Using a Portable Wireless Computer Lab to Provide Outreach Training to Public Health Workers
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Dennis A. Pernotto; Michael M. Watson; Dawn M. Parker; Donna F. Timm; Marianne Comegys; Mararia Adams; Angela D. Anderson
- Source
- Medical Reference Services Quarterly. 25:1-9
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Education, Continuing
Libraries, Medical
Staffing
Health Informatics
Library and Information Sciences
Computer Communication Networks
Nursing
ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION
medicine
Humans
Program Development
Health policy
HRHIS
business.industry
Public health
International health
Louisiana
Community-Institutional Relations
Public health informatics
Outreach
Engineering management
Computer lab
Public Health
business
Medical Informatics
Needs Assessment
- Language
- ISSN
- 1540-9597
0276-3869
Librarians at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport developed an outreach program for public health workers in north Louisiana. This program provided hands-on training on how to find health information resources on the Web. Several challenges arose during this project. Public health units in the region lacked suitable teaching labs and faced limited travel budgets and tight staffing requirements, which made it impractical for public health workers to travel. One solution to these problems is a portable wireless computer lab that can be set up at each site. The outreach program utilized this approach to present on-site training to public health workers in the region. The paper discusses operational and technical issues encountered in implementing this public health outreach project.