Liaison To:

• College of Medicine
• Arkansas Children's Hospital
• College of Health Professions: Physician Assistant program
• Clinical Programs
  • Family Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Neonatology
  • OB/GYN
  • Neurology

Areas of Emphasis:

• Grants
• Scholarly Publishing
• Evidence Based Practice
• Bibliographic Software Support - Endnote & RefWorks
• Research Support

About Lindsay 

Lindsay joined the UAMS Library in January 2017. Lindsay is currently the Clinical Services Librarian working on the hospital with the Departments of Family & Preventative Medicine, Internal Medicine, and the NICU.  She is the Liaison to Arkansas Children's Hospital.  

Education

• University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education, emphasis in Biology – May 2000
• University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2000-2004, 21 hours on a Masters in Teaching and Leadership
• University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; Masters in Library & Information Science, May 2006
• 2014 Augusta University Educational Innovation Institute Faculty Development Fellowship, Teaching Scholars Track.

Research and Grant Applications – Funded

• Emerging Leader Award; South Central Region National Network of Libraries of Medicine; 2019 – 2020; Budget: $4,000
• Individualized Health Information Program Award; South Central Region - National Network of Libraries of Medicine; 2019 – 2020; Co-Principal Investigator; Budget: $13,000
• Consumer Health Award – Preparing Arkansas Patient Educators and Nurse Educators to use Authoritative Consumer Health Resources; South Central Region - National Network of Libraries of Medicine; 2018 – 2019; Co-Principal Investigator; Budget: $24,982
• Health Resources Web Portal to Support LGBTQ Health Care Providers and Patients; Southeastern/Atlantic National Network of Libraries of Medicine 2015 – 2016; Principal Investigator; Budget: $4,803.44
• Improving Health Literacy in association with the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library; Southeastern/Atlantic National Network of Libraries of Medicine; 2015 – 2016; Principal Investigator; Budget: $2,376
• Measuring the Value of Embedded Librarian Service Models; Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association; 2013 - 2014; Principal Investigator; Budget: $1,004

Publications

• Blake, L. & Jaggers, A. (2020) Touring Arkansas: A Statewide Project to Instruct Nurses and Patient Educators on Consumer Health Resources.  Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet.  Feb 24(1). 64-74. DOI:  10.1080/15398285.2019.1710982.

• Sharawi, N., Klima, L., Shah, R., Blake, L., Carvalho, B., Sultan, P. (2019) Evaluation of patient-reported outcome measures of functional recovery following caesarean section: a systematic review using the Consensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments checklist. Anaesthesia.  Nov 74(11). 1439-1455. DOI:10.1111/anae.14807.

• Blake, L., Kirby, J., White, J. (2019) Building an Online Framework to Guide Residents through ACGME Requires Scholarly Activities. Journal of Hospital Librarianship. Dec 19(4). DOI: 10.1080/15323269.2019.1664855.

• Blake, L. & Jaggers, A. (2019) Piloting a Course to Heighten Awareness of Consumer Health Resources to Nurses and Patient Educators. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet.  July 23(2). 178-186. DOI: 10.1080/15398285.2019.1614824.

• Sullivan, N.M, Blake, L., George, M., Mears, S.C. (2019) Palliative Care in the Hip Fracture Patient. Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation.  May 10(Jan.-Dec.). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2151459319849801.

• Sharawi, N., Carvalho, B., Habib, A., Blake, L., Mhyre, J.M., Sultan, P. (2018) A systematic Review Evaluating Neuraxial Morphine and Diamorphine Associated Respiratory Depression Following Cesarean Delivery. Anesthesia & Analegsia.  127(6):1385-1395. DOI:ANE.0000000000003636.

• Gaines, J.K., Blake, L., Kouame, G., Davies, K.J., Balance, D., Gaddy, V.T., Gallman, E., Russell, M., Wood, E. (2018) Partnering to analyze selection of resources by medical students for case-based small group learning: A collaboration between librarians and medical educators. Medical Reference Services Quarterly. 37(3).  doi: 10.1080/02763869.2018.1477709.

• Blake, L., Kouame, G. (2018) Librarian Participation in Informatics Initiatives. Journal of Hospital Librarianship.  May 18(2). DOI:10.1080/15323269.2018.1437516.

• Blake, L., Yang, F.M., Brandon, H., Wilson, B., Page, R. (2018) A Clinical Librarian Embedded in Medical Education: Patient-Centered Encounters for Preclinical Medical Students. Medical Reference Services Quarterly.  January 37(1). PMID: 29327991 DOI:10.1080/02763869.2018.1404384.

• Mears, K., Connolly-Brown, M., Gaines, J. K., Blake, L., Davies, K., Shipman, P., & Kouame, G. (2017). Evaluation of an Embedded Program Through the Embedded Ecosystem Framework and Toolkit. Journal of Academic Librarianship. DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2017.07.001

• Blake, L., Ballance, D., Davies, K., Gaines, J.K., Mears, K., Shipman, P., Connolly-Brown, M., Burchfield, V. Patron perception and utilization of an embedded librarian program. Journal of the Medical Library Association 2016 Jul;104(3):226-30. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.104.3.008. PubMed PMID: 27366124; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4915641.

• Colombo, C.J., Baer, S., Blake, L., Bollag, W.B., Colombo, R., George, V., Huber, L., Merchen, L., Miles, K, Yang, F., Nahman N.S. Jr.  (2016) A departmental initiative for clinical and translational research.  Journal of Investigative Medicine.  June 63(5). PMID: 27073213.

• Wilkins, T., Agabin, E., Blake, L.  (2015)  The effectiveness of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in irritable bowel syndrome.  American Family Physician. Nov 1;92(9): online. PMID: 26554480.

• Davies, K., Blake, L., Palladino, C. & Halbert, J.D.  (2014). Designing a DREAM Database: Library Faculty Integration in Medical Education Assessment.  Journal of the Medical Library Association. 102(4) 324-5.

• Blake, L., Ballance, D., Connolly-Brown, M., Davies, K., Gaines, J.K., Mears, K. & Shipman, P.  (2014). Adapting an embedded model of librarianship, college by college.  Medical Reference Services Quarterly. 33(3).  PMID: 25023014.  http://hdl.handle.net/10675.2/324099

• Blake, L.  (2014). My Own Personal Library: A Peek Inside the Personal library of a Librarian.  Georgia Library Quarterly, Spring. 51(2) 9-10.

• Parmar, S., Chauhan, B., DuBose, J.  Blake, L.  (2012). Rhabdomyolysis after Spin Class?  The Journal of Family Practice, October. 61(10) 584-586.  PMID: 23106059.  http://hdl.handle.net/10675.2/972

• Blake, L. & Ballance, D.  (2012). Teaching Evidence-Based Practice in the Hospital and Library: Two Different Groups, One Course.  Medical Reference Services Quarterly.  32(1) 100-110.  PMID: 23394424.  http://hdl.handle.net/10675.2/952

Presentations (Selected)

International

• Ramirez, J., Patel, M., DiGiulio, M., Akhtar, M., Blake, L., Jin, C., Looney, S., & Wilkins, T.  Efficacy and Safety of Simeprevir for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Infection: A Systematic Review. Poster Presentation at the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG). Colorado Springs, CO. Nov. 12-16, 2016.
• DiGiulio, M., Ramirez, J., Patel, M., Akhtar, M., Blake, L., Jin, C., Looney, S., & Wilkins, T. Efficacy and Safety of Sofobuvir for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Infection: A Systematic Review.  Poster Presentation at the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG). Colorado Springs, CO. Nov. 12-16, 2016.
• Blake, L., Ballance, D., Burchfield, V., Davies, K., Connolly-Brown, M., Gaines, J.K., Mears, K., & Shipman, P. Evaluating an Embedded Program: Increasing Awareness, Expanding Services, and Fulfilling Patron Needs. Paper Presentation.  Joint Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association, Canadian Health Libraries Association, and International Clinical Librarian Conference. Toronto, Canada. May 14-16, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10675.2/611747
• Mears, K., & Blake, L. Piloting an Online Evidence-Based Practice Course for Nurses.  Poster Presentation.  Joint Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association, Canadian Health Libraries Association, and International Clinical Librarian Conference. Toronto, Canada. May 14-16, 2016.  http://hdl.handle.net/10675.2/615377
• Blake, L., Stepleman, L., & Kriegel, D. Facilitating Access to LGBT Specific Health Information for Patients and Providers. Poster Presentation.  Joint Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association, Canadian Health Libraries Association, and International Clinical Librarian Conference. Toronto, Canada. May 14-16, 2016. 
• Stuart, A., Ballance, D., Blake, L., Burchfield, V., Davies, K., & Mears, K. Library on DEmand: Developing an Education Outreach Webinar Series.  Poster Presentation.  Joint Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association, Canadian Health Libraries Association, and International Clinical Librarian Conference. Toronto, Canada. May 14-16, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10675.2/611740
• Palladino, C., Nash, J., Davies, K., Blake, L., Candler, C., Stepleman, L.  Translating the concept of evidence-based assessment into everyday educational practice: Building a DREAM.  Short Communication.  Association for Medical Education in Europe Annual Meeting.  August 30 –September 3, 2014.

National

• Jaggers, A. & Blake, L.  Piloting Consumer Health Resources to Nurse and Patient Educators.  Paper Presentation.  Medical Library Association.  Chicago, IL May 3-8, 2019.
• Steelman, S.C., Blake, L., Jaggers A., Thomas, S.L.  The Ascendance of Health Sciences Librarians' Interprofessional Partnerships: A Scoping Review of the Literature. Poster Presentation.  Medical Library Association.  Chicago, IL May 3-8, 2019
• Blake, L., Kirby, J, & White, J.  Building a Framework to Guide Residents through Scholarly Activities. Poster Presentation.  Medical Library Association.  Chicago, IL May 3-8, 2019.
• Blake, L., Wood, E., Brown, S., Latif, E., Carson, T., Kriegel, D., Fall, P., Diamond, M., Saucier, A. & Egan,S.  Use of Resources by Medical Students at an Academic Medical Center in the 3rd and 4th Clerkship Years. Poster Presentation.  Medical Library Association.  Chicago, IL May 3-8, 2019.
• Chae, J., Lizneva, D., Sinitsyna, A., Trofimova, T., Blake, L.E., Suturina, L.V., Gavrilova-Jordan, L., Azziz, R., Diamond, M.P. Metabolic Features of Adult and Adolescent First-Degree Relatives of Women with Polycyctic Ovary Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. American Society for Reproductive Medicine Annual Meeting, Oct. 28-Nov. 1, 2017, San Antonio, TX.
• Blake, L., Gaines, J.K., Davies, K., Kouame, G., Wood, E.A., Gaddy, T., Russell, M., Gallman, E., & Ballance, D.  Effect of Librarian Involvement on Use of Evidence-Based Resources in Small Case-Based Learning. Poster Presentation.  Medical Library Association.  Seattle, WA. May 26-31 2017. 
• Blake, L., Yang, F.M., Hatzigeorgiou, C., Brandon, H., Wilson, B., & Page, R.  Standardized Patient Encounters for First- and Second-Year Students Written by Librarians, Students, and Clinicians.  Poster Presentation.  Medical Library Association.  Seattle, WA. May 26-31 2017. 
• Walker, W.J., Lizneva, D., Gavrilova-Jordan, L., Blake, L.E.,  Brakta, S., Atabyekov, I., Suturina, L.V., Diamond, M.P., Azziz, R. Sexual Function in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. American Society for Reproductive Medicine Annual Meeting, October 15-19, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT.
• Blake, L., Ballance, D., Burchfield, V., Connolly-Brown, M., Davies, K., Gaines, J. K., Mears, K., & Shipman, P.  Evaluating an Embedded Program: Increasing Awareness, Expanding Services, and Fulfilling Patron Needs.  Paper presentation. Medical Library Association, Toronto, ON, Canada. May 13-18, 2016.  https://islandscholar.ca/islandora/object/ir:23125 
• Wagar, P., Mehta, R., Hudson, V., Stallworth, L, Leggio, L., Blake, L.  Residents with Physical Disabilities: Removing Barriers through an Adapted Curriculum.  Poster presentation.  Association of Pediatric Program Directors Annual Meeting.  March 25-28, 2015.
• Blake, L. & Davies, K.  Building a DREAM: Medical Librarians COllaborate to Create a Health Sciences Assessment Tools Database.  Paper Presentation.  Medical Library Association.  Chicago, IL. May 17-21 2014.  http://hdl.handle.net/10675.2/617722
• Palladino, C., Halbert, J.D., Smith, M., Davies, K., Blake, L.,  Lieberman, S., Stepleman, L.  Quality Gaps in the Use of Objective Structured Clinical Examinations:  A Literature Review.  Poster presentation.  Association of American Medical Colleges Annual Meeting.  November 4, 2013.
• Blake, L. & Ballance, D.  A Whole New Ballgame: Teaching Evidence-Based Practice in the Hospital.  Paper Presentation.  Medical Library Association.  May 19-23 2012.  http://hdl.handle.net/10675.2/617567