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Event Title Start Date End Date Summary Type ROC
Addressing Rural Cancer Care Through a Network Model November 4, 2025 November 4, 2025 Rural communities face significant challenges in cancer care, including limited access to specialists, fragmented care coordination, and a lack of infrastructure to support evidence-based treatment and quality monitoring. Guest speaker Aaron Seaman will offer insights into how the Iowa Cancer Affiliate Network (I-CAN) addresses these gaps through a collaborative and scalable model that strengthens rural hospitals’ capacity to deliver evidence-based, high-quality care. Part one of a three-part webinar series.
Platform/Location: Zoom
 Upcoming Region 6
Connecting Older Adults to Health Information December 11, 2025 December 11, 2025 This 90-minute webinar covers websites and data sources to help you respond to requests for health information from and about older adults at your library, as well as covering programming ideas.
Platform/Location: Zoom
 Upcoming National
Implementing Scalable Exercise Interventions to Address Supportive Care Disparities in Rural Cancer Survivors January 6, 2026 January 6, 2026 Cancer survivors in rural areas face unique challenges in accessing supportive care, including structured exercise programs that are proven to improve physical function, mental health, and quality of life. Dr. Jess Gorzelitz leads research focused on implementing and evaluating a distance-based, strength-focused exercise intervention tailored for older, rural cancer survivors. In this webinar she will discuss existing disparities in access to exercise oncology resources and the use of remote exercise programs to inform long-term behavior change. Learn how scalable, evidence-based exercise interventions can be integrated into survivorship care.
Platform/Location: Zoom
 Upcoming Region 6
A Provider’s Perspective on Building High Quality Cancer Care Programs in Rural Areas March 3, 2026 March 3, 2026 Part 3 of the Improving Cancer Care for Rural Communities series features Dr. Daniel Kollmorgen, Surgical Oncologist and Medical Director of Oncology Services at Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Dr. Kollmorgen will speak about building high quality care in rural areas, including strategies for achieving CoC accreditation and fostering a culture of quality improvement. This webinar will offer insights for professionals seeking to enhance the quality and coordination of cancer care in rural communities.
Platform/Location: Zoom
 Upcoming Region 6
Prescription and Over the Counter Drugs: Supporting Patients with Evidence-Based Information August 30, 2021 April 30, 2026 This 1 credit hour on-demand course provides an introduction to three free resources from the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health: The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) website, DailyMed and LactMed.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available National
How PubMed Works: Introduction On-Demand May 11, 2022 April 17, 2026 How PubMed Works: Introduction On-Demand is eligible for 1.5 MLA CE.

This is a self-paced course offered via Moodle. The class is available 24/7.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available NTO
Getting the Right Information to Patients Using MedlinePlus Connect April 4, 2023 April 29, 2026 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
 Always Available National
Drug and Chemical Information 2. Finding Properties, Effects, and Interactions July 15, 2023 April 29, 2026 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
 Always Available National
Drug and Chemical Information 3. Exploring New Drug Research July 15, 2023 April 29, 2026 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
 Always Available National
Drug and Chemical Information 1. Using, Providing and Prescribing Medications July 15, 2023 April 29, 2026 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
 Always Available National
Assessing Health Education Materials September 5, 2023 April 30, 2026 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
 Always Available National
Finding and Using Health Statistics September 19, 2023 April 29, 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
 Always Available National
PubMed Essentials On-Demand 2025/2026 May 1, 2024 April 17, 2026 If you’re new to PubMed or just want a refresher, this online class is designed for you. This is a 1 MLA CE, self-paced course offered via Moodle. The class is available 24/7. The class is made up of 10 short units that include videos, exercises and quizzes. The class gives you the chance to explore PubMed at your own pace with guided tours and exercises.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available National
How PubMed Works: MeSH On-Demand May 1, 2024 April 17, 2026 How PubMed Works: MeSH On-Demand is eligible for 1.5 MLA CE.

This is a self-paced course offered via Moodle. The class is available 24/7.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available NTO
How PubMed Works: Automatic Term Mapping On-Demand May 1, 2024 April 17, 2026 Learn about PubMed's automatic term mapping feature that kicks in
automatically when you enter untagged terms into PubMed's search box.

How PubMed Works: Automatic Term Mapping On-Demand is eligible for 1.5 MLA CE.

This is a self-paced course offered via Moodle. The class is available 24/7.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available NTO
Using PubMed in Evidence-Based Practice - On Demand June 17, 2024 April 29, 2026 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®.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available National
An Introduction to ClinicalTrials.gov On Demand November 1, 2024 April 29, 2026 This online, self-paced course introduces and demonstrates searching and understanding search results in ClinicalTrials.gov.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available National
Health Data Standards and Terminologies December 9, 2024 April 29, 2026 Explore the different types of health data standards and how they support interoperability of health information systems. Learn about relevant National Library of Medicine (NLM) terminology products, tools, and services in this on-demand, online class.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available National
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