Prescription for Success: Consumer Health on the Web
Course Description
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.
Objectives
Identify selected website useful for answering consumer's health questions, especially:
- Disease-specific information
- Drug information for consumers
- Herbal Information
- Doctor Finders
Course Materials
- Prescription
for Success Class Handouts
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for Success Class Additional Handouts
- Prescription
for Success Class Exercises
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Prescription for Success Class Exercises for Instructor
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for Success Course Outline
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for Success Class Script
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for Success Course Powerpoint Presentation
Continuing Education
Upon successful completion of this class, each participant will receive 3 hours of continuing education credit awarded by the Medical Library Association (MLA). This course is on the list of approved courses for the MLA Consumer Health Specialization Program (http://www.mlanet.org/education/chc/index.html).
Instructors
Samanthi Hewakapuge, Consumer Health Coordinator, samanthi@uic.edu, 312-996-7791
Jacqueline Leskovec, Outreach and Evaluation Coordinator, leskovec@uic.edu, 312-996-7634
Dana Abbey, Consumer Health and Colorado Liaison, dana.abbey@uchsc.edu, 303-315-4875
Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, Community Outreach Liaison, siobhan@creighton.edu, 402-280-4156
Barbara Jones, Network Membership and Missouri Liaison, jonesbarb@health.missouri.edu, 573-884-5042
Marty Magee, Nebraska and Education Liaison, mmagee@unmc.edu, 402-559-7076
Arpita Bose, Acting Associate Director; Outreach and Communications Coordinator, arpita.bose@med.nyu.edu, 212-263-4176
Michelle Eberle, Consumer Health Information Coordinator, Michelle.Eberle@umassmed.edu, 508-856-2435
Maryanne Blake, Outreach/Evaluation Coordinator, blakema@u.washington.edu, 206-221-3405
Gail Kouame, Consumer Health Coordinator, gmarie@u.washington.edu, 206-221-3449
Linda Milgrom, Outreach Coordinator, lmilgrom@u.washington.edu, 206-221-3400
Kay Deeney, Education Coordinator, kdeeney@library.ucla.edu, 310-206-0525
Kelli Ham, Consumer Health Coordinator, kkham@library.ucla.edu, 310-825-1984
Ruicha Mishra, Health Professionals Outreach Coordinator, ruicha.mishra@exch.library.tmc.edu, 713-799-7182
Karen Vargas, Consumer Health Outreach Coordinator, karen.vargas@exch.library.tmc.edu, 713-799-7198
Mandy Bayer Meloy, Community Outreach Coordinator, mbayerme@hshsl.umaryland.edu, 410-706-2855
Terri Ottosen, Consumer Health Coordinator, tottosen@hshsl.umaryland.edu, 410-706-2855
Sheila Snow-Croft, Outreach Education Coordinator, ssnowcro@hshsl.umaryland.edu, 410-706-2855
Toni Yancey, Outreach Exhibits Coordinator, tyancey@hshsl.umaryland.edu, 410-706-2855
Author
Jo-Ann Benedetti MA, MLS, AHIP, Manager of Information and Outreach Services at the Upper Hudson Library System in Albany, NY.
