Category: Presentations
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PNC/MLA 2019 in Boise, Idaho

I attended the annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association this past week in Boise, Idaho. I look forward to this conference every year because it’s a fun, low-stakes way to share your professional activities and learn about what your colleagues have been up to. And this year gave me…
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What’s Up With #betterposter?

MLA recently opened the abstract submission system for the 2020 conference in Portland. Since it’s in my hometown, I really want to attend, especially since I skipped last year’s conference in Chicago. I’ve been brainstorming abstract ideas to help make this happen, since I can make a stronger case for my attendance at work if…
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Facing My Worst Fear
At the end of August, I will be teaching a two-hour session that will introduce our first-year medical students to the principles of evidence-based medicine. Which means that I will be standing in front of 60 young adults for two hours, speaking. I have the material cold, and usually I can just stand in front of…