from this,\" Johnson says.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">The UCLA Biomedical Library team receives requests from the university network nearly every day. Johnson specializes in serving doctors and faculty. His colleague, \u003Ca href=\"https://philanthropy.ucla.edu/stories/a-legacy-for-the-library/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Molly Hemphill, helps medical students\u003C/a>, while \u003Ca href=\"https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-library-nursing-students-research-guidance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Antonia Osuna-Garcia supports projects with nurses\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">In the past, when a medical researcher needed a librarian's help, they would call or send an email. To streamline this process, UCLA Library launched an online portal to triage systematic review consultations. This past year alone, they've fielded 105 requests from departments including psychology, surgery, pediatrics, dentistry, urology, public health and emergency medicine.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">For Toy, collaboration with the Library has been rewarding: this summer, he published \u003Cspan>his\u003Ca href=\"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/emp2.13251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> article\u003C/a>\u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/emp2.13251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> on trauma and artificial intelligence\u003C/a>. He found studies on the subject are growing, and AI may soon analyze data to predict whether a patient will need a blood transfusion, or if they're likely to survive. Determining if these tools are ready for primetime will require more research — something Toy is already considering.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Toy is among the thousands of UCLA researchers, students and faculty whose work was advanced through the resources and services offered through the Library this past academic year.\u003Cbr />\u003C/p>",null,{"id":36,"typeHandle":32,"richText":37,"sectionTitle":38},"5406743","\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Bob Johnson will be the first to admit: he’s not a doctor. He majored in English literature before earning his master’s degree in library and information science. But, serving as a medical librarian does require a good bedside manner.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Researchers aren’t the only Library users. The facility also gets visits from patients. This includes people who walk over from the Westwood UCLA Medical Plaza. Sometimes, they’ve recently been diagnosed with an illness and come to the Library looking for more information.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">“People usually come in after an appointment…it’s intense,” Johnson says. “Some people have a gallows humor about it. But sometimes they’re trying not to cry and then I’m trying not to cry.”\u003Cbr />\u003C/p>\n\u003Cfigure class=\"image--left image--half\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://static.library.ucla.edu/craftassetsprod/images/Robert-Johnson-2.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Johnson\" />\u003Cfigcaption>Biomedical Librarian Robert Johnson\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">This used to be a common experience, but since the advent of online medical resources, it has happened less—around a handful of cases in the last year. Still, Johnson is glad to provide help when he can. He empathizes with people who are overwhelmed by what their doctor told them and want to better understand what’s happening to their bodies.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">“When you get a diagnosis all this information just washes over you and you don’t always retain it,” Johnson says. “You walk away knowing something is wrong and maybe this treatment can make it better.”\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">So Johnson listens, and with the Library patron, searches for the information they need, including potential outcomes and treatment options. Over the years of doing this job, Johnson knows to give a preamble before diving into the medical literature. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">“I’ve learned to tell people, ‘What we read together is not a prophecy.’ This might be what happens in the majority of cases, but it doesn’t determine what happens to you,’” Johnson says. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Before the patient goes, Johnson pulls out his stash of blank notecards. Using the medical literature as a guide, he helps them draft a list of questions they want to ask their doctor. They leave with the power of the Library behind them.\u003Cbr />\u003C/p>","Some Patrons are Patients",{"id":40,"typeHandle":32,"richText":41,"sectionTitle":42},"5406744","\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Statistics from the Library are clear: nurses and nursing students make up the largest percentage of all Biomedical Library users. As the health science librarian serving this community, that's something Antonia Osuna-Garcia takes pride in. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">When it comes to supporting nursing students, no time is busier than the fall. That's when Osuna-Garcia makes in-person visits to most of the classes offered that quarter, giving workshops on how to use the Library's resources.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\"Sometimes I look back at my calendar and, I'm like, how did I even do that?\" Osuna-Garcia says.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Because students can access librarians in-person and online, over her seven years on the job, Osuna-Garcia has met nearly every student who's gone through UCLA's bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. nursing programs.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">The nursing program integrates the Library into its curriculum — research projects require students to search medical databases to answer clinical questions. So even after workshop season is over, Osuna-Garcia gets regular requests from students looking for one-on-one help.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\"I make myself available 20 hours a week, and during busy times, I'm doing 20 hours a week of consultations. Like, I'm booked,\" Osuna-Garcia says. \"They're not shy about reaching out.\"\u003Cbr />\u003C/p>\n\u003Cfigure class=\"image--right image--half\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://static.library.ucla.edu/craftassetsprod/images/Nursing-Liaison-Antonia-Osuna-Garcia.jpeg\" alt=\"Librarian Antonia Osuna-Garcia\" />\u003Cfigcaption>Biomedical Librarian Antonia Osuna-Garcia consults with a UCLA nursing student in a classroom\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Sometimes students know exactly what they want from the Library archives. Recently, Osuna-Garcia assisted students studying ADHD in adolescents, food allergies in infants and hospitalized neurology patients, to name a few topics.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Sometimes though, students get overwhelmed by all the studies and papers available and have a hard time narrowing their focus.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\"Many come to me in distress, and I have to say, 'It's okay, we'll take it one step at a time and figure it out,'\" Osuna-Garcia says.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">And, they do. Over the last seven years in this role, Osuna-Garcia has watched nursing students finish school, some with PhDs, and go on to permanent positions in the field.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">She doesn't know why nurses in particular use the Library at such high rates, but she has some theories.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\"It's generally well known that the nursing community uses the help that's available to them,\" Osuna-Garcia says. Because nurses are used to helping others every day, they might be more inclined to seek support themselves.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Plus, what nurses take from the Library can immediately be implemented. Research projects ultimately lead nurses to provide better care to patients in hospitals and clinics. That impact keeps Osuna-Garcia invested in her role, even when her schedule is nearly overbooked.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\"We are helping these people that go on to help many people,\" Osuna-Garcia says.\u003Cbr />\u003C/p>","Helping People Help People",{"id":44,"typeHandle":45,"sectionSummary":34,"sectionTitle":46,"impactNumberCards":47},"5406745","impactNumberCards","2023-2024 Biomedical Library by the Numbers",[48,52,56],{"id":49,"title":50,"text":34,"impactNumber":51},"5406746","Systematic review consultations","78",{"id":53,"title":54,"text":34,"impactNumber":55},"5406747","Patrons who engaged in Library programs","2770",{"id":57,"title":58,"text":34,"impactNumber":59},"5406748","Reference transactions","1208",{"id":61,"typeHandle":32,"richText":62,"sectionTitle":63},"5406749","\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">A librarian's impact can seem invisible. After helping a nursing student find an online article, or answering a patron's question about a disease, they likely won't know what happens next in that user's life. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">But as a librarian in the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.library.ucla.edu/visit/locations/data-science-center/\">UCLA Library Data Science Center\u003C/a> and head of the Lux Lab, Doug Daniels has physical proof of his contribution to the university community.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Daniels has visited all corners of the UCLA campus making 3D models for researchers. \u003Ca href=\"https://www.library.ucla.edu/about/news/datasquad-digitalizing-ant-nests-to-study-tunneling-trends/\">He's scanned ant nests\u003C/a> and replicated Viking building tools. He even mapped an entire wooden boat used by Vietnamese refugees.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">The Lux Lab specializes in emerging technologies, like 3D scanning and offers consultations to help researchers across campus generate, process, analyze, publish and archive 3D data. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">With his background, Daniels didn't think twice when UCLA ophthalmology researchers asked him to make 3D scans of eyelid tissue. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\"I walked in with my scanner and there were six medical cadavers lined up on different tables,\" Daniels says. \"I just had a 'whoa' kind of moment. To them, it's just a normal day.\"\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">He didn't realize he'd be present for the dissection. As he watched, the ophthalmologists removed the eyelids and created copies of the tissue in a mold. After an initial shock, Daniels got down to business. Using a 3D scanner, which he says looks like a \"StarTrek iron,\" he carefully rotated it around the samples, capturing them from all angles. \u003Cstrong>\u003Cbr />\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cfigure class=\"image--left image--half\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://static.library.ucla.edu/craftassetsprod/images/Doug-Daniels-with-tool.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Daniels\" />\u003Cfigcaption>Emerging Technologies Librarian Doug Daniels uses a 3D scanner to create models of all kinds of materials\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">The result was a 3D digital replica of the inner membrane of the eyelid, which helped the research team compile useful examples of healthy and unhealthy tissue.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\"For me, it just comes down to democratizing access to tools that are needed for research,\" Daniels says. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Most of the people he and his team of student employees work with already have a doctorate or medical degree. Saving them the effort of learning a new skill set, like 3D modeling, is hugely rewarding for members of the Lux Lab, like Connor Lim. He's a UCLA undergraduate. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Last year, Lim fielded a request from UCLA medical staff: they needed a cost-effective mount to hold their surgical probes, but options on the market were limited. \u003Cbr />\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\"So the idea is, can we manufacture them in-house,\" recalls Lim. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">As it turned out: yes. Lim met with the medical team and, using the Library's 3D modeling software, they drafted a digital prototype. After a few revisions, the medical team was able to use a campus 3D printer to create the probe holder.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\"It was super simple, like not difficult at all,\" Lim says. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">Jacob Niles Creer is a clinical equipment specialist and a member of the UCLA medical staff. He says those 3D-printed mounts are currently used by doctors on a daily basis at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\"These expensive surgical probes were consistently misplaced, dropped or lost, and the simple holder has dramatically reduced this occurrence by at least 90 percent in these critical instruments,\" he says. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">For Lim, the success of using Library resources to solve real-world problems also better prepared him for internships in the private sector this summer.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\"It was eye-opening,\" Lim says. \"I think that's a mutual benefit.\"\u003Cbr />\u003C/p>","Democratizing Tools for Knowledge",{"id":65,"typeHandle":66,"sectionTitle":67,"sectionSummary":34,"cards":68},"5406750","simpleCards","Additional Resources",[69,79],{"id":70,"typeHandle":71,"contentLink":72},"5406751","internalServiceOrResource",[73],{"id":74,"uri":34,"slug":75,"title":76,"summary":77,"externalResourceUrl":78},"32205","find-a-subject-specialist","Find a Subject Specialist","\u003Cp>Contact a librarian with expertise in your subject area for personalized research help and support.\u003C/p>","https://www.library.ucla.edu/about/staff/?q=&filters=subjectLibrarian.keyword:(yes)",{"id":80,"typeHandle":71,"contentLink":81},"5406752",[82],{"id":83,"uri":34,"slug":84,"title":85,"summary":86,"externalResourceUrl":87},"29170","biomedical-library-clinical-resources","Biomedical, Health and Life Science Resources","\u003Cp>This page serves as a home base for research in the biomedical, health and life sciences, with materials ranging from article databases to patient care tools.\u003C/p>","https://guides.library.ucla.edu/c.php?g=1244824",{"id":89,"typeHandle":90,"callToAction":91},"5406753","callToAction",[92],{"id":93,"titleCta":94,"summary":95,"icon":96,"buttonText":97,"buttonUrl":98,"backgroundColor":99},"5406754","Looking for Help From a Biomedical Librarian?","Make an appointment using the button below or email us at AskUs@library.ucla.edu.","svg-call-to-action-chat","Schedule a Research Consultation","https://calendar.library.ucla.edu/appointments/virtual?g=145","false",{"id":101,"typeHandle":32,"richText":102,"sectionTitle":34},"5651672","\u003Cp>\u003Cem>---\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Hero image generated using \u003C/em>\u003Cem>\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.adobe.com/products/firefly.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adobe Firefly\u003C/a>\u003C/em> \u003Cem>text-to-image feature; prompt editor: Courtney Hoffner. 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