The MKSAP 15 : Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program and the MKSAP 15 Audio Companion are now available from Himmelfarb Library.

The MKSAP 15 : Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program is a collection of 11 books which provide text, multiple-choice questions, and figures, charts, and tables to support your learning. The books are designed to help you close gaps between the actual care in your practice and preferred standards of care, diagnose less-common diseases, improve management of co-morbidities, and determine when to refer patients to surgeons or sub-specialists. Each book focuses on a knowledge area: cardiovascular medicine, dermatology, endocrinology and metabolism, gastroenterology and hepatology, general internal medicine, hematology, infectious diseases, nephrology, neurology, oncology, pulmonary and critical care medicine, or rheumatology.

The MKSAP 15 Audio Companion Each is a collection of twenty two CDs which allow you to review highlights of the MKSAP 15. The CDs allow you to focus on the content areas that are important to you. Each CD extracts and expands on significant information from MKSAP 15 while focusing on cardiovascular medicine, dermatology, endocrinology and metabolism, gastroenterology and hepatology, general internal medicine, hematology, infectious diseases, nephrology, neurology, oncology, pulmonary and critical care medicine, or rheumatology.

The MKSAP 15 : Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program is available in the library's Reserve Collection, located at the Circulation Desk on the 1st floor of the library. The books are available for borrowing for a one week period. The MKSAP 15 Audio Companion is available in the library's Audiovisual Collection, located in the Bloedorn Technology Center on the 3rd floor of the library. The CDs are available for borrowing for a three week period.

Faculty are invited to attend a TurningPoint information session on Tuesday, August 17th from 12 - 1 p.m. in Himmelfarb Library B103. TurningPoint is an audience response system which uses a small handheld device, a 'clicker', to collect answers to multiple choice and true/false questions displayed via PowerPoint.

Faculty can learn how to integrate interactive questions into their PowerPoint presentations and how to use the TurningPoint software to collect 'clicker' responses. Faculty will also learn how to use TurningPoint's reports feature to analyze responses.

If you have questions, please contact Laura Abate at mlblea@gwumc.edu or 202-994-8570.

Attention laptop users: new items are available for loan from the Bloedorn Technology Center Help Desk!

The 3rd floor study rooms with wall-mounted LCD screens now accommodate Mac users and multiple laptops! You can check out a Mac adapter that fits on to the VGA cables we provide, so you can hook your Mac up to our screens. We also now check out power strips so that everyone in your group can plug in their laptops. The loan period is 4 hours.

Do you like to gather in small groups to work on projects using your laptop, but find it hard for everyone to see what is on the screen? Himmelfarb Library has just outfitted study rooms 304A-K on the 3rd floor with 42" wall-mounted LCD monitors that will project your laptop image for easier viewing by all.

Simply check out a VGA cable (for connecting your laptop to the monitor) and a remote control from the Bloedorn Technology Center Help Desk and you can easily display your monitor's image to others in the room. If no one is available at the Help Desk, ask someone at the Circulation Desk to assist you.

Do you like to gather in small groups to work on projects using your laptop, but find it hard for everyone to see what is on the screen? Himmelfarb Library has just outfitted study rooms 304A-K on the 3rd floor with 42" wall-mounted LCD monitors that will project your laptop image for easier viewing by all.

Simply check out a VGA cable (for connecting your laptop to the monitor) and a remote control from the 3rd Floor Bloedorn Technology Center Help Desk and you can easily display your monitor's image to others in the room. If no one is available at the Help Desk, ask someone at the 1st Floor Circulation Desk to assist you.

Himmelfarb Library welcomes recommendations from faculty, students and staff members for materials of all types that we may want to add to our collection. Because of your research, clinical, and educational expertise, you may be aware of an information resource that would be valuable to our collection, and we want to hear from you!

Although the final addition is dependent upon a number of factors, we depend upon your input to identify high-quality materials. Once a request is made, we will review the specific title, balance it with the other titles in the same area, and keep you aware of the final disposition. We will also provide any training necessary.

Please do not hesitate to contact us to make us aware of your request. You can submit requests and recommendations:

• Purchase Request Form
• By contacting the individual responsible for that area of the collection:
• Books: George Paul (202-994-3682, mlbgpp@gwumc.edu)
• Journals: Steve Brown (202-994-9756, mlbswb@gwumc.edu)
• Audiovisuals: Catherine Harris (202-994-9453, mlbcrh@gwumc.edu)
• Software: Alexandra Gomes (202-994-1825, mlbawg@gwumc.edu)
• Databases and Electronic Textbooks: Laura Abate (202-994-8570, mlblea@gwumc.edu)
• By making your request known to your Library Liaison.

Please help us with your special knowledge as we try to make our collection one of the best available.

Need to learn how to create slides that integrate with students' clickers? Stop in during the Himmelfarb Library's Turning Point office hours to get one-on-one assistance using the Turning Point software to create mutliple choice or polling slides. No registration needed!

• Thursday, August 20 from 9-11:00 am (Himmelfarb room B103)
• Tuesday, August 25th from 2-4:00 pm (Himmelfarb room B103)

The MedStudy Video Board Review of Internal Medicine is a series of 19 DVDs with an accompanying guide to help internal medicine residents prepare for Step 3 of the Boards. This resource is now available in the Bloedorn Technology Center on 3rd floor of Himmelfarb Library. The MedStudy Video Board Review of Internal Medicine can be found at call number RC59 .M492 2009.