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Scheduled Classes
| Event Title | Date(s) | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| NNLM Book Discussion What the Eyes Don't See by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha (February 1 - April 30, 2025) | February 1, 2025 - April 30, 2025 | Join us February 1 - April 30, 2025 to discuss the book What the Eyes Don't See by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha.
Platform/Location: Zoom, Moodle |
| A Librarian's Guide to Consumer Health | April 1, 2025 - April 29, 2025 | 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 |
| Making Sense of Numbers (April 2, 2025) | April 2, 2025 | This 1.5 hour webinar explains how to interpret statistics and numbers.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
| Advancing Evidence-Based Interventions in Rural Communities (Rescheduled) | April 7, 2025 | The Putting Public Health Evidence in Action training, originally created by the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network, helps health practitioners and program planners apply evidence-based approaches. Learn about an adaptation for rural and micrometropolitan communities created by University of Iowa Prevention Research Center for Rural Health. This webinar will summarize key points from the six training modules, highlight rural examples of the principles in action, and introduce the accompanying activities and resources.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
| Effective Health Communication and Health Literacy: Understanding the Connection - April 10, 2025 | April 10, 2025 | This 1 hour webinar introduces the concepts of health literacy and health communication. This presentation addresses improving health literacy, by including information about the NLM/NIH resource MedlinePlus.gov.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
| Cancelled. Inspiring Engagement: Public Programming with NLM Traveling Exhibitions | May 22, 2025 | The NLM Traveling Exhibitions connect audiences with National Library of Medicine (NLM) health information resources and bring fascinating stories about medicine, history, and society to institutions across the country. In this webinar, you’ll get an inside look at how traveling exhibition host venues have approached public programming around these exhibitions to foster community engagement.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
| Discovering Library Science & Health Literacy: A High School Push-in Program | June 18, 2025 | This webinar will present a curriculum designed for high school students aimed at educating them about the library science profession while also equipping them with foundational skills in health literacy.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Regional Events
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On-Demand Classes
| Event Title | Date(s) | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| AHEM: clearing the way to easy-to-read health materials | On-demand through April 25, 2025 | Get an overview on assessing health education 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 2 hour on-demand, online class.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Consumer Health Information Specialization On-Demand | On-demand through April 30, 2026 | Discover the basics of providing consumer health information through 8 independent learning modules. Earn up to 8 hours credit towards a Consumer Health Information Specialization.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Drug and Chemical Information 1. Using, Providing and Prescribing Medications | On-demand through May 1, 2025 | Learn how to find drug and chemical safety information, side effects, and interactions in MedlinePlus and locate prescription and over-the-counter FDA drug labeling in DailyMed in this 2 hour on-demand class.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Drug and Chemical Information 2. Finding Properties, Effects, and Interactions | On-demand through May 1, 2025 | Learn how to find drug and chemical information, adverse effects, molecular properties and more in this 2 hour on-demand class. Resources covered include PubChem, LactMed, LiverTox, NLM Bookshelf and PubMed.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Drug and Chemical Information 3. Exploring New Drug Research | On-demand through May 1, 2025 | Discover drug therapy clinical trials and learn how drugs, chemicals, and related topics are indexed in MeSH in order to hone a PubMed search strategy for systematic reviews and other complex research in this 2 hour on-demand class.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Finding and Using Health Statistics | On-demand through March 31, 2026 | This online, self-paced course for librarians and students in health sciences describes different types of health statistics, how they are collected, and where they can be found.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Health Reference Express: Communication and Confidentiality Essentials for Library Workers | On-demand through April 30, 2026 | Learn how to conduct a health reference interview using ethical and effective communication strategies in this 3 credit-hour, on-demand class.
Platform/Location: Moodle |