NNLM Training

Welcome to the online forums for NNLM Book Discussion  moderated by Bobbi Newman, NNLM Region 6, Carolyn Martin, NNLM Region 5, Veronica Milliner NAPC, and Nora Barnett Region 6.   

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 that 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 and NLM and NIH resources 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. 

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

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.

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 generally offered twice a year, Jan - Apr and Aug - Dec. 

This is the August 2022 cohort (BBEL 9). Course dates: August 29 - December 9, 2022.

View class information on NNLM.gov (new window)  

Contact nto@utah.edu with questions. 

Welcome to the online forums for NNLM Book Discussion  "Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick" By Maya Dusenbery

May 2 - July 31

This 3 week, online class is designed for library staff who support, or want to support, nursing and allied health professionals. It provides an introduction to the professions of nursing and allied health and NLM databases used by health professionals. The class concludes with developing your own plan on how to use this information in your own work.  

• Class Dates: October 31 - November 18, 2022. 
• Registration limited to 50 participants.
• 4 MLA Credit hours 

Class information & register on NNLM.gov (new window)

Registered students can enroll starting October 30, 2022.

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. 

To register for the Oct 17 - Nov 11, 2022 class, go to the class page on nnlm.gov. (new window)

Registered users can enroll beginning Sunday, October 16, 2022. 

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 course integrates the theory of community engagement with its application to libraries. The course is designed using the Preparation, Action, Reflection model. We will share step-by-step methods and best practices for engaging with communities to co-design and co-develop library offerings. Participants will learn about the community in which their library is located and develop skills to build constructive relationships and bridge cultural differences. They will gain practical experience with engagement methods and share their experiences in implementing several stages of engagement.

Course Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Provide a clear definition of a "community."
• Provide a clear definition of the community in which your library is located.
• Identify at least 3 cultural differences between your own culture and the culture(s) in the community in which your library is located.
• Articulate at least 3 skills for building relationships with community members.
• Write a step-by-step plan for how you could co-develop with community partners a library-sponsored program for addressing an identified need in your community.

This self-paced course describes how librarians and other information professionals can facilitate data standardization and research data sharing using Common Data Elements.

Click here to register for this class and receive enrollment key. (new window)  

Earn up to 5 continuing education credits towards a Data Services Specialization (DSS)  from the Medical Library Association.

To register and receive an enrollment key go to: 

Created by nto@utah.edu July 20, 2022 

Learn how terminology standards make patient educational materials accessible through electronic health record systems, health apps, and other systems via MedlinePlus Connect (new window) .

Click here to register for this class and receive enrollment key. (new window)

Original creation date: April 26, 2019. 

Updated August 25, 2021 | nto@utah.edu

Learn how to conduct a health reference interview using ethical and effective communication strategies in this 4 credit/4 module online and self paced class. Through narrated interactive, self-paced tutorials, forums and a quiz, you 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

Newly revised in August 2022, this updated class includes new narrated, interactive tutorials. 

Click here to register and receive enrollment key.  (new window)

Updated August 25, 2022 | nto@utah.edu

The MedlinePlus Tutorial for Librarians and Health Educators is a free, one-hour interactive tutorial that provides a tour of the MedlinePlus website and explains why MedlinePlus is a trusted reference when answering health information questions. The class is eligible for the Consumer Health Information Specialization (new window) and approved for one continuing education credit awarded by the Medical Library Association. Upon concluding the tutorial, you may print a certificate of completion. 

Updated June 1, 2021.

Click here to register for this class and receive enrollment key. (new window)  

This course will cover differences between prescription and over the counter medications, data regarding use in the United States, and three free drug information resources from the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health.

1. How PubMed Works: Introduction
2. How PubMed Works: Selection
3. How PubMed Works: MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)
4. How PubMed Works: ATM (Automatic Term Mapping)

Each class offers 1.5 MLA CE.

Use this link to register for class. (new window)

1. How PubMed Works: Introduction
2. How PubMed Works: Selection
3. How PubMed Works: MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)
4. How PubMed Works: ATM (Automatic Term Mapping)

Each class offers 1.5 MLA CE. You do not have to complete all four classes, however, we highly recommend it.  

Use this link to register for the class.  (new window)

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.

Click here to register for this class and receive enrollment key. (new window)   

This class is active from June 22, 2022 through April 24, 2023. 

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. 

Click here to register for this class and receive enrollment key. (new window)   

Private space for members of the NNLM Region 6 Illinois State Advisory Group.

Contact Region 6 staff via email at Region6-RML@uiowa.edu for more information.

Created January 7, 2022.

Private space for members of the NNLM Region 6 Iowa State Advisory Group.

Contact Region 6 staff via email at Region6-RML@uiowa.edu for more information.

Created January 7, 2022.

Private space for members of the NNLM Region 6 Minnesota State Advisory Group.

Contact Region 6 staff via email at Region6-RML@uiowa.edu for more information.

Created January 7, 2022.

Private space for members of the NNLM Region 6 Wisconsin State Advisory Group.

Contact Region 6 staff via email at Region6-RML@uiowa.edu for more information.

Created January 7, 2022.

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 that 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. 

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

• Introduces concepts and best practices regarding health literacy.

• Overview on assessing health materials, the National Library of Medicine health education materials assessment tool, and the NNLM Health Literacy Playbook and presentation slides. 
  

Created Jul 14, 2021 by nto@utah.edu. 

Updated April 18, 2022 by nto@utah.edu.

This class includes examples we will work through at the Y2 Moodle onboarding. 

examples:

assignment

forum

student tracking 

Created March 17 2022 by NTO