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 self-paced course is designed to introduce you to nutrition information resources available through government resources such as the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Library of Medicine (NLM). This course contains two one-hour webinar sessions, which you have the option to attend live or view as a recording. 

This course is approved for 4.0 continuing education credits from the Medical Library Association (MLA) which will be made available at the end of the course.

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 interactive, hands-on CE course will introduce participants to the environment of health reporting. Participants will learn about how health is reported in the news as well as how to evaluate the accuracy and validity of science and health stories. The impact of celebrity illness will also be discussed. By the end of this course, participants will be better equipped to help their patrons look more critically at health issues that are being reported in the news media. Actual news articles and research reports will be included for critique.

For more information about this course, 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 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 as they critique and evaluate existing visualizations. They will also locate sources for downloadable data, and develop simple interactive visualizations using Tableau Public, a free and popular data visualization tool.  

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.

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

To register and receive an enrollment key via email, please visit the Getting the Right Information to Patients Using MedlinePlus Connect (new window) class page on nnlm.gov.

This recording of the March 5th session of Health Statistics on the Web is available for Certified Health Education Specialists as a continuing education opportunity through September 5, 2020.

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.

Contact nto@utah.edu with questions. | Updated May 1, 2020.

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.

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. 

Learn how to  fix common 508 accessibility issues in Adobe Acrobat in this self paced tutorial that uses worksheets and guided answers. Use the enrollment key tables to enroll. Created by Rebecca Brown, May 2018, nto@utah.edu 

This course is limited to NNLM Staff. 

This on-demand class introduces the ADDIE instructional design model. This course is intended to provide one approach to designing classes. For more information, contact nto@utah.edu Created July 18, 2018. Checked February 12, 2020. 

This course is limited to NNLM Staff.

Online community for NNLM Staff with an interest in Data Visualization. This course is limited to NNLM Staff.

For NNLM Staff who have completed the NNLM Teaching and Learning Workshop. You will be enrolled after your RML hosts the face to face Teaching and Learning Workshop. Contact NTO for assistance.This course is limited to NNLM Staff.