Class Descriptions

This class covers several advanced concepts in the use of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) for searching via PubMed. Topics include annual updates to MeSH, the effective use of subheadings, free floating subheadings, and examples of commonly confused terms. This course is intended for those with at least beginning knowledge of PubMed and MeSH.

The class is worth 1.5 hours of MLA CE credit.

Agenda

This class covers NLM disaster health information and other emergency preparedness resources for community educators, families, friends and caregivers. Registrants are eligible for 1 MLA CE.

This hands-on class will cover the health information seeking behavior of consumers and the role of the librarian in the provision of health information for the public. Come learn about the evolution of consumer health, health literacy and the e-patient. Participants will be equipped with knowledge of top consumer health sites, e-patient resources and collection development core lists. We will discuss creative ideas for health information outreach. The class will wrap up with an opportunity to explore effective marketing approaches and develop an elevator speech.

The Big Data in Healthcare:  Exploring Emerging Roles course will help health sciences librarians better understand the issues of big data in clinical outcomes and what roles health sciences librarians can take on in this service area. Course content comes from information shared by the presenters at the March 7, 2016 NNLM Using Data to Improve Clinical Patient Outcomes Forum, top selections from the NNLM MCR Data Curation/Management Journal Club and NNLM PSR Data Curation/Management Journal Club’s articles, NINR's Nursing Research Boot Camp, recommended readings from previous cohorts, and

Boost your knowledge of NLM products or other health information topics. 1 MLA CE offered per session.

Responding to questions involving topics on mental health is challenging even for the most experienced librarian. In Caring for the Mind, participants will learn how to effectively provide mental health information at their libraries. This course is approved for 1, 2, 3 or 4 MLA CE credits, dependent on the session.

This online workshop presents resourceful ways to make program evaluation less overwhelming for busy project teams. Strategies include evaluation planning tools, using existing data, combining evaluation with other project activities, and enlisting the help of others in data collection.

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.

Please join our panel of presenters in this exciting two-part webinar series to hear about how academic libraries are taking the lead in developing cross-campus collaborations in establishing research data committees to spearhead institutional efforts related to data stewardship and digital projects. This interactive session will lead participants through the various steps needed in order to initiate a similar effort within their institutional context. This webinar series is designed to be a two-part class. Please register for both sessions!

Discover TOXNET and other NLM environmental health databases through videos, guided hands-on tutorials, and discovery exercises. TOXNET is a web-based system of databases covering hazardous chemicals, environmental health, toxic releases, chemical nomenclature, poisoning, risk assessment, regulations plus occupational safety and health.

The class is taught online in thirteen independent modules.The modules cover TOXLINE, ChemIDplus, TRI, TOXMAP, Hazardous Substances Data Bank, IRIS, Haz-Map, LactMed, WISER, CHEMM, REMM, and a short introductory module.

This webinar is for the library workforce with to simple steps to take to be aware of potential hazards and serve as a guide to actions needed to be ready for any disaster affecting the library! 
 

In this in-person workshop, participants will learn a four-step process for conducting community assessment that includes data collection, interpretation, and use.  The relationship-building potential of each step will be discussed.

This in-person workshop demonstrates how to apply key data collection principles in developing questionnaires and interviews. Participants also will learn that clear evaluation questions are the foundation of evaluation method design.  They lay the groundwork for creating tools that collect the information you can use to develop, conduct, assess, and demonstrate the value of your projects. The teaching format combines lecture with interactive group exercises.

This class is designed to assist librarians, public health workers, health professionals, and the general public in locating authoritative information on nutrition and topics relating to nutrition.

This class is designed to assist librarians and others who work with diverse populations in locating health information. The resources presented are selected for their emphasis on providing culturally relevant information in the preferred language of the population. Background information on refugees and immigrants in the U.S. and their unique health issues will be presented. Participants will have the opportunity to become familiar with the features and scope of several Internet resources. The class will be taught via Moodle and includes short readings, videos, and activities. Eligible for 2,3 or 4 MLA CE.

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.

Learn how to evaluate health information sites on the internet using the following criteria:

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.

Participants will be able to:

This introductory class will help you understand why health literacy is an issue in healthcare. Eligible for 2 MLA CE.

This hands-on course focuses on the location, selection, and effective use of statistics relevant to health on the local, state, national, and international levels. The importance and relevance of health statistics in various contexts will be discussed. Participants will have the opportunity to become familiar with the features and scope of several statistics Internet resources through the use of numerous exercises.

At the conclusion of the class, participants will:

LGBT individuals face many barriers in accessing healthcare, including discrimination, lack of access, misunderstanding, and fear. As a consequence, many LGBT individuals do not regularly access appropriate and timely care. The more informed healthcare professionals are, LGBT patients and clients will become more comfortable in an environment that is often alienating, disrespectful, and traumatic. 

This webinar, taught by Matthew Noe from the Lamar Soutter Library at UMass Medical School, will introduce the emerging field of graphic medicine, or, the use of comics in healthcare. We will begin with a brief overview of the field’s emergence, and then switch directions to highlight the role that comics can play in two key areas of librarianship: health literacy and medical education. The webinar will conclude with suggestions for collection development and programming to kickstart graphic medicine in your library.
 

Share experiences and ideas with MAR staff and Network members.

This class is intended to hone basic searching techniques and the ability to develop search strategies that will take advantage of the PubMed interface to MEDLINE.

A basic introduction to communicating numerical health information in a way that is clear and easy to understand. Eligible for 1.5 MLA CE.

This in-person workshop will provide a framework for defining an evaluation plan that will provide meaningful information to help you convey your library’s value to those who influence your budget and operations. Participants will have the opportunity to practice using planning, evaluation and communication tools to help them use evaluation to demonstrate their value to stakeholders.

This course will introduce free health information resources for K-12 health professionals provided by the National Library of Medicine. Eligible for 1, 2 or 3 MLA CE.

This course will introduce free K-12 resources from the National Library of Medicine. Eligible for 1, 2, 3 or 8 MLA CE.

A collaborative, bimonthly, webcast series featuring the National Library of Medicine resources to increase awareness of these resources as well as encourage their integration by libraries and other organizations to more fully serve their colleagues and communities. 1 MLA CE offered per session.

This webinar covers a five-step process for developing reports, then shows two different structures that can be used to organize narrative and content to be interesting and motivational to the reader or listener

To ensure that your data is valid, understandable, and likely to be used in decision making it is important to include stakeholders in your data collection and analysis process. In this highly interactive in-person workshop, attendees will participate in and discuss different techniques for involving stakeholders in the evaluation cycle.

PNR Partners is an intermittent webinar series showcasing the work of our funding recipients. Each session includes two awardees highlighting their funded projects. Through hearing the inspiration, the challenges and successes, and the stories surrounding these projects, we hope our listeners will be inspired to create their own projects and apply for PNR funding. These funded projects have provided a much needed service in the Pacific Northwest communities.

This online only class is an introduction to consumer health information and will cover concepts related to health literacy, the information-seeking behaviors of consumers, the basics of MedlinePlus.gov, 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.

This course is an open forum where users of the Public Health Digital Library can drop-in and bring their questions regarding any of the e-resources available.

This presentation will introduce free bedside information resources for the busy clinician. Eligible for 1, 2, or 3 MLA CE.

A recording from the most recent session can be viewed on the NTO website.

CE credit is not available for viewing the recording.

PubMed for Librarians is made up of six 90-minute segments. These six segments will be presented via WebEx and recorded for archival access.

SCR CONNECTions is a monthly web conference presented by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region on various topics of interest to health sciences librarians and others. The webinar highlights topics such as NLM databases, subject specific resources and technology topics.

Sessions will be eligible for one hour of Medical Library Association (MLA) Continuing Education credit and will be archived for future viewing.

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Join us at the NN/LM SCR’s quarterly webinar for an update on your RML. This webinar series will serve as an informal update on initiatives, programs, staffing and other RML administrative topics.

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Join us for a series of 4 one-hour webinars on topics related to substance use disorders.

You are invited to attend all 4 webinars, or only the ones that you are interested in. Each webinar has a specific focus within the substance use disorder field. The format of each webinar will be a presentation from a medical or a speaker who is a community professional currently working to help people with substance-use disorders.

Teaching Topics is a one hour, live webinar that covers topics relevant to teaching. Members of the NNLM Training Office will discuss techniques, tips or tools for teaching, including topics such as engagement, assessment, video tutorials, and adult learning principles.

Learn about technology issues and trends impacting your organization. 1 MLA CE per session.

Pieces is a special monthly webinar offering running from February - August 2017. It is offered by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region in collaboration with Margaret Foster, Associate Professor and Systematic Reviews Coordinator at Texas A&M University. There are six sessions in total covering various aspects of systematic reviews.

Each session is one hour in length and will be archived for future viewing.

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This one-hour webinar provides a basic introduction to the NLM Database ALTBIB: Resources for Alternatives to the Use of Live Vertebrates in Biomedical Research and Testing. The webinar will describe the scope of ALTBIB, briefly explain the history of the database and why it exists, identify key people who work on ALTBIB, and demonstrate the features of the resource. Participants will gain hands on experience with the tool with practice exercises, and leave the webinar with a sense of what ALTBIB can and cannot do for animal alternative searches.

The intersections of genetics and health now include precision medicine, pharmacogenomics, and direct-to-consumer genetic testing. This class will focus on the information needs of clinicians who are incorporating genetic information into their practice, as well as the information needs of consumers who are making sense of genetic information as it relates to their health. We will

James Sturm, co-founder of The Center for Cartoon Studies and the Pulitzer Prize winning Seattle newspaper The Stranger will discuss the collaboration between the CCS and the White River Junction VA Medical Center that led to the creation of the collection of short comics When I Returned. Additionally, the role of comics in applied fields, such as medicine, will be considered. A Q&A will follow.