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 14 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 2021 cohort (BBEL 7). Course dates: January 4-April 9, 2021.

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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.

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

Learn how to conduct a health reference interview using ethical and effective communication strategies in this 4 credit/4 module asynchronous online class. Through interactive, self-paced tutorials, discussion forums, and a synthesis exercise, users will learn:

• What is a health reference interview
• How the library can protect patrons’ health privacy and confidentiality using ethical guidelines from library associations
• Effective communication strategies to identify the health information needs of patrons
• Simple methods for evaluating online health information that can be easily explained to patrons

This is an on-demand class. To register and receive an enrollment key via email, please visit the Introduction to Health Reference (new window) class page on nnlm.gov.

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This course is designed to teach public health professionals and librarians to use National Library of Medicine resources in order to find reliable health information and data related to population health and Healthy People 2020. Introductions to MedlinePlus, PubMed, and HSRProj will be covered.

There are five sections in this course:

This online, asynchronous course is designed to provide attendees with some basic statistics on individuals with limited English proficiency in the United States and demonstrate how to use resources from the National Library of Medicine to access reliable health information in multiple languages.

Attendees will learn about data from the American Community Survey and U.S. Census Bureau, and then receive demonstrations on how to access reliable health information in multiple languages through the National Library of Medicine's HealthReach, MedlinePlus, and Specialized Information Services databases.

This course is designed to introduce attendees to health disparities and how the social determinants of health contribute to an inequity in health.

Participants will be shown demonstrations on how to utilize tools from the National Library of Medicine, the Office of Minority Health, and HealthyPeople.gov to locate data on health disparities.

To register and receive an enrollment key via email, please visit the Serving Diverse Communities: Finding Data on Health Disparities class page on nnlm.gov.

What is open science, and how does it differ from data science, and research data management? How can library staff support data science in their own work? This introductory, four-hour on-demand course introduces the concepts of open science, data science and research data management through readings, tutorials and videos. After taking this course, you will be able to describe the differences between research data management (RDM), data science, and open science, articulate how open science supports research integrity and reproducibility, and list ways librarian staff can support data science.

This course opens October 2020.

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How do you keep data secure and preserved? This introductory, four-hour, on-demand course uses readings, tutorials, videos, and hands-on scenarios to show how to evaluate preservation needs of a dataset, identify appropriate data repositories for a given dataset, examine security/privacy issues with data, and explain how data policies affect data ownership, security, and storage. 

This course opens October 2020.

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Where librarians and NCBI scientists meet to talk sequence data, structures, and other biology fun. Graduates of the NNLM courses "Librarian's Guide to NCBI" and "Bioinformatics and Biology Essentials for Librarians" are invited to this group.

This is a place for previous RDM class members to meet and share what they are doing.

This class will be available on November 13, 2020.

This class covers the health information seeking behavior of consumers and the role of the librarian in the provision of health information for the public. Come learn about the evolution of consumer health, health literacy and the e-patient. Participants will be equipped with knowledge of top consumer health sites, e-patient resources and collection development core lists. We will discuss creative ideas for health information outreach. The class will wrap up with an opportunity to explore effective marketing approaches and develop an elevator speech.

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

This course will introduce basic concepts in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), issues about research into CAM therapies, evaluating CAM information, recommended websites, and researching evidence about CAM therapies.

This is a 6-week class (5 weeks of coursework and 1 week for catching up, if needed), and there will be approximately 30 to 90 minutes of work per week. At the end, you will have earned 8 hours of MLA or CHIS CE credit.

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.