Class Catalog

Join subject experts from Region 7 as they share their insights on resources, programs, methods and more on topics that are current and relevant for Network members.

ROI: Region One Insights is a webinar series from the Network of the National Library of Medicine, Region 1. Speakers will cover different topics of interest to health science librarians, health care practitioners, librarians, and other health focused groups in the region.

All sessions are online webinars, which allow for live conversations and online chat. Sessions are recorded, closed captioned, and made available for later viewing.

Evidence shows that there are marked health disparities between those living in rural areas versus their urban counterparts. This presentation addresses health information resources and data, increasing health information access and use and the NNLM initiative of Bridging the Digital Divide by demonstrating how to find information on health conditions, demographic groups and social issues in MedlinePlus.gov, Rural Health Information Hub, and USDA Economic Research Service.

The Rural Health Webinar Series is being held in recognition of National Rural Health Day the 3rd Thursday in November. This series is an exploration of the efforts that communities, organizations, and other stakeholders take to address the unique health needs of rural populations in the United States and aims to provide practical evidence-based solutions that support librarians, health educators, community leaders, and direct care providers to improve rural health outcomes. 

The webinar series will be held weekly on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 5 - April 2, 2024 and features guest speakers discussing a variety of topics surrounding the social determinants of environmental health.

Do you want to standardize the data you collect so it can be easily shared with colleagues and other researchers? Have you been awarded a grant that requires the use of common data elements? Do you assist researchers with the data research management lifecycle? If any of these scenarios sound familiar, this course is for you!

This interactive, on-demand course is intended to introduce researchers and librarians to common data elements (CDEs) and how to use the NIH Common Data Element Repository. 

The Substance Use Disorders webinar series will address the NNLM priority of environmental determinants of health (including both the natural and built environment) and substance use disorder on both a national and regional level. This series focuses on substance use disorder and how it intersects with topics such as mental health, access to health care, rural/urban health, health advocacy, housing, tribal health, prevention, and socio-economic aspects of health.

 

This presentation will discuss the partnership between the St. Louis University Medical Center Library, medical students, and the School of Medicine’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. It will focus on their collaborative efforts to collect materials for patient care of diverse populations, educate about social determinants of health, and foster awareness and a sense of belonging within the School of Medicine’s diverse community.

Guest Speakers

Libraries in locations across the United States are beginning to offer their patrons access to telehealth services as a strategy for addressing inequities in digital access to healthcare. This class introduces telehealth, why it’s important, and how it enables people to have greater access to quality healthcare. Explore how different libraries provided patrons in their communities with access to telehealth services. This class will address privacy and ethical concerns, and review the technology and infrastructure needed to launch a successful telehealth program in your librar

This course is designed as an entry point for people unfamiliar with the field of research data services in libraries. The goal is to introduce what data services librarians work on and to present information on how learners can grow in this area. This includes mentioning other trainings offered by NNLM that would further their studies in data services. Learners will be able to describe the type of work done in data services and the subtopics found in data services.

PubMed maps your search terms to Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) to augment your search with additional terms from the vocabulary that NLM uses to describe articles in MEDLINE®/PubMed. Take this course to better understand how PubMed uses MeSH and how you can take control of your PubMed topic searches for better precision or recall.