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The class is a 3 week self-paced, asynchronous introduction to cultural competency, the unique health information needs of refugees and immigrants, and relevant health information resources. Participants who complete all activities are eligible for 4 MLA CE

Where do you turn for trusted health information? This course will provide you with tools to determine whether health information web sites are trustworthy and reliable or whether to look elsewhere. Criteria for evaluating health information web sites will be provided and interactive assignments will reinforce concepts. For more information, please visit: http://nnlm.gov/training/snakeoil/

If you are interested in registering for this class, please email the facilitator, Terri Ottosen, for more information.

This comprehensive course covers the essential skills and information that library staff need to help users find trustworthy, appropriate health information.  Learners will explore topics such as finding the best resources for just about any health question, serving diverse users, new mobile health technologies and how people are using social networking for health questions, and how to create fun and informative health-related programming for different age groups and populations. Participants will understand the challenges faced by non-English speakers and the implications of low health literacy. Best practices, techniques and practical tips will be presented each week to help each learner provide better health information services in his/her individual setting. 

If you have questions about this course, please contact the instructor.

Dana Abbey

Looking for the latest developments in patient care but finding too much, too little, or inadequate information? This hands-on workshop is designed for librarians responsible for information services to the Nursing and Allied Health professions. Participants will learn to use and evaluate web based health information resources, find online news services, continuing online education courses, and consumer health web sites. Participants will also learn to search the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE database of over 19 million citations using the PubMed interface. The workshop will also cover MedlinePlus, the National Library of Medicine's web site for consumer health information.

This specialized class will help improve your effectiveness in searching PubMed and related NLM and NIH databases for literature information on chemicals, drugs and genetics. The course covers drug information databases, searching for chemicals and with chemical nomenclature and locating literature related to genetics and genomics. This course assumes a strong working knowledge of PubMed including an understanding of automatic term mapping, the importance of reviewing the Details box after searches, and using the Advanced search page and the MeSH database. For more information: visit http://nnlm.gov/training/chemdrugs/

ClinicalTrials.gov is the openly available federal registry and results database of publicly and privately funded clinical studies conducted in the United States and around the world. As of July 2013, ClinicalTrials.gov provided access to more than 149,000 study records and more than 9,500 studies with summary results. ClinicalTrials.gov is a vital resource for researchers, healthcare providers, and health sciences librarians who wish to consult the entire body of evidence on any particular topic.

Fundamentals of Bioinformatics and Searching is the self-paced bioinformatics overview online learning component of the Librarian’s Guide to NCBI.

Fundamentals of Bioinformatics and Searching is the self-paced bioinformatics overview online learning component of the Librarian’s Guide to NCBI.

Fundamentals of Bioinformatics and Searching is the self-paced bioinformatics overview online learning component of the Librarian’s Guide to NCBI.

Fundamentals of Bioinformatics and Searching is the self-paced bioinformatics overview online learning component of the Librarian’s Guide to NCBI.

Fundamentals of Bioinformatics and Searching is the self-paced bioinformatics overview online learning component of the Librarian’s Guide to NCBI.

Fundamentals of Bioinformatics and Searching is the self-paced bioinformatics overview online learning component of the Librarian’s Guide to NCBI.

Forums for graduates of the class "Librarian's Guide to NCBI."

This class is intended to hone basic searching techniques and the ability to develop search strategies that will take advantage of the PubMed interface to MEDLINE. The course will explore various methods for searching the PubMed system. Topics covered include Automatic Term Mapping, Search Results, Features Bar, Related Citations, My NCBI, Searching with MeSH, and Single Citation Matcher.

This course will provide an overview of the system and demonstrate utilizing the features of PubMed to search effectively.

This Level 1 class is intended to hone basic searching techniques and the ability to develop search strategies that will take advantage of the PubMed interface to MEDLINE. The course will explore various methods for searching the PubMed system. Topics covered include Automatic Term Mapping, Search Results, Features Bar, Related Citations, My NCBI, Searching with MeSH, and Single Citation Matcher. This course will provide an overview of the system and demonstrate utilizing the features of PubMed to search effectively. Class information link: http://nnlm.gov/training/work/

Health Sciences Library support for data researchers and computer scientists is a new role for health sciences librarians. Work being done in biomedical big data fields and precision medicine is being shared through The Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Initiative's weekly online lecture series discussing the data science underlying modern biomedical research. The series began in September 2016 and is scheduled to run through early 2017. The weekly presentations are from experts across the country covering the basics of data management, representation, computation, statistical inference, data modeling, and other topics relevant to “big data” in biomedicine. The webinar series will provide essential training suitable for individuals at an introductory overview level. All video presentations from the seminar series will be streamed for live viewing, recorded, and posted online for future viewing and reference. This webinar series is a collaboration between the TCC, the NIH Office of the Associate Director for Data Science, and BD2K Centers Coordination Center (BD2KCCC). Support for data researchers at all points of the research lifecycle is likely to become a primary role for health sciences librarians. What kind of library support researchers want and what kinds of skills librarians need to have in order to meet that need remain unanswered questions. If health sciences librarians want to provide meaningful contributions to a growing field, discussions need to take place and action plans need to be created.

The Debrief and Discussion follows the weekly session in an online webinar room with other health sciences librarians interested in this topic. There are two ways to participate. Synchronous and Asynchronous...see details below.

CE Contact Hours: 2 per session attended

Synchronous Sessions:

The learning objective of the live debriefing discussions is to increase awareness of the roles the librarian can play to support researchers in the data lifecycle. 

1. Attend Fridays (9am-10am PT | 10am-11am MT | 11am-noon CT | noon-1pm ET ) when Webinars are broadcast through May 2017: http://www.bigdatau.org/data-science-seminars
2. Join 10 minutes post webinar discussion (~30 minutes): http://nih.webex.com/meet/johnbramble

Discussion Questions (everyone is expected to engage in the discussion):
a. In the context of health information access (organization of information, research, findability, etc.) what role can the librarian play to support researchers in their data lifecycle at your institution?
b. 
What assets do librarians have to bring to the table?
c. What skills do librarians need?
d. What Resources are needed?
e. Who are the most important stakeholders librarians need to align with to get a seat at the table?

3. Submit session evaluation

Asynchronous Sessions: 

The learning objective of the self-paced discussions is for the individual to be able to articulate what role the librarian can play to support researchers in the data lifecycle with the instructor.

1. View one of live or recorded BD2K Guide to the Fundamentals of Data Science Series. Recordings available here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKIDQOa0JcUd3K9C1TS7FLQ
2. Contribute responses to questions. https://nnlm.gov/moodle/course/view.php?id=650
3
. Register to access Moodle (if you are reading this it means you are registered) 

Discussion Questions (There is one required question and one or more of the optional questions):
a. (REQUIRED RESPONSE) In the context of health information access (organization of information, research, findability, etc.) what role can the librarian play to support researchers in the data lifecycle?
b. (OPTION) What assets do librarians have to bring to the table?
c. (OPTION) What skills do librarians need?
d. (OPTION) What Resources are needed?
e. (OPTION) Who are the most important stakeholders librarians need to align with to get a seat at the table?

In order to earn the full MLA CE contact hours, your submissions must be well written and thoughtful or you will not earn the full MLA contact hour credits. 

4. Evaluate the session. Evaluation link will be emailed to you after your submission has been graded (pass/fail).

If you have any questions or comments, contact john.bramble@utah.edu

This hands-on course focuses on the advanced search features of web search engines and the cutting edge of searching. Participants will use various search engines, compare the features of each and broaden their knowledge of search strategies and techniques. Participants will develop search strategies that will increase the precision and scope of their online searching ability. Participants will engage in discussions, exercises and view short demonstrations as a part of the class. The class includes: discussions of web search engines, examples of meta-search engines and directories. The class will also discuss strategies for searching for online media including images, videos and books. The class concludes with examples of real-time searching and mobile search solutions. To learn more about this class visit the full description and training materials online: http://nnlm.gov/training/supersearcher/


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