Training Resources You Can Use
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Classes and Presentations from the NN/LM
The materials given below are only a few of the many training resources you will find at the National Training Center and Clearinghouse's Educational Clearinghouse Database . Be sure to look there for more classes, Web tutorials,handouts and other training materials on your topic.
- Introducing Health Professionals to NLM's
Online Systems. Outlines, course d escriptions
and a customizable PowerPoint presentation for providing classes
in PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, the NLM Gateway,
MedlinePlus, and public health resources. You can teach
these classes at your institution or
doing outreach to health professionals in your
community.
- Introduction to PubMed Basics A PowerPoint presentation ready for you to customize with your name. You can use this as an outline and then go live with your own search examples in PubMed.
- http://nnlm.gov/training/nlmsys/ Look for more classes on NLM's systems here.
- NLM In Your Pocket ... Medical Research At
Your Fingertips. NLM has developed several
information resources specifically designed for use on
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). This one hour
workshop is an introduction to two of these
applications - PubMed on Tap (PMoT) and PubMed for the
PDA (also known as PubMed Anywhere).
http://nnlm.gov/mar/training/pmot.html
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Consumer Health Classes for Public
Libraries:
- Prescription for Success: Consumer
Health on the Web. This hands-on
introduction to consumer health information will
cover the information-seeking behaviors of
consumers, the basics of MedlinePlus.gov, DIRLINE,
ClinicalTrials.gov and other reliable web pages
such as those from professional medical
associations and advocacy groups. It will cover
sites devoted to pharmaceutical information for
consumers, drug-interaction databases and herbal
information.
http://nnlm.gov/training/consumer/prescription/
- From Snake Oil to Penicillin:
Evaluating Consumer Health Information on the
Internet.This hands-on course will
describe why it is important to evaluate websites.
Participants will be given criteria for how to
evaluate health information on the Internet.
http://nnlm.gov/training/consumer/snakeoil/
- Looking in All the Wrong Places: PubMed
for Public Librarians. This 3-hour
hands-on class will cover basic and field
searching, journal browser, single citation
matcher, clipboard, history, and other features. It
will also cover how to obtain full-text articles.
The title of the PowerPoint can be changed and the
class will work just as well for health
professionals who are not very familiar with
PubMed.
http://nnlm.gov/training/consumer/pubmed/
- Beyond an Apple A Day: Providing
Consumer Health Information in the Public
Library. This hands-on class will cover
the information seeking behaviors of consumers. It
will also address the recommended core reference
collection, as well as databases and newsletters/
periodicals. It will cover the reference interview,
disclaimers, and privacy as well as networking with
medical librarians. The class will introduce the
students to the Medical Library Association and its
local chapters. It will describe possible ways to
market this service in a community.
http://nnlm.gov/training/consumer/apple/
- Prescription for Success: Consumer
Health on the Web. This hands-on
introduction to consumer health information will
cover the information-seeking behaviors of
consumers, the basics of MedlinePlus.gov, DIRLINE,
ClinicalTrials.gov and other reliable web pages
such as those from professional medical
associations and advocacy groups. It will cover
sites devoted to pharmaceutical information for
consumers, drug-interaction databases and herbal
information.
- Resources for Public Health
Presentations. Regional medical library
handouts, slides, web sites, and curriculum guides
regarding public health.
http://nnlm.gov/pnr/training/phresources.html
Handouts and Other Class Materials
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NN/LM Handouts
A complete list of all NN/LM brochures is at http://nnlm.gov/training/pamphlets.html
The following are some of the most popular ones:
- LactMed
Basics
Trifold brochure (last updated January 2007) - MedlinePlus
Basics or
Trifold brochure (last updated June 2008)
- MedlinePlus
Basics (Lo esencial de MedlinePlus) or
Trifold brochure in Spanish (last updated June 2008)
- MedlinePlus
for Health Professionals or
Trifold brochure (last updated June 2008)
- PubMed
Basics or
Trifold brochure (last updated June 2008) - PubMed
My NCBI or
Trifold brochure (last updated April 2008) - Searching PubMed with MESH or
Trifold brochure (last updated January 2008) - Full Text and PubMed or
Trifold brochure (last updated January 2008)