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janicekung.bsky.social
Great blog post! "OpenEvidence: Smart Medicine or Smart Marketing?" kraftylibrarian.com/openevidence... If there is any tool that locks out librarians, I'm immediately skeptical! What are you hiding, OpenEvidence?! #medlibs #canmedlibs
OpenEvidence: Smart Medicine or Smart Marketing? – Krafty Librarian
kraftylibrarian.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
amandarosswhite.bsky.social
#medlibs #canmedlibs Calling all Embase users (esp on Ovid). Anyone know what's up with subject headings that seemingly don't exist? I was demonstrating how you can use an indexed article for finding additional terms and clicked on the link for mechanical cpr, which brought me 22 new articles.
A screenshot from Embase on Ovid shows an article given the subject heading *mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation. This is also listed as a 'candidate term'. Clicking on the link (and removing focus) reveals 22 articles given this subject heading, which seemingly doesn't exist in the Embase thesaurus. Best guess is that Embase is allowing (authors? editors?) to recommend terms, but why are these listed as subject headings and not only under the suggested ones?
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
amandarosswhite.bsky.social
I'm also concerned that things could be removed #canmedlibs
katiehoskins.bsky.social katiehoskins.bsky.social @katiehoskins.bsky.social · 22d
It's very concerning that the Literature Selection Technical Review Committee was terminated and there's little awareness of it. This has me concerned that more predatory/crap science will become part of PubMed. #medlibs
pfanderson.bsky.social PF Anderson @pfanderson.bsky.social · 25d
PubMed is running on autopilot during shutdown, but key independent committee has been abolished #medlibs www.bmj.com/content/391/...
October 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
amandarosswhite.bsky.social
Look out #canmedlibs You know they'll be coming for us.
October 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
amandarosswhite.bsky.social
#medlibs #canmedlibs work is usually behind the scenes, but sometimes it gets a little notice. Faculty "scoured a very limited body of global scientific research to try to learn more about open-heart procedures conducted on pregnant patients." #giftlink www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/02089c0...
In groundbreaking procedure, Ontario doctors perform rare heart surgery on pregnant woman
Surgeons had to operate on Julia Morris at 23 weeks without endangering the fetus. The procedure is believed to be the first of its kind in Canada in the second trimester
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
amandarosswhite.bsky.social
#medlibs #canmedlibs
histoftech.bsky.social Mar @histoftech.bsky.social · Oct 18
This woman is in a nursing program & the entire textbook for her anatomy class is wrong because it was written by a professor who used chatgpt to generate the images & possibly the text. She complained to the prof, then the university— they’ve done NOTHING about it.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM5T3CxW/
PROFESSORS RESPONSE @lia #anatomy #ai #fyp #chatgpt #anatomyandphysiology
TikTok video by lia
www.tiktok.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
amandarosswhite.bsky.social
#medlibs #canmedlibs
altcdc.altgov.info Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Oct 11
RIFed:
Office of Science - CDC Library

They have helped SO many of us with their expertise & guidance so we can do efficient & quick research.

You don’t need us toiling in Pubmed for days at a time during an outbreak. The library helps us get what we need quickly so we can continue our work.
About Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
The CDC library provides resources and services to support research, communication, and learning.<br></br>
www.cdc.gov
October 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
nbcovidinfo.bsky.social
Impacts of US Administration decisions on Canadian healthcare
#MedLibs #CanMedLibs
guides.hsict.library.utoronto.ca/beyondborders
LibGuides: Beyond Borders: Impacts of U.S. Administration decisions on Canadian Healthcare: Home
LibGuides: Beyond Borders: Impacts of U.S. Administration decisions on Canadian Healthcare: Home
guides.hsict.library.utoronto.ca
October 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
nbcovidinfo.bsky.social
Happy library month #MedLibs #CanMedLibs the sources of information upon which you rely are being violently altered and shuttered
davidho.bsky.social David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Oct 11
Among many others at the CDC, the Trump regime laid off the staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

“The publication’s storied history includes a June 1981 report that five previously healthy gay men were treated for an unusual pneumonia — the first hint of the AIDS epidemic.”
Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
chla-absc.bsky.social
Nouvelle opportunité d'apprentissage !

www.chla-absc.ca/formation_co...

#canmedlibs #medlibs #chla-absc
October 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
chla-absc.bsky.social
New learning opportunity just dropped!

www.chla-absc.ca/continuing_e...

#canmedlibs #medlibs #continuingeducation #chla-absc
October 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
amandarosswhite.bsky.social
Hey #medlibs #canmedlibs I'm super excited about this. Not just the content (awesome) but this new way of doing CE. Asynchronous for multiple times zones, followed by synchronous Q&A. All welcome!
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
greyson.bsky.social
How does "Navigation Guide" methodology differ from regular systematic review methodology? Everything I skim about it sounds just like...systematic review. #MedLibs #CanMedLibs
September 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
nbcovidinfo.bsky.social
Today I am teaching and I am bringing cookies for my students. I am not a baker so the cookies have been procured via app. #TodayThisLibrarian #CanMedLibs #MedLibs
Screenshot; black text on white background. Text shows a black outline of a heart and the word ‘cookies’. This is repeated 8 times showing 8 cookies have been ordered via the app.
September 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
chla-absc.bsky.social
Congratulations to Robin Featherstone and her team at Canada's Drug Agency on the publication of their article! / Félicitations à Robin Featherstone et à son équipe de l'Agence des médicaments du Canada pour la publication de leur article !
#canmedlibs
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Artificial Intelligence Search Tools for Evidence Synthesis: Comparative Analysis and Implementation Recommendations
To inform implementation recommendations for novel or emerging technologies, Research Information Services at Canada's Drug Agency conducted a multimodal research project involving a literature revie....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
amandarosswhite.bsky.social
It would be nice if they had something that made the changes clear. #medlibs #canmedlibs
infodocket.bsky.social infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · Sep 8
"Modernizing Journal Selection at the National Library of Medicine" (New Post From the NLM Technical Bulletin) www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbul... #Medline #Pubmed #journals #scholcomm
September 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
librarycait.bsky.social
AI search tools for evidence synthesis.

So proud of our team!

#medlibs #canmedlibs #ukmedlibs #ausmedlibs #expertsearching #evidencesynthesis

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Artificial Intelligence Search Tools for Evidence Synthesis: Comparative Analysis and Implementation Recommendations
To inform implementation recommendations for novel or emerging technologies, Research Information Services at Canada's Drug Agency conducted a multimodal research project involving a literature revie....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
nbcovidinfo.bsky.social
#MedLibs
#CanMedLibs
infodocket.bsky.social infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · Sep 8
"Modernizing Journal Selection at the National Library of Medicine" (New Post From the NLM Technical Bulletin) www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbul... #Medline #Pubmed #journals #scholcomm
September 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
amandarosswhite.bsky.social
#medlibs #canmedlibs
ayahnerd.bsky.social Dr. Ayah Nuriddin @ayahnerd.bsky.social · Sep 3
Just got my author copy of the NursingClio reader! Please everyone get like 12 copies and support the incredible work of @nursingclio.bsky.social!!
September 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
nbcovidinfo.bsky.social
HUH 👀 #medlibs
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deevybee.bsky.social Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · Aug 24
Huge variability documented in how publishers respond when informed about a problematic body of work by a research group. www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
#publishers #retractions
Bar chart showing % of articles retracted, with expression of concern, or no action from different publishers. 100% no action from Elsevier and Wolters Kluwer; 100% retraction from Taylor and Francis.
August 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
layiku12.bsky.social
Very proud to have contributed to this scoping review 😊! Hope that it encourages the development of validated geographic search filters for more locations. #medlibs #ukmedlibs #canmedlibs #ausmedlibs
jbiebhc.bsky.social JBI @jbiebhc.bsky.social · Aug 20
Geographic filters in literature searches can help limit evidence to specific characteristics, such as country or region. A scoping review aimed to identify validated geographic search filters & evaluate their development & performance measures.
journals.lww.com/jbisrir/abst...
#EvidenceSynthesis
A magnifying glass hovers over a map with various coloured human figurines, symbolising geographic search filters and data analysis in research.
August 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
nbcovidinfo.bsky.social
#TodayThisLibrarian well technically last night, I spent 2.5 hours on a call with other leading volunteers across Canada defending a new CSA standard. Evidence is at the heart of this.
#MedLibs #CanMedLibs
nbcovidinfo.bsky.social NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · Aug 15
Hi everyone. Very time-sensitive ask here from your friend in NB. Two parts, relating to the CSA standard #Z94.4. The Canadian Aerosol Transmission Coalition has written a statement in support of the revisions to Z94.4. You or your organization are welcome to sign on in support, deadline tom. /1
August 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
bibliolagus.bsky.social
Evidence synthesis folks:
In the PRISMA flow diagram, do records removed by Covidence's automatic deduplication go in "Duplicate records removed" or "Records marked as ineligible by automation tools"?

#medlibs #canmedlibs
August 15, 2025 at 4:48 AM
amandarosswhite.bsky.social
Hot day at work, so I went for a swim. #medlibs #canmedlibs
A woman in a sunglasses and sunhat in Lake Ontario
August 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
srlibproblems.bsky.social
Never been so happy to have followed good #DataManagement practices. There were times that I almost didn't take the time to use the naming convention, but I resisted.

I must remember to thank my awesome colleagues for inspiring this in my practice (they know who they are ❤️). #CanMedLibs
August 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM