Exploring the impact of tablet computers on medical training at an academic medical center.

Megan is Associate Dean for Library Services & Archives at the School of Medicine. Megan is responsible for planning and implementing high quality information services and resources to support the missions of Duke Health. She provides leadership for the Duke University Medical Center Library, which serves as a resource library for the state of North Carolina and the Mid-Atlantic region and is known for its innovations in health sciences librarianship and expertise in evidence-based practice. Von Isenburg also oversees the retention and preservation of institutional records through Medical Center Archives services. In addition to providing access to administrative records, the Archives capture the history of Duke Medicine through its record retention services.

Research, Education, & Web Services Librarian

Since 2006, Ms. Tuttle has served as a medical librarian at the Duke Medical Center Library & Archives. She supports students, faculty, and researchers through instruction, consultations, and expert literature searching, with a focus on the Physician Assistant and Master of Biomedical Sciences programs. In the PA program, she co-directs Evidence-Based Practice II and Sexual and Gender Medicine I, II, and III.

In addition to teaching and research support, she manages the library’s web services, leading projects that enhance usability, accessibility, and resource discovery. Her professional interests include evidence-based practice in clinical education, scholarly communication, and advancing inclusive, user-centered library services.

• AHIP Distinguished level (Academy of Health Information Professionals)
• MS, Library & Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• BA, Anthropology/Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• AA, Sociology, Lake Land College

My focus has been at the interface of clinical research in medicine, a special emphasis on the impact of emerging technologies on information management, for example, developing a framework for clinical decision support in antimicrobial stewardship, creating an enterprise-wide solution for research data security management, and leading studies of mobile technology adoption and telegenetics.