Classes & Events

Need evidence for patient care or a quality improvement project? This session covers quick, practical search strategies using medical literature databases and AI-assisted tools to help busy nurses and health care providers find reliable research.  Learning objectives: Use the search interfaces of key literature databases (e.g. PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, JBI EBP database) ...

This 60-minute workshop introduces Gemini Notebook, an AI-powered research and study tool that transforms self-selected collection of sources - articles, clinical guidelines, meeting notes, datasets, and more - into infographics, audio summaries, quizzes, and flash cards. Participants will learn how Notebook bases its responses exclusively on the materials users upload, ...

Systematic reviews are a cornerstone of evidence-based medicine, designed to synthesize research findings using transparent, reproducible, and rigorous methods. This session introduces the foundational principles of systematic reviews, with an emphasis on what it takes to produce a high-quality, publication-ready evidence synthesis project. Participants will explore the major steps of the ...

Event Details: This month we are joined by Kelly Yoo and Meenu Krishnakumar from Stanford, who will discuss their work on MySuppleHub. Over half of US adults use dietary supplements, yet the evidence supporting many products remains fragmented, uneven in quality, and often influenced by industry funding. MySuppleHub, developed by the ...

Researchers today confront an enormous and seemingly overwhelming flood of scientific literature, blogs, podcasts, and more. Fortunately, there are some excellent tools that can help you filter and organize the information that best matches your areas of interest. This workshop will provide a close look at: Powerful biology/medicine article recommendation databases ...

This interactive session will introduce you to Covidence, an online tool to accelerate and streamline the systematic review process. You will learn the advantages of using Covidence, recognize how it improves collaboration in evidence synthesis. You will also learn how to set up a project, invite team members, and work ...

In this 50 minute presentation, you’ll learn about the differences between Systematic and Scoping Reviews. Both have become increasingly popular, but the rationale about when to choose one versus the other can be confusing. The presentation will also demonstrate how Lane’s Research & Instruction librarians can facilitate the development either ...

This 30-minute workshop introduces Consensus.app, an AI-powered search engine that scans peer-reviewed research to surface evidence-based answers and consensus ratings for clinical questions. Designed for researchers who need literature-backed evidence, the session demonstrates how Consensus differs from traditional database searching by synthesizing findings across studies rather than returning a simple ...