iPad as a Carputer by ivyfield on Flickr

Edit: Recording now available at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p20269142/

When you want to know how well your car is operating, you look at its dashboard. Similarly, you can develop data dashboards to monitor program progress and provide “at-a-glance” updates to your stakeholders.

Come join us on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 1pm Pacific time (Noon Alaska, 2pm Mountain) during our free monthly webcast at http://webmeeting.nih.gov/rendezvous to learn more about the uses of data dashboards and fundamentals of good design during this session presented by Cindy Olney and Dave Tolmie from the NN/LM Outreach Evaluation Resource Center (OERC). The session will include examples of dashboards and identify free online tools so you can create your own! (more…)

MOOC! by AJC1 on Flickr

Have you heard the term MOOC (pronounced ‘mook’) and been uncertain if people were discussing a type of distance education or the sound a preoccupied cow makes?

A massive open online course (what the MOOC acronym means) is a free asynchronous online class, such as our Pacific Northwest Region Moodle classes like Making PubMed Work For You, that is usually taught by university faculty to thousands of students at once. MOOCs cover a wide range of topics and enrollment at any of the universities offering the courses isn’t needed as they view offering MOOCs as a form of open source education and community outreach. (more…)

9/24
Washington State immunization opt-out rules a national model http://seattletimes.com/html/edcetera/2019221042_washington_states_immunization.html

9/25
Medical app HealthTap launches feature that lets doctors translate medical research for the masses http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/medical-app-healthtap-launches-feature-that-lets-doctors-translate-medical-research-for-the-masses/2012/09/25/6be364da-0687-11e2-a10c-fa5a255a9258_blog.html
Drop, cover & hold on! Prep for earthquakes with this FREE app! http://www.redcross.org/mobile-apps/earthquake-app
Physician assistants, nurse practitioners fill gap on primary care in Idaho http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/09/24/2286206/physician-assistants-nurse-practitioners.html
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Did you know the National Library of Medicine Training Center (NTC) now offers free distance learning classes that are completely online? Details about upcoming online classes this fall are below, and be sure to check out NTC’s website at http://nnlm.gov/ntc for a variety of posts related to adult learning and teaching!

Teaching with Technology – October 8 – November 9, 2012 – this online asynchronous course via Moodle offers 8 Medical Library Association (MLA) continuing education (CE) units for successful completion. The class will cover the options for software, website tools, and best practices for teaching distance and blended (both distance and in-person) classes. Find out more and register at http://nnlm.gov/ntc/2012/09/10/fall-session-of-online-class-teaching-with-technology-available-for-registration/

What we Learning in ‘School’: Stories from Three Training and Learning Conferences – November 7, 2012 – this free 1 hour webcast will share tips, techniques and research-based recommendations from three recent professional development conferences the NTC staff have attended. Find out more and register for the webcast at http://nnlm.gov/ntc/2012/09/24/1669

Edit: A recording is now available at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p94361960/

Local public health departments are participating in national health information exchange (HIE) initiatives, and librarians can have a role in facilitating community access to local health data. The Community Health Informatics Project, a partnership between University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana (UIUC) and the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD), is step toward community access to data. The project transformed a collection of data and statistics into an easily-accessible web portal and an informal service became a sustainable partnership among the UIUC Illinois Informatics Initiative, faculty in two schools, and a health department.

Come join us on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 1pm Pacific time (Noon Alaska, 2pm Mountain) during our free monthly webcast at http://webmeeting.nih.gov/rendezvous to learn more during this session presented by Elaine R. Hicks, MS, MPH,MCHES, Education/Outreach Librarian Rudolph Matas Library of the Health Sciences at Tulane University. We will also feature Ann Madhavan, Public Health Seattle & King County, presenting on 20 Ways to Reach Out to Public Health.

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August 27

At a glance: Stage 2 meaningful use final rule http://www.govhealthit.com/news/final-rules-stage-2-meaningful-use-released

Four approaches to health information exchanges http://www.govtech.com/health/4-Approaches-to-Health-Information-Exchanges.html

August 28

Pacific University’s School of Physician Assistant Studies gets $979,671 grant to implement rural healthcare program http://www.pacificu.edu/news/detail.cfm?NEWS_ID=11481&CATEGORY_ID=1 

Free sidewalk CPR classes in Bozeman, MT http://www.kaj18.com/news/bozeman-groups-teaching-free-sidewalk-cpr-classes/
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