Staff Profile: Cynthia Vaughn
| Cynthia Vaughn, MLIS, AHIP, CHIS Clinical Information Librarian, Preston Medical Library Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Medicine Phone: 865-305-9526 Email: cvaughn@utmck.edu |
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Research Efforts
Clinical librarianship’s impact on patient care
Health literacy
Reference trends
Impact of consumer health information training on public library staff
Mentoring Interests
Construction of literature searches for systematic reviews and IACUC
Research assistance in literature searches for evidence-based medicine
Teaching methods of literature searching
Blog Beat
Library happenings; Blog Editor
Selected Publications & Abstracts
2009
“Health Literacy: Readability of Patient Handouts at University of Tennessee Medical Center.” Cynthia Vaughn, MLIS, AHIP; Sandy Oelschlegel, MLIS, AHIP; Beth Weitz, MSN, RN, WHNP-BC; Virginia Turner, MS, RD, LDN; Andrea Whisnant, MSN, RN CCRN. Poster presented at UTMCK Nursing Research Council Interdisiplinary Poster Presentation, November 16-20, 2009, Knoxville, TN.
Vaughn CJ. “Evaluation of a New Clinical Librarian Service.” Medical Reference Services Quarterly. 2009; 28(2): 143-53.
2008
Vaughn CJ. “A Review of Medical PDA Blogs.” Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries. 2008; 5(1): 79-84.
“Citation Index Comparison: Web of Science, OvidSP, and Google Scholar.” Sarah Wright, MS and Cynthia Vaughn, MLIS, AHIP. Poster presented at Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association Annual Conference, October 26-30, 2008, Birmingham, AL.
2007
Vaughn CJ. “Getting Started in Research.” Southern Expressions. 2007 Jul; 23(3): 13-14.
Quick Links
The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
Preston Medical Library & Learning Resource Center
The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
UT Medical Center
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Knoxville, Tennessee 37920-6999
(865) 305-9525
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