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Immersive Regional Simulation Center first of its kind in Texas

Amid the buzzing activity of construction inside The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Gibson D. Lewis Library sits the future of frontline health care training. Through virtual reality projection rooms, HSC’s new Regional Simulation Center will offer students, faculty and area medical professionals the opportunity to dive into various real-world…
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HSC leads health literacy outreach in a seven-state region thanks to $6.4 million grant

By Diane Smith-Pinckney Federal funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will allow The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) to serve as a leader in health literacy outreach. Gibson D. Lewis Health Sciences Library is one of seven Regional Medical Libraries (RML) in the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM). RMLs carry out regional and national programs that provide U.S. researchers, health…
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Library introduces ‘next generation’ in health information sharing

By Alex Branch As UNT Health Science Center librarians, Lorraine Sheldon and Brandy Klug understand the difficulty local health organizations have coordinating the services they provide people. As cancer survivors, they also know the difficulty people face finding reliable health information. To help remove those barriers, Sheldon, Klug and a team from the Gibson D.…
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Librarians improving patient care in partnership with JPS

By Alex Branch Patients at John Peter Smith Hospital can expect to be surrounded by a top-notch medical team of not only physicians and nurses, but also librarians. The presence of UNT Health Science Center clinical librarians at JPS is part of an innovative collaboration to help providers make informed medical decisions. Two university clinical…
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NIH exhibit to boost medical breakthroughs coming to UNTHSC

By Alex Branch   HSC Insider Learn more about UNTHSC’s people and programs by signing up for the weekly HSC Insider email. Tarrant County residents have a unique opportunity to contribute to medical breakthroughs and health research this month when a National Institutes of Health exhibit visits UNT Health Science Center. The NIH “All of…
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Historic effort to accelerate research and improve health

By Dan Burgard The medical library at UNT Health Science Center is assisting a historic national effort to gather health data on 1 million people living in the United States to accelerate research and improve health. UNTHSC’s Gibson D. Lewis Health Science Library recently received a $6.4 million award from the National Institutes of Health…