The Boston Mental Health Information Outreach Project grant runs from October 2000- July 2001. The Alumni Medical Library serves the faculty, staff and students of the Boston University Medical Center, including the School of Medicine, the School of Public Health, the School of Graduate Dentistry, and the hospitals of the Boston medical Center. The Boston Mental Health Information Outreach Program also provides document delivery via Loansome Doc and Alumni Medical Library Interlibrary Loan, facilitating document delivery during the period of the project by providing the service at reduced, in-house rates. The training program includes two workshops, which are intended to be taken in sequence.
Workshops are three hours long.
The library is located in the Boston University Medical School building. In-class exercises and practice time are included. All consumers and staff participating in the Boston Mental Health Information Outreach Project are eligible to attend. This workshop is designed to familiarize participants with a variety of mental health and general health resources on the World Wide Web. The workshop focuses on understanding the organization and structure of WWW sites, and using the WWW as a tool for patient care, professional development, healthcare practice, and research.