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Telling lives in medicine: the impact of biography collections in medical education

This article briefly discusses the value and impact of biography collections in medical education by illustrating the case of the Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome (UCBM) Library. The UCBM Library collects, curates, and provides access to a special biography collection with the purpose of documen...

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Autor principal: Fagiolo, Sofia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8485942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34629984
http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2021.1312
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spelling pubmed-84859422021-10-08 Telling lives in medicine: the impact of biography collections in medical education Fagiolo, Sofia J Med Libr Assoc History Matters This article briefly discusses the value and impact of biography collections in medical education by illustrating the case of the Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome (UCBM) Library. The UCBM Library collects, curates, and provides access to a special biography collection with the purpose of documenting the history of men and women who contributed in the field of medicine and related sciences. This article highlights the importance of academic medical libraries collecting biographical works in order to transmit knowledge and values in medical school curriculum. University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2021-07-01 2021-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8485942/ /pubmed/34629984 http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2021.1312 Text en Copyright © 2021 Sofia Fagiolo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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title Telling lives in medicine: the impact of biography collections in medical education
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title_short Telling lives in medicine: the impact of biography collections in medical education
title_sort telling lives in medicine: the impact of biography collections in medical education
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8485942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34629984
http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2021.1312
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