Librarian’s trip to Bhutan, Nepal enhances access to data sources - Office of Communications & Public Affairs - Stanford University School of Medicine

"At the hospital in Nepal, Maggio had joined pediatric and medical teams on patient-care rounds, observing how they formed clinical questions and searched for answers. To help clinicians quickly access clinical research and medical information relevant to their patient’s unique situation, Maggio showed them a new online resource designed at Stanford: Lane Medical Library’s open-access clinical search tool. And it was during these rounds that the problem arose with the baby who potentially had meningitis. While the clinicians pondered whether to go ahead with the diagnostic lumbar puncture, Maggio tapped on her iPad and began to show the clinicians how information literacy could make a difference to physicians faced with a real-time clinical decision. They watched as she accessed the Lane Library clinical search tool, which provided them with an answer...."