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Using PubMed in Evidence-Based Practice On-Demand

When conducting research, evidence-based practice is a method for framing clinical questions that will help yield optimal search results. PubMed.gov is a free research tool from the National Library of Medicine®. This one-hour, online course will show you how to use evidence-based practice when searching clinical questions using PubMed®. 

Objectives
  • Accurately and precisely describe your clinical question using PICO
  • Convert your research question into search terms for PubMed
  • Check that medical terms in your search map to Medical Subject Headings
  • Use appropriate filters to refine your search results set
  • Use Clinical Queries to limit results to clinically relevant literature
  • Find full text linked from PubMed
  • Identify your library as a source for full text articles
  • Find the “My NCBI” link and recognize that as a place to store searches and citations
  • Identify your librarian as a source for search assistance
  • Find the PubMed Online Training page and specific tutorials relevant for continuing your training
Class Materials and Resources
Open web version (no CE)
SCORM (.zip) version

Continuing Education

This class has been approved for 1 Medical Library Association (MLA) continuing education credit.

NNLM is the CNE Presenter for this class. 

Illinois CNE Sponsor: 

Medical Library Association
225 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 650
Chicago, IL 60606
License No. 236.000169

To see if your state licensing board accepts this course for CNE credit go to www.mlanet.org

Class Owner(s)

Contact the NNLM Training Office for more information.

Class Instructor(s)

Katherine Majewski, Librarian, NLM

Classes

Event Title Event Start Date Summary Continuing Education Credits CE Categories
Using PubMed in Evidence-Based Practice - On Demand When conducting research, evidence-based practice is a method for framing clinical questions that will help yield optimal search results. PubMed.gov is a free research tool from the National Library of Medicine®. This one-hour, online course will show you how to use evidence-based practice when searching clinical questions using PubMed®. 1.00 MLA, Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)
Event Title Event Start Date Summary Continuing Education Credits CE Categories
Using PubMed in Evidence-Based Practice - On Demand When conducting research, evidence-based practice is a method for framing clinical questions that will help yield optimal search results. PubMed.gov is a free research tool from the National Library of Medicine®. This one-hour, online course will show you how to use evidence-based practice when searching clinical questions using PubMed®. 1.00 MLA, Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)
last updated: 07/02/25 11:27