1/12/09 - Update - This class is full.    Please contact Sheila Snow-Croft to be put on a waiting list.

Nursing on the Net: Health Care Resources You Can Use is now online!

Taught by Sheila Snow-Croft, the first session begins on the 16th of January and ends on the 23rd. It offers 4 MLA CE contact hours and is an online, asynchronous, instructor-led class using Moodle, a free service that does not require software downloads or installation.

For more information or to register for the class, please contact Sheila
Snow-Croft.

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has produced brief training videos to demonstrate two of the four methods for submitting articles to PubMedCentral in compliance with the NIHPublic Access Policy.

See the Public Access Homepage for descriptions of each of the four methods. The new videos pertain to:

• Method C: submissions initiated by the author, and
• Method D: completing the process for submissions initiated by a publisher.

Resources:

The NIH Public Access Policy Website, http://publicaccess.nih.gov/, includes Frequently Asked Questions http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm and other information relevant to the Policy.

by Cindy Love, Disaster Information Management Research Center
Specialized Information Services Division, National Library of Medicine
cindy_love@nlm.nih.gov

REMM is now downloadable to your mobile device, with selected, key files from the full, online version of REMM.

• Blackberry
• Windows Mobile
• Palm

Read fulldetails on REMM at http://remm.nlm.gov/downloadmremm.htm

For immediate download to your Blackberry, click on this link from your Blackberry email and follow the directions.

http://remm.nlm.gov/mremm/blackberry/ota/mremm.jad

Please contact NLM with comments, questions or problems. nlmremm@mail.nih.gov

Six times a year, the SE/A will be hosting region wide web conferences that
include:

• Invited Speakers from the National Library of Medicine
• Updates on NN/LM members and resources

Our first conference will feature a presentation by Dr. Stuart Nelson. Dr. Nelson is Head of Medical Subject Headings Section at the National Library of Medicine. Stuart J. Nelson, MD, was born and raised in California. His undergraduate education was at the University of California at Berkeley. He took a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics in 1970, and moved to Brooklyn, New York, to attend medical school at the State University of New York.

After obtaining the MD degree, he interned at Philadelphia General Hospital on the University of Pennsylvania’s medical service, and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Metropolitan Hospital Center in New York City. He was certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in 1978. From 1978 to 1991, he served on the faculty of the State University of New York at Stony Brook. In 1991 he moved to the Medical College of Georgia.

His research interests are in the area of computer applications to medicine, and he collaborated for several years with Dr. Marsden S. Blois, one of the founders of the field of Medical Informatics. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics.

In 1996 he came to the National Library of Medicine as the Head of the Medical Subject Headings Section. He has published extensively in the field of medical informatics, especially in the area of computerized vocabularies.

Presentation: All About MeSH, 2008-2009

Date: Wednesday, November 19th

Time: 12:00 Noon - 1:00 pm

Attending the web conference is easy!

No reservation or registration needed

Open to all SE/A libraries

What do you need to join these conferences?

A computer (with Flash installed)

A telephone

How do I connect?

Go to this URL: http://webmeeting.nih.gov/beyondthesea

Enter as a Guest

Sign in with your first and last name

Follow the instructions in the meeting room to have Adobe Connect call your phone or call 1-800-605-5167 and enter the participant code 227471 when prompted.

Check out the web conference page at the SE/A website for more information and dates:

http://nnlm.gov/sea/services/webconf/

If you have any questions, please call the SE/A office at 800-338-7657 or 410-706-2855 or chat with us via Instant Messaging at: http://nnlm.gov/sea/outreach/seachat/

The Southeastern Atlantic and Greater Midwest regions of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine are now accepting registrants for the online version of “Geeks Bearing Gifts: Unwrapping New Technology Trends.”

Geeks Bearing Gifts: Unwrapping New Technology Trends Online is intended to provide an introduction to and update on today’s hottest technology trends with an emphasis on social media and collaboration. Participants will be able to identify technology trends and understand how these trends will affect or can be integrated into traditional library services. Some of the topics to be covered include RSS, spyware, developments in mobile computing, blogs and wikis, social bookmarking and more. Participants completing this course will be able to:

• Identify the precepts of the social web (i.e. Web 2.0, Library 2.0)
• Recognize and evaluate web-based tools for deployment in user’s environment
• Evaluate and select web-based tools for dissemination of information and for assessing information for personal and professional uses
• Employ web-based tools for online collaboration

This month long distance learning opportunity includes a course shell you may access 24/7 during the month to complete readings, forum discussions and assignments at your own pace. Additionally, there will be 3 real time teleconferences held via Adobe Connect. The introductory session will be held on November 13 from 2-3 PM ET, 3-4 PM CT. This session will introduce Moodle, the platform upon which the class is hosted. The mid-session teleconference will be held on December 4 from 2-3 PM ET, 3-4 PM CT. The class wrap up teleconference will be held on Dec 18 from 2-3 PM ET, 3-4 PM CT. Participants will have until January 8 to complete their assignments.

There will be no assignments during Thanksgiving week.

To register, please contact Dale Prince by e-mail at jprin001@umaryland.edu if you are in the SE/A Region. If you are in the Greater Midwest Region, please contact Max Anderson at max@uic.edu.

This class is worth 8 MLA CE hours and is limited to 15 participants per region on a first come, first serve basis. All others will be placed on a waiting list for the next time the class will be taught.

Unified Health Communication 101: Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency
http://www.hrsa.gov/healthliteracy/training.htm/

Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) online course will be of interest to librarians who provide support and information to the public and health professionals. To take the course, register with TRAIN (https://www.train.org/DesktopShell.aspx), the distance-learning resource for public health professionals. The course has been awarded five MLA CE credits.

Health Literacy: New Fields New Opportunities
http://healthliteracy.worlded.org/docs/tutorial/SWF/flashcheck/main.htm

Developed by World Education with support from the NN/LM Northeast Region, this tutorial covers: Health Literacy Challenge, Health Literacy Practitioners, Successful Strategies and Practices, and Applying What You Have Learned.

Assuring Quality Care for People with Limited Health Literacy
http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/8603

Developed by Medscape, this tutorial defines health literacy and reviews how limited health literacy may affect the quality of healthcare. Also, it examines the relationship between health literacy and patient safety, identifies communication skills and clinical interventions that improve health communication for all patients, and reviews clinical care strategies that improve care for those most vulnerable to the effects of limited health literacy.

Assessing Health Literacy in Clinical Practice
http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/8203

Developed by Medscape, this fact filled and well referenced tutorial assists clinicians and librarians learn how frequently they deal with patients with limited health literacy. It suggests strategies to use to adjust communication style to meet the needs of all of patients.

Health Literacy and Public Health: Communicate to Make a Difference series
http://www.nynj-phtc.org/phLit/Home/phlit-login.cfm

New York/New Jersey Public Health Training Center’s information-packed, referenced course in 2 modules: Module 1: Health Literacy & Public Health, and Module 2: Strategies for Addressing Low Health Literacy.

Is Your Document Readable for Your Target Audience?
http://wchs-web.asp.radford.edu/Old%20Web%20site/tutorial/index.htm

This tutorial assists the learner to analyze the reading ability of a target audience and to evaluate existing materials. Guides the learner through the steps in the process of developing, or revising, appropriate materials and provides links to outside resources.

http://www.medicalhome.alabama.gov/default.aspx?ID=1704

http://www.medicalhome.alabama.gov/default.aspx?id=539

Also available for download. the test on the Medicaid Agency website at www.medicaid.alabama.gov that can be taken and mailed. Contains all of the CME module post tests.

Great Rivers Partners for Health-E People!
http://www.literacycoalition.org/healthliteracy.html

Provides teaching tools to help the health care provider understand, and learn, how to work with patients who hide their lack of literacy skills. Users must register to get a login id. One program is for healthcare consumers (general public) and one is for healthcare professionals. Each program takes about 15 minutes to complete.

Are you looking for Consumer Health Classes to offer to your staff or patrons? Do you know community or faith-based organizations who are looking for free classes about Consumer Health? Do you serve consumers, veterans, teenagers, women, men, or the Spanish-speaking? If so, you have found the right place.

Please contact Terri Ottosen, Consumer Health Coordinator, at tottosen@hshsl.umaryland.edu or Mandy Meloy, Community Outreach Coordinator, at mbayerme@hshsl.umaryland.edu to schedule our classes.

The Canny Consumer: Resources for Consumer Health Decision-Making With the sharp rise in web-informed consumers and today’s fast paced communication technology and inclusive health care systems, information is readily available. Many health care systems now offer portable electronic records and electronic prescription services. The technologically savvy generation makes use of tools such as YouTube, blogs, and websites to share experiences in their health care. Yet, with the estimated 90 million Americans who do not understand how to read, comprehend, or use health information, health literacy will determine who is left behind in this techno cultural revolution. This class focuses on the interaction among technology, culture, and politics. An interactive session allows participants to explore new and upcoming technologies such as personal health records and e-health tools. The resources covered will assist consumers and those helping consumers to find quality health information and to navigate the health care system. Implications for those left behind, including the ethical, social, and privacy issues concerning these new technologies will also be discussed.
3 MLA CE Contact Hours

Combatting Information Fatigue: Health Information Resources for Veterans Veterans and their families need reliable health information resources and training to locate health information that is sensitive and pertinent to their needs. This course covers resources for finding information on general health conditions, mental health resources including those for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), family issues, substance abuse, amputations, support groups and more. Additionally, this class will prepare participants to find and assess additional veterans’ health resources.
3 MLA CE Contact Hours

“Let’s Talk about Sex”:Sexual Health Resources Adults and teenagers need quality health information that is sensitive and relevant to their needs. This course offers reliable resources on sexual and reproductive health including physical, emotional, mental health. Understanding that seniors, men, women, and teenagers have different needs in regards to sexual and reproductive health information, this class is modified for each audience. Each class, depending on the audience, will offer quality websites about body changes, sexually transmitted diseases, specific conditions, women’s and men’s health conditions, domestic violence, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered sexual health information sources.

Información confiable de salud: recursos de Internet que puede utilizar
(Trustworthy health information: Internet resources you can use) The Region’s Spanish-speaking population is increasing by leaps and bounds, so this class, which is taught in Spanish, explores four consumer health websites:

• for the whole family: general health – MedlinePlus and Kidshealth
• for environmental health – Tox Town and ToxMystery.

http://www.nih.gov/news/health/oct2008/nhlbi-06.htm

From asthma and cancer treatments to vaccines, no more hand-me-down research for children. A new Web site from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), “Children and Clinical Studies” http://www.ChildrenAndClinicalStudies.nhlbi.nih.gov, offers parents and health care providers an insider’s guide to children’s medical research, which saves lives and improves children’s health and well-being.

The Web site combines information about how clinical studies in youth are conducted with award-winning video of children, parents, and healthcare providers discussing the rewards and challenges of participating in research.

Resources include:

• Children and Clinical Studies, http://www.ChildrenAndClinicalStudies.nhlbi.nih.gov
• Database of clinical studies, http://clinicaltrials.gov/
• NHLBI Pediatric Heart Network, http://www.pediatricheartnetwork.com/

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so08/so08_training.html

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) National Training Center and Clearinghouse has scheduled classes in the NN/LM Southeastern/Atlantic Region.

For class details, dates, site and registration information, please use this link

http://foundation.acponline.org/hl/hcc2008.htm

The American College of Physicians (ACP) Foundation will host its Seventh Annual National Health Communication Conference, New Directions in Health Literacy, on November 19, 2008. The conference will be co-sponsored by the Institute of Medicine and held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC.

This year’s conference will focus on the impact of low health literacy on healthcare quality, medication labels, physicians’ practices, and the linkages between literacy and health literacy. For conference information and to register, visit
http://foundation.acponline.org/hl/hcc2008.htm