The History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine
(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/) is planning an upgrade to improve access to
and usage of its Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) database, the
main online access point to over 70,000 digital images from our historical
collections.

We invite you to take part in a brief survey at
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3TV5QD2 so we may better understand your
current use of IHM and what new features you would wish this resource to
offer in the future.

This survey has been approved by the National Library of Medicine’s Survey
Review process and responses will be anonymous.

For direct access to IHM, please visit http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/ihm/.

For more information about IHM, including its contents and development,
please visit:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/ihmfact.html.

Thank you for your participation.

Kenneth M. Koyle
Deputy Chief
History of Medicine Division
National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
Bethesda, MD

301-496-5407
ken.koyle@nih.gov

Register for PubMed® for Trainers (It’s free!)

Offered by the National Library of Medicine Training Center (NTC)

Would you like to gain new skills, brush up on existing PubMed skills and collaborate with colleagues to help create effective training strategies?  The NTC, along with the University of Vermont, is offering PubMed® for Trainers (PMT).

PMT is held in 4 sessions; 3 online and 1 in person session (attendance in all is expected). The last of the four sessions will be in-person at the Bailey Howe Library, University of Vermont in Burlington. Upon completion, the class is eligible for 15 hours of MLA CE credit.

The class runs from July 9 – July 30, 2013. 

This hands-on course consists of 9 presentations created by the National Library of Medicine, live demonstrations, hands-on exercises, group work and discussions, and networking opportunities over the course of four sessions.  You can expect an additional 2-3 hours of homework.

By the end of the course, you should:

•  Have a functional knowledge of the MEDLINEâ database

• Understand behind the scenes details of automatic term mapping (ATM)
• Know how to use Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
• Increase you knowledge of how to search for drugs, diseases, and patient centered research
• Develop a one hour PubMed class using a rapid design technique

The dates and times of the four class sessions are:

1. Tuesday, July 9, 2013 10-12 ET (online via Adobe Connect)
2. Tuesday, July 16 10-12 ET (online via Adobe Connect)
3. Tuesday, July 23 10-12 ET (online via Adobe Connect)
4. Tuesday, July 30, 9-4:30 ET (in-person in Burlington)

To register, visit http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/classes/schedule.html

Congratulations to Susan Bloomfield, Deborah Clark, Dina McKelvy and Lucinda White on their excellent article, Health Sciences Libraries, featured in the Maine Policy Review. The article highlights ways health sciences libraries support clinicians, work with patients and consumers, keep administrators informed of changing industry trends, health care regulations and the latest research, and support technology including mobile devices and EMRs. Read the article at: http://bit.ly/10VzkmI.

Join us to get an update on Meaningful Use and its impact on the healthcare environment – don’t just hear about it, know about it!

On May 14th at 10am Janice McCallum will be presenting Meaningful Use Briefing for MedLibs  hosted by the NNLM/NER – COI – Health IT. Janice is a leading authority on commercial applications of healthcare data across all stakeholder groups, including providers, clinicians, payers, life sciences, government and patients.

She currently works as Managing Director of Health Content Advisors, where she advises STM publishers, Health IT companies, healthcare analytics firms, and healthcare providers that produce data as a primary or secondary business.

Join us for a webinar on May 14, 2013 to learn more. 
Time: 10 – 11 AM EST
Register on our NER Training Calendar

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