Bioinformatics and Biology Essentials For Librarians: Databases, Tools, and Clinical Applications is an introductory, online bioinformatics course for librarians using the Moodle learning management system.  It is 16 week,  self-paced course worth 30 hours of CE credit from the Medical Library Association. It is designed both for librarians who offer, or intend to offer, bioinformatics services; and also for librarians who use bioinformatics information on a periodic or irregular basis to serve their patrons.  This course is offered twice a year, generally Jan - May and Aug - Dec. This is the August 2020 cohort (BBEL 6). Course dates: August 24 - December 11, 2020.

View class information on NNLM.gov (new window)  

Contact nto@utah.edu with questions. 

 In this class, you will develop an understanding of the types of health technology and apps that are available and their uses, how to evaluate the tools, and create programming for library visitors. ​

This class is a four credit (4 learner hours) online course taught over two weeks in Moodle with one, 60-minute live session in Webex.

For more information, see the course description page. (new window)

You’re a library worker. You’re already helping those in your community find health information. As a library worker, what are you doing to manage your own well-being? Individual and community well-being are inherently connected. Thus, it is critical that workplaces be an area of wellness for their employees. Join us to discover ways to improve your own personal well-being and create a healthy workplace.  If you are a supervisor, how are you helping to ensure your staff stays healthy (physically, emotionally, etc.)? We will also discuss ways to increase overall wellness for all staff in libraries so that we have happy, healthy, and safe work environments.

In this 2-week, 4-CE class participants will explore the aspects of a healthy workplace including physical, mental, and emotional components. During the first week, we will look at the evidence on the benefits of having a healthy working environment matters to you, to the library, and to your community. We will discuss what does and does not make a healthy working environment. During the second week, participants will learn about and explore changes they can make at an individual level to improve workplace health and wellness. We will also discuss changes that could and should be made at the team and organizational levels to improve workplace health and wellness for everyone.

This course is asynchronous, there are no set hours to be online each week. 

Gain insight into the value of Wikipedia as a viable reference and build the skills and knowledge needed to evaluate articles on Wikipedia for yourself or your patrons, with a specific focus on health and medical topics, through a four-week, online course. 

This course runs Monday, October 5 - Monday, November 2, 2020. 

To register go to the class page on nnlm.gov (new window)

This series focuses on the roles and products of the National Library of Medicine related to applied medical informatics, particularly as applied to electronic health records systems and clinical research. The series is specially designed for health sciences librarians and other health information specialists seeking to serve more active roles in their health IT team and better support researchers.

This specialized class will help improve your effectiveness in searching PubMed (new window)  and related NLM and NIH databases for literature information on chemicals, drugs, and genetics. The course begins with searching PubMed for drug information with MeSH terms, Supplementary Concept Records (SCR), and Pharmacologic Actions (PA). Additional topics include searching related databases for drug information, searching for chemicals and 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, using the Advanced search features, and MeSH database. 

To register and receive an enrollment key via email, please visit the Chemicals, Drugs, Genetics: Searching PubMed and Beyond (new window) class page on nnlm.gov

Data Visualization enables us to quickly glean insights and patterns from data and communicate its key aspects intuitively, persuasively, and memorably. In this session, participants will discuss the fundamental principles of effective visual data communication, evaluate a visualization, describe the principles of tidy data, and compare visualization tools. This is a basic introduction for individuals with no prior experience creating visualizations.   

This on demand course is available until April 16, 2021. 

This one-hour training session will introduce you to the basic concepts of medical terminologies (including what they are and why they are important), followed by a deep dive into RxNorm, an NLM-authored medical terminology specializing in drug information.

To register and receive an enrollment key via email, please visit the Drug Terminologies and RxNorm (new window) class page on nnlm.gov.

In the words of the immortal Yogi Berra, “if you don’t know where you’re going, you might not get there.” The logic model is a useful tool from planning projects that will help you drive toward your desired results. Participants will learn how to identify desired outcomes and create an outcomes-based project plan using logic models. It provides an ideal framework for developing funding proposals, sets the stage for setting up a quality control system to make sure your project stays on track, and provide a structure for your final reports.

To register and receive an enrollment key via email, please visit the EvalBasics 2: Planning Outcomes-Based Programs (new window) class page on nnlm.gov.

This class provides participants with strategies for working with qualitative and quantitative data to assess program value and make effective decisions. Participants will be introduced to the logic of evaluation, which involves setting standards for judging value, collecting and analyzing data, making judgments about program value, and making decisions about the program’s future.

To register and receive an enrollment key via email, please visit the EvalBasics 4: Data Collection for Program Evaluation (new window)  class page on nnlm.gov.

Designed for beginning grant proposal writers, this class presents a general overview of the grant and funding processes as well as the level of detail required in a successful proposal. Each component of the grant writing process will be addressed, including: documenting the need; identifying the target population; writing measurable objectives; developing a work plan, an evaluation plan and dissemination plan.

To register and receive an enrollment key via email, please visit the Grants and Proposal Writing-On Demand (new window) class page on nnlm.gov.

Dark chocolate, red wine, and stem cells - what do these have in common? All have been reported in the news as having health benefits. Often the first place your patrons will hear about health issues is in the media. This class will introduce you to the environment of health reporting. You will learn about how health is reported in the news, and how to evaluate the accuracy and validity of science and health stories. The impact of celebrity illness will also be discussed. You will finish feeling better equipped to help your patrons look more critically at health issues that are being reported in the news media. Actual news articles and research reports are included for critique.

For more information about this course, see the course description page. (new window)

This recording of the HESPA II 2020 Curricular Mapping for Advancing Health Education Specialist Professionals Webinar is available for Certified Health Education Specialists as a continuing education opportunity through April 8, 2021.

This recording of the July 8th session of NNLM's Public Health Webinar Series session titled, Introduction to Community Needs Assessment Finding the Data that is available for Certified Health Education Specialists as a continuing education opportunity through January 8th, 2021.

To register and receive an enrollment key via email, please visit the MedlinePlus for Public Librarians (new window) class page on nnlm.gov.

Updated August 5, 2019

This online, asynchronous course is designed to provide attendees with an introduction to the concepts of culture, cultural competence, and cultural humility.

Participants will learn about some of the current critiques to using cultural competence principles and how cultural humility can be supplemented to create a more accepting, welcoming, and reflective working environment. Short demos of Think Cultural Health, PubMed, and Project Implicit are included to showcase three external resources that can be used to further explore this topic.

To register and receive an enrollment key via email, please visit the Serving Diverse Communities: Building Cultural Competence and Humility into the Workplace class page on nnlm.gov.

This recording of We Mapped this City: Centering Health Resources and Engagement Around Community Resources is available for Certified Health Education Specialists as a continuing education opportunity through February 26, 2021.

This course opens October 2020.

Click here to register on NNLM.gov and obtain enrollment key for this course. (new window)

This is a discussion board for participants in the NNLM AoU Research Program funded community of practice. It is for Consumer Health librarians, library workers and community members who work towards furthering accessible and reliable health information for all people - especially those who have systematically been blocked from accessing reliable and quality health information.

Code to enter the conversations: cp2020 (It is the year 2020 so the 0s are zeros)

Contact Brittney Thomas Brittney-Thomas@uiowa.edu with questions.

 A place for the GMR's Public Libraries Focus Group to meet and share information and ideas. 

Bioinformatics and Biology Essentials For Librarians: Databases, Tools, and Clinical Applications is an introductory, online bioinformatics course for librarians using the Moodle learning management system.  It is 16 week,  self-paced course worth 30 hours of CE credit from the Medical Library Association. It is designed both for librarians who offer, or intend to offer, bioinformatics services; and also for librarians who use bioinformatics information on a periodic or irregular basis to serve their patrons.  This course is offered twice a year, generally Jan - May and Aug - Dec. This is the January 2020 cohort (BBEL 5)

View class information on NNLM.gov (new window)  

Contact nto@utah.edu with questions. 

This course is for NNLM All of Us Community Engagement Network staff. The purpose is to build knowledge, practice using and personalizing the talking points and national message. This is to ensure a unified and accurate message. This course is limited to NNLM Staff.

This course is designed to support any NLM staff member to understand the basics of using Moodle by through hands-on practice with various tools. 

This course serves as part of training for new staff,  as well as a resource for NNLM staff to explore at time of need.

This course created by the NNLM Training Office, April 18, 2019. 

This course is limited to NNLM Staff. Contact nto@utah.edu to request enrollment. 

This is the place for NNLM Staff to learn about NNLM resources, tools and workflows. New staff can use this as a self-paced orientation to the Network of the National Libraries of Medicine. Topics include: Accessibility and 508 Compliance, Branding and Style Guides, Cultural Humility, Key NLM Products, Learning Object Repository, WebEx best practices, Class Guidelines.  

Updated August 2020 by the NNLM Training Office. 

This is the place where NNLM Staff can learn about NNLM resources by watching recorded Staff Development sessions. Recordings are added as available and include all recorded sessions from June 2018 - present. Contact nto@utah.edu if you require access. Created June 11, 2019 by the NNLM Training Office. Updated April 27, 2020. 

This course is limited to NNLM Staff.