New eBook – Research Management: Europe and Beyond

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A new book, entitled Research Management: Europe and Beyond, has been added to the library’s collection. This book explores the issues related to administration and research management by chronicling field insights, experiences, and global perspectives to communicate the multidisciplinary nature of research collaboration.

Research Management: Europe and Beyond is also a useful resource for those who wish to streamline their research endeavors. Major topics include “ethics, innovation, research impact, organizational structures, and processes for the project life cycle.”

PubMed Evidence Based Practice Training Course

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With the launch of New PubMed, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) has revamped their learning resources to reflect the changes, additions, and upgrades to the PubMed interface. One of the new courses they have launched is Using PubMed for Evidence-Based Practice. This course replaces the former PubMed for Nurses course, to provide training for all clinicians wanting to conduct evidence-based research. This new course includes a variety of scenarios and hands-on exercises, as well as additional exercises.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Accurately and precisely describe your clinical question using PICO
  • Convert your research question into search terms for PubMed
  • Check that medical terms in your search map to Medical Subject Headings
  • Use appropriate filters to refine your search results set
  • Use Clinical Queries to limit results to clinically relevant literature
  • Find full text linked from PubMed
  • Identify your library as a source for full text articles
  • Find the “My NCBI” link and recognize that as a place to store searches and citations
  • Identify your librarian as a source for search assistance
  • Find the PubMed Online Training page and specific tutorials relevant for continuing your training

ASCO 2020 Highlights

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The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference met virtually at the end of May, a growing trend with medical and scientific conference organizers to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

In a Nature News article, participants in a number of online conferences discussed their experiences with these virtual gatherings. MSK graduate student Emily Costa commented that the online format made asking questions less intimidating, especially for new researchers, and led to higher quality engagement. Many believe that even after the pandemic ends, conferences will retain more online components.

ASCO 2020 annual meeting logoThe online-only format of ASCO’s 2020 conference did not hinder the presentation of advances in cancer research. Here are some highlights from MSK researchers, from MSK’s News & Information team: