Register for a FREE hands-on PubMed for Trainers class provided by the staff of 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 an effective training strategy? Join us for three Adobe Connect distance education classes and a one-day in-person class at the University of Illinois at Chicago Library of Health Sciences in Chicago, IL. These hands-on classes will include 9 presentations created by the National Library of Medicine, interactive demonstrations, hands-on exercises and networking opportunities. By the end of the course, you should:

Have a functional knowledge of the MEDLINE® database
Understand behind the scenes details of how PubMed translates your search
Know how to use Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) as part of your searching toolbox
Know how to customize your search results and save search strategies using My NCBI
Connect with NLM to remain current, receiving updates about PubMed and other NLM electronic resources
Increase your knowledge of how to more effectively search for drugs, diseases, and patient centered research

The class sessions will be on Monday, March 26th, via computer and phone, 10-12am; Wednesday, March 28th, via computer and phone, 10-12am; Tuesday April 3rd, In-Person, in Chicago, 9:30am-4:30pm and Tuesday, April 10th, via computer and phone, 10-12am. There will also be some required work outside of class times.

Upon completion of all four sessions the course will be worth 15 hours of MLA CE credit.