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News from Pacific College
SAN DIEGO CAMPUS LIBRARY JOINS NATIONAL NETWORK
The library of Pacific College's San Diego campus was awarded membership to the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) in December of 2003.
As a full member of NN/LM, Pacific's library will participate in DOCLINE, the National Library of Medicine's automated interlibrary loan request routing and referral system. DOCLINE is a free service for over 3,200 U.S., Canadian and Mexican libraries.
The mission of NN/LM is to advance the progress of medicine and improve public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and by improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. As a full member of NN/LM, Pacific's library will be able to borrow interlibrary articles and loan materials from other members, and will also loan out materials when they are requested.
According to Pacific College Director of Libraries Naomi Broering, members of NN/LM visited the campus's library in October 2003 to assess its eligibility for the network. Smaller libraries like the one at Pacific are usually given affiliate membership to NN/LM. However, the organization was so impressed with what they saw at Pacific, they awarded the library full membership.
Pacific's NN/LM membership will last until 2006, when it will be reviewed for renewal.
NEWLY CREATED ADMISSIONS DIRECTOR POSITION SERVES ALL 3 CAMPUSES
Gina Rubbo was named director of admissions for all three Pacific College campuses on October 20, 2003. According to Jack Miller, L.Ac., the college's president, the position was newly created to bring operational unity to the admissions departments of all three campuses.
Rubbo, who has been an admissions counselor at Pacific's San Diego branch since 1996, will now also be involved in the training, productivity and procedures used by the New York and Chicago campuses."Up to this point, the [admissions] procedures for all three campuses varied," Rubbo said. "One of my main goals as director of admissions will be to get a system that will unify all three campuses and to develop a team."
As part of her new position, Rubbo hopes to visit the New York and Chicago branches, as well as further define the duties of the admissions assistants. "The details of this position will be defined as time goes on and the departmental needs reveal themselves," Rubbo said of her new responsibilities. "I like that element of surprise. I'm really looking forward to the challenge."
PACIFIC COLLEGE BLOOD DRIVE A SUCCESS
Pacific College of Oriental Medicine raised 33 units of blood for the San Diego Blood Bank at its San Diego campus September 23, 2003. Of 45 Pacific College students, faculty and staff who volunteered to give blood during the all-day event, 33 people were eligible to donate.
"Pacific College is home to many grateful students, staff and patients who regularly look for opportunities to volunteer for those who are in need," Pacific College President Jack Miller said. "When we heard that the Blood Bank had a shortage, we were all eager to contribute."
On any given day, approximately 400 units of red blood cells are needed in San Diego. The summer months and holiday season is when blood donations decrease the most. According to the San Diego Blood Bank, less than 5 percent of healthy Southern Californians who are eligible to donate blood actually do so each year.
PACIFIC DEAN OF LIBRARIES RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
The Marcia C. Noyes Award was presented to Pacific College of Oriental Medicine Dean of Libraries Naomi C. Broering at the Medical Library Association's 2003 conference in San Diego.The award, which was established in 1947, recognizes an individual who has made lasting and outstanding contributions to the health sciences librarianship profession. Since becoming a librarian in 1966, Broering has made many improvements in her field and has earned several awards for her work.
During the 21 years she worked at Dahlgreen Memorial Library at Georgetown University, Broering was a leader in the development of the librarian information systems (LIS), one of the first library systems tailored specifically to medical librarians. She also implemented the mini MEDLINE system and Georgetown's integrated Academic Information Management Systems (IAIMS) project.
In addition to the Marcia C. Noyes Award, Broering has received many other honors for her work as a medical librarian. In 1986, she received the ISI Frank Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award and in 1987 she was awarded the SLA Professional Award. In addition, she was the first recipient of the SLA Biological Sciences Division's Winifred Sewell Award in 1999.
PACIFIC COLLEGE DONATES SUPPLIES TO INDIAN ACUPUNCTURE CLINIC
In an effort to advance the field of Oriental medicine and make holistic health accessible throughout the world, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine is donating much-needed materials to the Acupuncture Institute and Free Community Clinic of Ananda Nagar (AIAN) in the rural region of West Bengal, India.
Because of the rampant malnutrition and chronic diseases that pervade Ananda Nagar, AIAN was established in 1990 as both a free clinic and facility to train practitioners in acupuncture. Volunteers and students in the clinic treat between 40 and 60 patients each day for conditions such as headaches, backaches, insomnia, chronic digestive disorders, infertility, leprosy, polio, energy deficiencies and more.While the clinic at AIAN seems to overflow with patients in need of care, it sorely lacks both funds and basic supplies, such as textbooks and acupuncture needles.
The college's first shipment to AIAN included two acupuncture models, an atlas of acupuncture points and 12 posters. Pacific College also donated a total of 38 textbooks, some of which were new editions from its bookstore, while others were gently used versions from the college's extensive traditional Chinese medicine library.
AIAN Clinic Director and licensed acupuncturist Charles Martley said that Pacific College's first donation of "a very impressive selection of books - a few I always wanted" has already been an enormous help. "This collection doubles the size of our present library."
WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES USE ACUPUNCTURE TO HEAL
In an effort to provide respectful, high-quality medical services for women with physical disabilities and chronic conditions, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine's New York Campus is teaming up with the Initiative for Women with Disabilities (IWD) Elly and Steve Hammerman Health and Wellness Center at the Hospital for Joint Diseases to offer acupuncture to its patients for pain management.
The IWD was founded in 1997 because "there was a need for women with disabilities to get gynecological care," said IWD Director Judith Goldberg. When IWD patients started asking for the addition of an acupuncture program in 2001, the New York branch of Pacific College joined forces with IWD. Now, student interns supervised by Licensed
Acupuncturists from Pacific College have clinical rotations three times a week treating IWD patients for pain.
Since its inception, the program has been very popular. There is currently a waiting list of 80 people for the acupuncture program. Over the course of 14 weeks, a patient may receive as many 20 treatments.
ACUPUNCTURE HITS NEW YORK RADIO AIRWAVES
Pacific College of Oriental Medicine graduate Janet Bardini gave a radio interview on CD101.9's "Dialogue" morning show about her career in acupuncture on Oct. 12, 2003.
In addition to speaking about her own private practice, Bardini also talked about how acupuncture works, what conditions it can help and how insurance companies are integrating it.
For Bardini, who used to be a radio personality in New York and Manhattan before making the switch to acupuncture, the radio interview was exciting because it gave her the chance to promote her new profession.
"Once you're in radio, you're never really out of it," said Bardini, adding that she would like to do more interviews about acupuncture in the future.
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