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ABCs of DNA: Unraveling the Mystery of Genetics Information for Consumers
Languages: English
Audience: Public, Health Information Professionals
Description: Consumers need access to information and resources about genetic information in a manner that is understandable. Librarians working with the public need to be aware of the issues surrounding genetics and resources to assist patrons in locating and evaluating sometimes complex and confusing information. This class explores basic concepts such as genes and chromosomes and offers an overview of genetic disorders, genetic testing, genetic counseling, and the Human Genome Project. Ethical and legal issues associated with genetic disorders will be covered with regard to privacy, discrimination, and potential legislative impact on medicine and society. A variety of reliable health information resources will be demonstrated, including, but not limited to: Genetics Home Reference, ClinicalTrials.gov, NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders), and MedlinePlus. This 4-hour hands-on class is intended for consumers, public librarians, and health sciences librarians who work with the public. (4 MLA CE)
African American Community Health
Languages: English
Audience: Public
Description: African American communities see diseases like cancer, diabetes, and heart disease affecting their friends and families every day. Free online resources from the National Library of Medicine and other reliable sources are available to help. This two hour class will provides participants with some basic health information as well as information specific to the African American community. The class is available hands-on or as an interactive presentation. 2 hours. (2 MLA CE)
Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information in the Public Library
Languages: English
Audience: Health Information Professionals
Description: This class will cover the information seeking behaviors of consumers. It will also address the recommended core reference collection, as well as databases and newsletters/ periodicals. It will cover the reference interview, disclaimers, and privacy as well as networking with medical librarians. The class will introduce the students to the Medical Library Association and its local chapters. It will describe possible ways to market this service in a community. Approved for 2, 3 or 4 hour (depending on class length) of MLA CE.

This class is now offered online as past of our Distance Education program. Familiarity and some experience using the Internet is the only requirement. Registration is offered on a limited basis. For more information, please contact Terri Ottosen. (8 MLA CE)
The Canny Consumer: Resources for Consumer Health Decision-Making
Languages: English
Audience: Public
Description: An interactive session will allow participants to explore new and upcoming technologies such as personal health records and e-health tools. The resources covered will assist consumers and those helping consumers to find quality health information and to navigate the health care system. Implications for those left behind, including the ethical, social, and privacy issues concerning these new technologies will also be discussed. (3 MLA CE)
Caring for the Mind: Providing Reference Services for Mental Health Information
Languages: English
Audience: Health Information Professionals
Description: Gain awareness of mental health issues. Learn to respond to challenging reference questions for mental health information. Be informed of tools for collection development and mental health research including the latest web sites and databases. (1,2,3 or 4 MLA CE)
ClinicalTrials.gov and an overview of the drug development process
Languages: English
Audience: Health Information Professionals, Health Professionals
Description:In the United States, over 20 billion dollars are spent annually on drug development. Tens of thousands of individuals participate in the testing of drugs through clinical research studies. For many, participation is a way to help the scientific community; for some, it offers a chance to get a new potentially successful treatment. This two-hour course gives a brief overview of the drug development process in the United States and introduces attendees to several related government databases including ClinicalTrials.gov, Medwatch, the Orange Book, and MAUDE.
Combatting Information Fatigue: Health Information Resources for Veterans
Languages: English
Audience: Health Information Professionals
Description: Veterans and their families need reliable health information resources and training to locate health information that is sensitive and pertinent to their needs. This course will cover resources for finding information on general health conditions, mental health resources including those for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), family issues, substance abuse, amputations, support groups and more. Additionally, this class will prepare participants to find and assess other veterans’ health resources. (3 MLA CE)
DOCLINE Explained
Languages: English
Audience: Health Information Professionals
Description: Designed as an introductory class on the DOCLINE system for new or inexperienced users on the current DOCLINE system. (3 MLA CE)
Easy-to-Read Health and Wellness Material for Consumers: recognizing it, finding it, writing it, rewriting it
Languages: English
Audience: Health Information Professionals, Health Professionals
Description: Learn in a hands-on environment--in the large group and break-out groups, to critique, rewrite and create materials that get your health and wellness information across quickly and clearly. We'll review the disconnect between information providers and information seekers, the process of educating adults, the success of "plain language" initiatives and the importance of text, type, graphics, space and layout. In this workshop you will also be provided brochure examples, SMOG and REALM tests, a webliography and links to other training. Bring some pieces you use or some information you need to be written in an easy-to-read manner. During the workshop you will edit or develop a piece of your own so you'll have new awareness, new skills, a new product and access to further resources. Clear health communication is the goal, regardless of medium. (4 MLA CE)
Finding Native Health Information Online
Languages: English
Audience: Public, Health Professionals, Information Professionals
Description: Whether you are a community health care worker, a librarian, or just want to be informed, this hands-on class will show you the best places to find Native health information on the Internet. You will learn how to search for and acquire journal articles to find the latest research being done on conditions affecting Native populations. You will also find out where to get reliable consumer level information on such topics as traditional healing, environmental health, urban Indian health, tribal and U.S. government health resources, and other general Native health topics. The hands-on class is 2 hours.
From Snake Oil to Penicillin: Evaluating Consumer Health Information on the Internet
Languages: English
Audience: Health Information Professionals
Description: This hands-on course will describe why it is important to evaluate websites. Participants will be given criteria for how to evaluate health information on the Internet. (3 MLA CE)

This class is now offered online as past of our Distance Education program. Familiarity and some experience using the Internet is the only requirement. Registration is offered on a limited basis. For more information, please contact Terri Ottosen.
Geeks Bearing Gifts: unwrapping new technology trends
Languages: English
Audience: Public, Health Professionals, Health Information Professionals
Description: This class is intended to provide a fun, fast-paced, and informative introduction to and update on today's hottest technology trends. Program participants will be able to identify technology trends and they will understand how these trends will impact or can be integrated into traditional library services. Content will be presented in with a "can-do" focus intended to encourage participants to investigate at least one technology for implementation in their institution. Course structure will include brief vignettes and demonstrations of a wide variety of technologies. Some of the topics to be covered include instant messaging, podcasting, open source software, spyware and other malware, developments in mobile computing, blogs and wikis, radio-frequency identification, and more. (4 MLA CE)

This class is now offered online as past of our Distance Education program. Familiarity and some experience using the Internet is the only requirement. Registration is offered on a limited basis. For more information, please contact J. Dale Prince (8 MLA CE)
Getting Started with LinkOut
Languages: English
Audience: Health Information Professionals
Description: This site contains information and materials for a 4 hour hands-on class designed to provide step-by-step direction on how to activate LinkOut for a library's print and electronic journal collections, so that users are able to view holdings and access full-text through the PubMed interface. Topics covered are registration for LinkOut, entering holdings, displaying a library's icon for branding purposes, and access to free full-text through LinkOut. (2 or 4 MLA CE)
Grants and Proposal Writing
Languages: English
Audience: Health Information Professionals, Public, Health Professionals
Description: Designed for beginning grant proposal writers, this class presents a general overview of the grant and funding processes as well as the level of detail required in a successful proposal. Each component of the grant writing process will be addressed, including: documenting the need; identifying the target population; writing measurable objectives; developing a work plan, an evaluation plan and dissemination plan. (4 MLA CE)
Introducing Health Professionals to NLM's Online Systems
Languages: English
Audience: Health Professionals
Description:
Introduction to Consumer Health Resources at NLM: MedlinePlus, ClinicalTrials.gov and the NLM Gateway (1 hour)
Introduction to Consumer Health Resources at NLM: MedlinePlus, Clinical Trials.gov and the NLM Gateway (1.5 hours)
Introduction to PubMed (1 hour)
Introduction to PubMed "plus" (2 hours)
Introduction to PHPartners.org (1 hour)
Introduction to PHPartners.org (2 hours)
Introduction to Evidence based Practice in a Magnetic World
Languages: English
Audience: Health Professionals
Description: This course provides an introduction to two of the most important movements in nursing – evidence based practice and magnet recognition. Evidence based practice is an established part of health care but many still do not know how to easily define or apply it. Magnet Recognition is one of the hottest topics in nursing today. The numbers of hospitals that have achieved Magnet Recognition status has almost tripled in the past four years (2 MLA CE).
Keeping Up with NLM's PubMed
Languages: English
Audience: Health Information Professionals, Health Professionals
Description: With a hands-on approach, this class will show attendees how to use the features of PubMed effectively. Attendees will be able to describe the contents of PubMed; formulate basic search strategies; display, print, and save results in various formats; revise and refine searches; and use special features such as Related Articles, Link to journals, Citation Matcher, and Clinical Queries. The instructor will demonstrate online searches and students, at computers connected to the Internet, will be invited to follow along. Time for individual practice will be provided. (4 MLA CE)
"Let's Talk about Sex'" Sexual Health Resources
Languages: English
Audience: Public
Description: Adults and Teenagers need quality health information that is sensitive and relevant to their needs. This course will offer reliable resources on sexual and reproductive health including physical, emotional, mental health. Understanding that men, women, and teenagers have different needs in regards to sexual and reproductive health, this class will be modified for each particular audience. Each class, depending on the audience, will offer quality websites about body changes, sexually transmitted diseases, specific conditions, women’s and men’s health conditions, domestic violence, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered information.
Looking in all the Wrong Places: PubMed for Public Librarians
Languages: English
Audience: Health Information Professionals, Public
Description: This class covers basic searching; easy techniques for developing complex search strategies; PubMed's special features, such as Limits and the Clipboard; the Journals Database; the Single Citation Matcher; and MyNCBI. It also covers how to obtain full-text copies of articles. (3 MLA CE)
Measuring Your Impact: Using Evaluation for Library Advocacy
Languages: English
Audience: Health Information Professionals
Description: Library users and stakeholders will recognize and value the importance of their library's services and of the librarian to the organization. That is the ultimate goal of this six-hour workshop. The outcome for the class is that librarians will be able to show the value of their library's services. Participants will become familiar with an evaluation process and will use and take away methods and tools for assessment, evaluation planning, creating logic models, data collection, data analysis and reporting. The workshop will feature group exercises that move participants through the steps of an evaluation process. There will also be student discussion and exercises in addition to lecture. (6 MLA CE)
NLM's Consumer Health Databases
Languages: English
Audience: Public
Description: the National Library of Medicine has produced a number of databases designed for the general public. These databases range from health information to environmental conditions that impact health. This 4 hour hands-on course is designed to be an overview of these databases. These databases can also be taught as a single class, individual modules, or combined for specific needs. (4 MLA CE)
NLM Systems Update
Languages: English
Audience: Health Information Professionals
Description:This lecture course focuses upon changes made to NLM systems in the past year. Participants will be alerted to PubMed feature updates, changes in the Gateway, and in MEDLINEplus. New products such as NIHSeniorHealth, Household Products Database, and Genetics Home Reference will also be discussed. (1.5 MLA CE)
¿No Comprende? Spanish Health Information Resources for English Speaking Librarians
Languages: Spanish, English
Audience: Health Information Professionals
Description: Do you have a growing Latino population in your community? Do you need to find health information in Spanish fast but don?t know where to look? Are the only words in your Spanish vocabulary burrito and gracias? If you answered yes to these questions, then this is the class for you. This 4-hour hands-on class will cover resources for learning basic, library, medical, and Internet Spanish vocabulary. You will also learn to evaluate and identify health websites in Spanish to which you can direct your patrons.

This class is now offered online as past of our Distance Education program. Familiarity and some experience using the Internet is the only requirement. Registration is offered on a limited basis. For more information, please contact Sheila Snow-Croft (8 MLA CE)
Nursing on the Net: Health Care Resources You Can Use
Languages: English
Audience: Health Information Professionals
Description: This hands-on workshop is designed for librarians responsible for information services to the Nursing and Allied Health professions. Half-day course. (4 MLA CE)
Patient Safety Resource Seminar:Librarians on the Front Lines
Languages: English
Audience: Health Information Professionals
Description: This interactive seminar focuses on ways medical librarians can become more involved in the patient safety processes and activities within their institutions and organizations. Topics include understanding the issues of patient safety; locating where patient safety practices exist within the institution; and identifying patient safety resources for health professionals, for administration and staff, and for patients and families. Focused for hospital librarians, but accessible for all librarians, these four hours of lecture, discussion and brainstorming help librarians become effective agents for improving patient safety. (4 MLA CE)
Prescription for Success: Consumer Health Information on the Internet
Languages: English
Audience: Health Information Professionals, Public
Description: This hands-on introductory class to consumer health information will cover the information-seeking behaviors of consumers, the basics of MedlinePlus.gov, DIRLINE, ClinicalTrials.gov and other reliable web pages such as those from professional medical associations and advocacy groups. It will cover sites devoted to pharmaceutical information for consumers, drug-interaction databases and herbal information. (3 MLA CE)

This class is now offered online as past of our Distance Education program. Familiarity and some experience using the Internet is the only requirement. Registration is offered on a limited basis. For more information, please contact Mandy Meloy (4 MLA CE)
Public Health Information on the Web
Languages: English
Audience: Health Professionals, Public, Health Information Professionals
Description: The field of public health encompasses a wide array of disciplines including health education, epidemiology and nursing. Digital literacy and the effective utilization of online information are among the core public health informatics competencies for the 21st century. This hands-on class will highlight web resources tailored to the public health workforce. (4 MLA CE)
PubMed for Experts
Languages: English
Audience: Health Professionals, Health Information Professionals
Description: Designed as an advanced class for experienced MEDLINE searchers. This hands-on class will highlight advanced PubMed techniques that can be used to conduct comprehensive searches. Attendees are encouraged to contribute past and present difficult searches to discuss with the class. (3 MLA CE)
Super Searcher
Languages: English
Audience: Public, Health Professionals, Information Professionals
Description: One half day hands-on course focusing on advanced search features of web search engines. The features of various search engines will be discussed and compared. (4 MLA CE)
Website Usability: Making Content Easy to Find
Languages: English
Audience: Health Information Professionals
Description: Usability rules the web. If a patron can't navigate your website, then he or she will not use your library to find information. The rest of the Internet is only a mouse click away. Participants in this four hour workshop will learn how to conduct usability studies without expensive consultants, how to create accessible web pages, and how to apply design simplicity to their websites. Workshop topics include integration of diverse resources, library websites as components of institutional websites, and Internet vs. intranet design. (4 MLA CE)
Will Duct Tape Cure My Warts: Examining Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Languages: English
Audience: Health Information Professionals
Description: The goal of this class is to increase understanding of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). Students will learn the history of CAM and its impact on medical practices. They will learn how CAM is used, how to avoid “bad science” and how to look up evidence of the effectiveness of CAM therapies. This class is offered for 2 hours or 4 hours. Both classes will include lecture, discussion, and hands-on training. (2 or 4 MLA CE)

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