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Nunzia B Giuse, M.D., M.L.S., F.M.L.A.

Phone:: 936-1402
Fax:: 936-1384
Email:: Nunzia.Giuse@Vanderbilt.Edu
Office:: 210 Eskind Biomedical Library
Website:: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/diglib/about/nunzia.html

Job Related Information

Job Title:

Professor

Job Title:

Assistant Vice Chancellor for Knowledge Management
Director, Eskind Biomedical Library
Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics
Professor, Department of Medicine

Department:

IC Core
Eskind Biomedical Library
Knowledge Management

Area(s)of Responsibility:

Public Relations
EBL Overall Vision Goal Setting Planning
Resource Allocation - Utilization

Learning Framework Skills:

Accounting

Auditing
Initiating budgeting process
Initiating financial forecasting
Reconciliation

Biomedical knowledge base

Biomedical concepts
Healthcare delivery and trends
Knowledge/Understanding of clinical medicine
Medical specialties and trends
Medical terminology and concepts

Business intelligence

Competitive intelligence

Collection development/management

Resource allocation

Communication

Body language
Clarity of message
Communication skills (oral and written)
Comprehends communication from others
Ensures understanding
Internal relationship building
Listening skills
Organized communication

Computer and technology

Computer hardware

Computer architecture

Database management

Database management systems (DBMS)

Operating systems

System resource allocation

Productivity tools

Database software
Internet browsers
Word processing software

Program logic and development process

Can identify resources available to help solve computer hardware/software problems
Information technology savvy
Knows when/how to apply a technical skill or procedure
Software development process
Technology ethics
Technology forecasting
Understanding data structure
Understands technical terminology and developments

Customer service

Creates win/win solutions
Needs assessment
Seeks to understand customers
Service development and management

Decision making

Ability to set goals and priorities
Analytic ability and problem solving
Decisive
Develops and considers alternatives
Evaluates multiple solutions
Evaluation and synthesis of information
Judgment
Priority assessment
Reasoned risk taking
Remains open to ideas
Reviews data
Strategic planning

Education and training

Adjusts to the audience
Clarifies information
Credentialing
Education methodologies
Educational trends
Explains and demonstrates
Health sciences educational process
Instructional design and teaching methodologies
Maintains audience attention
Multidisciplinary education and experience
Presents with impact
Professional qualifications (degrees, experience, demeanor)
Staff development
Targets learning needs

Financial management

Budgeting
Contract management
Financial accountability
Financial forecasting (multiyear)
Fiscal management
Resource allocation

Grant management

Finds funding opportunities
Grant applications
Grant systems

Information

Analyzes information
Copyright laws
Informatics principles
Information needs assessment
Information retrieval techniques
Internet resources
Organization of health sciences literature
Organizes information
Print resources
Seeks information

Information access and policies

Intellectual property

Information provision

Consultation/reference interview
Information delivery methods
Information needs/info-seeking behavior

Innovation and facilitation

Aligning people with priorities and goals of organization/institution
Builds collaborative relationships
Challenges paradigms
Change facilitator
Creates a learning environment
Creativity
Cultivate an environment of success
Empower others/enabling others to act
Ensures relevance
Entrepreneurial thinking
Explores partnership opportunities
External relationship building
Facilitating
Gains commitment
Identifies partnership needs
Identify internal/external opportunities
Innovativeness
Inspiring
Leverages diverse resources/thinks broadly
Vision

Institutional awareness/knowledge

Interdepartmental/Interinstitutional Relations
Understanding of institutional environment and organizational structure

Knowledge management

Capturing appropriate institutional information/knowledge
Archiving
Information facilitation
Information use
Managing organizational information

Leadership

Creating a culture of leadership
Leadership
Mentoring
Promotes the success and integrity of others
Setting direction
Skills matching

Lifelong learning

Applies knowledge or skill
Builds skills and performs complex tasks in area of expertise
Intellectual curiosity/lifelong learning
Knowledgeable
Maximizes learning
Scholarly communications
Seeks learning activities
Takes risks in learning
Value of education
Willingness to learn

Marketing

Inreach/Outreach
Marketing/Public relations

Medical librarianship trends & theory

Biomedical informatics theory/application
Current trends in librarianship
Library technology
NLM programs and policies
Organization of information

Personal/Interpersonal

Personnel management

Delegation
Encouragement/Recognition
Encourages others to take responsibility
Evaluates performance
Matrix management
Personnel management
Sets performance goals
Supervisory skills

Policies & requirements

Compliance
Confidentiality
Diversity/Equal opportunity
Follows legal guidelines
HIPAA regulations
JCAHO compliance
Programs and policies of institution(s)
Vanderbilt's nondiscrimination policy statement

Productivity

Ensures high quality
Follow-through
Goal orientation
Identifies monitoring needs
Multitasking
Organized
Outcomes assessment
Planning
Prioritizes
Productivity
Results oriented
Schedules
Stays focused
Time management

Professional development

Networking
Professional attitude
Professional organization participation

Professional writing

Copyediting
Developmental editing
General editing
Grant writing
Proofreading
Proposal writing and management
Publishing and publishing industry
Scholarly writing

Project management

Determines tasks and resources
Establishes approach/direction
Formulates action plans
Implements tracking systems
Initiative
Monitors partnership
Project management
Sets standards for excellence

Recruitment & staffing

Champions talent management
Emphasizes retention
Ensures differential reward system
Establishes selection criteria
Evaluates job applicant data and materials
Gathers candidate data
IC recruitment incentive plan
Interview questions
Makes appropriate candidate selection decisions
Making an offer of employment
Manages the selection process
Obtaining a salary quote
Peer interviewing
Recruitment/hiring/firing
Resume screening
Scans environment for developmental assignments

Research knowledge base

Applied and theoretical research methods
Knowledge/Understanding of research
Outcomes assessment/evaluation
Research design and methods
Research Literature Analysis

Teamwork

Ability to work in teams

CV or Resumé

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Published Works:

Giuse NB, Koonce TY, Storrow AB, Kusnoor SV, Fei Y. Using Health Literacy and Learning Style Preferences to Optimize the Delivery of Health Information. Journal of Health Communication. 2012;17 Suppl 3:122-40.
Powers JS, Cahall M, Epelbaum M, Habermann R, Rosenstiel D, Giuse NB. Innovative Curricula: Incorporating Evidence into Clinical Teaching – Enhanced Geriatrics Specialty Case-Based Residency Presentations. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, March 2012;4(1):83-86.
Koonce TY, Giuse NB, Storrow AB. A Pilot Study to Evaluate a Learning-Style Tailored Information Prescription for Hypertensive Emergency Department Patients. Journal of the Medical Library Association, October 2011; 99(4): 280-289.
Koonce TY, Giuse NB, Alexander PT, Storrow AB. Using Patient Literacy and Knowledge to Optimize the Delivery of Health Information. Special Libraries Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, June 13, 2011.
Giuse NB, Williams AM, Giuse DA. Integrating Best Evidence into Patient Care: A Process Facilitated by a Seamless Integration with Informatics Tools. Journal of the Medical Library Association, July 2010; 98(3):220-2.
Giuse NB, Jerome R, Koonce TY. Specialty-Specific Medical Librarians Provide Quick Access to Evidence-Based Research, Leading to Reports of Improvements in Clinician Decisionmaking. AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange, August 18, 2008.
Mulvaney SA, Bickman LB, Giuse NB, Lambert WA, Sathe NA, Jerome RN. A Randomized Effectiveness Trial of Clinical Informatics Consult Service: Impact on Evidence Based Decision-Making and Knowledge Implementation. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA). March/April 2008; 15(2): 203-211.
Jerome RN, Giuse NB, Rosenbloom ST, Arbogast PG. Exploring Clinician Adoption of a Novel Evidence Request Feature in an Electronic Medical Record System. J Med Libr Assoc. 2008 Jan;96(1):34-41.
Sathe N, Jerome RN, Giuse NB. Librarian-perceived Barriers to the Implementation of the Informationist/Information Specialist in Context Role. J Med Libr Assoc. 2007 July;95(3):270-274.
Koonce TY, Giuse DA, Beauregard JM, Giuse NG. Toward a More Informed Patient: Bridging Healthcare Information to the Patient through an Interactive Communication Portal. J Med Library Assoc. 2007 Jan;95(1):77-81.
Giuse NB, Sathe N. Editorial: Evolutions in communication begin with small steps. J Med Libr Assoc. 2006 Oct;94(4):373-74.
Giuse NB, Koonce T, Jerome RN, Cahall M, Sathe NA, Williams A. Evolution of a Mature Clinical Informationist Model. J Am Med Inform Assoc. May-June 2005;12(3):249-55.
Rosenbloom ST, Giuse NB, Jerome RN, Blackford JU. Providing Evidence-Based Answers to Complex Clinical Questions: Evaluating the Consistency of Article Selection. Acad Med. Jan 2005;80(1):109-14.
Koonce T, Giuse NB, Todd P. Evidence-based Databases versus Primary Medical Literature: an In-house Investigation on Their Optimal Use. J Med Libr Assoc. 2004 Oct;92(4):407-411.
Sathe N, Lee P, Giuse NB. A Power Information User (PIU) Model to Promote Information Integration in Tennessee's Public Health Community. J Med Libr Assoc. 2004 Oct;92(4):459-464.
Williams A, Giuse NB, Koonce TY, Kou Q, Giuse DA. Using Knowledge Management Practices to Develop a State-of-the-Art Digital Library. Proceedings of Medinfo ’04, San Francisco, CA, September 2004:99-103.
Lyon J, Giuse NB, Williams A, Koonce T, Walden R. A Model for Training the New Bioinformationist. J Med Libr Assoc. 2004 Apr;92(2):188-95.
Lee P, Giuse NB, Sathe NA. Benchmarking Information Needs and Use in the Tennessee Public Health Community. Med Libr Assoc. 2003 July; 91(3):322-36.
Sathe NA, Grady JL, Giuse NB. Print versus Electronic Journals: a Preliminary Investigation into the Effect of Journal Format on Research Processes. J Med Libr Assoc. 2002 Apr;90(2):235-43.
Florance V, Giuse NB, Ketchell DS. Information in context: integrating information specialists into practice settings. J Med Libr Assoc. 2002 Jan;90(1):49-58.
Jerome RN, Giuse NB, Gish KW, Sathe NA, Dietrich MS. Information needs of clinical teams: analysis of questions received by the Clinical Informatics Consult Service. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 2001 Apr;89(2):177-84.
Williams MD, Gish KW, Giuse NB, Sathe NA, Carrell DL. The Patient Informatics Consult Service (PICS): an approach for a patient-centered service. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 2001 Apr;89(2):185-93.
Giuse NB, Huber JT, Kafantaris SR, Giuse DA, Miller MD, Giles DE Jr, Miller RA, Stead WW. Preparing librarians to meet the challenges of today's health care environment. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 1997 Jan-Feb;4(1):57-67.