The Center for Knowledge Management (CKM) offers consultations and training services to support patient care, research, education, and hospital administration for the Vanderbilt Health and VU communities. Consultations may include ongoing in-depth assistance based on users' specific needs. Training is available for individuals and groups for selected topics. Links to virtual asynchronous training are available when offered. Virtual synchronous training can, in some instances, be requested for individuals and groups by completing an online request form. Additionally, questions can be sent to the contact person(s) listed.
MyKnowledgeHub
Available to the Vanderbilt Health community, MyKnowledgeHub is a collection of clinical and patient information resources, including Vanderbilt Health-licensed and open access resources
Scholarly Publishing Information Hub (SPI-Hub™)
Consultation on the use of a decision-support tool for researchers and prospective authors to facilitate the selection of publication venues and the critical evaluation of scholarly journals and preprint services; special features include guidance on developing researcher ORCID and SciENcv profiles and identifying article retractions
eStar Basket
Through this service embedded in the electronic health record, Vanderbilt Health clinicians can submit requests for expertly researched, synthesized, tailored evidence in response to complex, multi-faceted, patient-specific queries
Critical Appraisal of the Biomedical Literature and Evidence Services
Provides in-depth practical understanding of how best to apply evidence-based approaches to complex clinical questions
Systematic Reviews
Consultation to guide the step-by-step process of conducting a systematic review (SR) and assistance differentiating the appropriateness of undertaking a true SR vs other types of review studies
Biochemical and Genetic Evidence Services
From information about variants of unknown significance to curated evidence packets of the relationships between genetic mutations, proteins and disease/condition/pharmacological response, our evidence services support patient care, research, education, and healthcare administration.
Precision Medicine
Consultation and individualized training to address specific precision medicine information needs, especially as it relates to genetics
Grey Literature
Expert consultations customized to support specific information needs and instructional workshops
ORCiD (Open Research and Contributor ID registry)
Instruction on establishing and populating an ORCiD profile as a unique identifier for authors and grant writers
SciENcv (Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae)
CKM offers self-paced instruction on using the free SciENcv application to create a Common Form-compliant profile for NIH grant submissions, annual progress reports, and applications to other federal funding agencies
Health & Genetic Literacy
Consultation and training to address health and/or genetic literacy, especially as it relates to patient care
Informed Consent
Consultation to guide the development of easy-to-read and understand informed consent documents; patient-specific consent documents may require additional consultation with the CKM health and genetic literacy team