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Scheduled Classes
| Event Title | Date(s) | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| NNLM Book Discussion, May 2 - July 31, Doing Harm | May 2, 2022 - July 31, 2022 | You are invited to join us for the first NNLM Book Discussion. From May 1 until July 31, join your fellow librarians and read Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick by Maya Dusenbery!
Platform/Location: Zoom, Moodle |
| Effective Health Communication and Health Literacy: Understanding the Connection | July 27, 2022 | This 1 hour webinar introduces the concepts of health literacy and health communication.
Platform/Location: Webex |
| From Problem to Prevention: Evidence Based Public Health | July 27, 2022 | Curious about evidence-based public health (EBPH) but not sure where to start? This class will explain the basics of evidence-based public health (EBPH) and highlight essentials of the EBPH process such as identifying the problem, forming a question, searching the literature, and evaluating the intervention. The purpose of this class is to provide an introduction to the world of evidence based public health and to give those already familiar with EBPH useful information that can be applied in their practices.
Platform/Location: Webex |
| Wellness in the Library Workplace | August 15, 2022 - August 29, 2022 | Join us for this 2-week, 4 credit-hour online class to discover ways to improve your own personal well-being and create a healthy workplace.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information at Your Library | August 22, 2022 - September 16, 2022 | This 4-week, 4 credit-hour self-paced online class covers the health information seeking behavior of consumers and the role of the librarian in the provision of health information for the public.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| PBC Living Library Project | August 23, 2022 | The PBC Living Library at Phoenix Biomedical Campus Library, Northern Arizona University, is a program that raises awareness to medical harm through oral storytelling. Learn how the PBC Living Library was conceived and tips for developing your own living library in this 90 minute webinar.
Platform/Location: Webex |
| Caring for the Mind: Providing Mental Health Information at Your Library | August 24, 2022 | Responding to questions involving topics on mental health is challenging even for the most experienced librarian. In this 1 hour webinar, participants will learn how to effectively provide mental health information at their libraries.
Platform/Location: Webex |
Regional Events
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On-Demand Classes
| Event Title | Date(s) | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Assessing Health Materials On Demand | On-demand through April 18, 2025 | Get an overview on assessing health materials, and learn how the National Library of Medicine uses a health education materials assessment tool to figure out if health education materials are easy-to-read in this 90 minute self-paced tutorial.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Consumer Health Collection Management - On Demand | On-demand through October 31, 2022 | This 4 credit-hour, on-demand class reviews collection management principles and resources for health-related collections in public libraries.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Drug and Chemical Information - On Demand | On-demand through June 30, 2023 | Earn up to 6 hours of CE credit in this on-demand class. Learn about NLM resources that provide drug and chemical information for consumers and healthcare professionals, from interactions to adverse effects to clinical trial results. While you work through interactive hands-on scenarios, you’ll learn about the drug and chemical information-seeking habits of your patrons, helpful reference interview questions to ask, and how to efficiently navigate this unique information landscape.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Environmental Health and Justice: a brief primer | On-demand through April 30, 2026 | This self-paced online class provides an introduction to environmental health and environmental justice and presents 3 resources you can use to find data and statistics about environmental health disparities in your community.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Getting the Right Information to Patients Using MedlinePlus Connect | On-demand through June 30, 2023 | This 1 hour on-demand class introduces MedlinePlus Connect, and points to resources for implementing MedlinePlus Connect at your institution. MedlinePlus Connect is a tool that enables the integration of MedlinePlus resources into external systems like electronic health record systems, patient portals, and other applications. Working knowledge of MedlinePlus is suggested pre-requisite.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Health Literacy On Demand | On-demand through September 30, 2022 | Learn about health literacy definitions, best practices and tools for communicating health information clearly in in this 1-hour narrated tutorial with activities.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Introduction to Health Reference: Ethics and Best Practices | On-demand through October 31, 2022 | Learn how to conduct a health reference interview using ethical and effective communication strategies in this 4 credit-hour on-demand class. Content includes interactive self-paced tutorials, discussion forums, and a synthesis exercise.
Platform/Location: Moodle |