NNLM Training

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 - Nov. 

This is the January 2022 cohort (BBEL 8). Course dates: January 18-April 22, 2022.

View class information on NNLM.gov (new window)  

Contact nto@utah.edu with questions. 

Welcome to the online forums for NNLM Book Discussion  moderated by Faith Steele, NNLM Region 1. 

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)  

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.

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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) .

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Original creation date: April 26, 2019. 

Updated August 25, 2021 | nto@utah.edu

Every year, the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) are updated. How does this affect your PubMed searches? What happens when a term gets changed, added, removed or moved to a different part of the MeSH hierarchy? How do you accommodate vocabulary changes over time in your comprehensive searches? How do you check your saved searches and alerts? This course shows you how with brief demos and interactive exercises.

This course is intended for expert searchers, and assumes that a learner understands that:

• Restricting a PubMed search to MeSH terms eliminates non-indexed records from your PubMed results
• A comprehensive search of PubMed must account for both indexed and non-indexed records

If you are unfamiliar with these concepts and are looking for an introduction to PubMed, please complete "How PubMed Works (new window) " prior to taking this course.

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

What are preprints, and how are they changing how biomedical research results are shared? Should you use information from preprints? Should you share your own research results in a preprint? 

This one-hour online, self-paced course from the National Library of Medicine® for researchers, librarians and others explains the basics of preprints, and explores the benefits and considerations of using and submitting preprints.

This online, self-paced course for anyone interested in chemical information walks users through the major functions and features of PubChem with interactive exercises and quizzes.

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

View previously recorded webinars that qualify for the MLA Consumer Health Information Specialization. This online class consolidates videos, class materials, and evaluation for previously recorded CHIS webinars. It is intended for library workers seeking CE credits towards the CHIS specialization. Following the completion of each webinar, an evaluation becomes available with the option and directions for obtaining CE credits. Recorded videos are hidden when CE expires. 

Recordings include: 

1. Caring for the Mind (available until Sep 27, 2022)
   
2. ClinicalTrials.gov for Librarians (available until Sep 29, 2022)
   
3. Effective Health Communication and Health Literacy: Understanding the Connection (available until Oct 18, 2022)
   
4. Making Sense of Numbers (available until Apr 12, 2023)
5. Providing Multilingual and Multicultural Health Information (available until Aug 15, 2022)
   
6. Rural Health Resources (available until Nov 16, 2022)
   
7. Trauma Informed Librarianship Series 
1. Trauma-Informed Librarianship: Building Communities of Care (available until Jan 12, 2023)
2. Trauma-Sensitive Programming: Using Mindfulness to Create Safe Space (Available until Feb 23, 2023)
3. Working With Youth Impacted by the Child Welfare System (available until Mar 23, 2023)

Click here to register and access this course. (new window)  

Created November 18, 2021. Updated April 18, 2022.

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)

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)

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. 

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.

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: Cultural Humility, Key NLM Products, Learning Object Repository, WebEx.  

Updated April 2021 by the NNLM Training Office. For 2021-2026 Cooperative Agreement.

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

Updated July 18, 2022 | nto@utah.edu