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National Information Center on Health Services Research & Health Care Technology (NICHSR)
This agency at the National Library of Medicine whose mission is
to improve "..the collection, storage, analysis, retrieval,
and dissemination of information on health services research,
clinical practice guidelines, and on health care technology, including
the assessment of such technology." On NICHSR's web site there
are numerous links to their databases, Outreach and training programs,
Publications and related HSR web sites.
NICHSR Introduction to HSR: Class Manual
This manual is used in conjunction with the course also found at "http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hsrr_search/" and is designed to provide health sciences librarians with a greater appreciation of the issues and methodologies of health services research in order to support and partner health services researchers.
Partners in Information Access for Public Health Professionals
This is a joint project amongst several agencies to provide public health professionals with timely, convenient access to information resources.
See Comment field for list of agencies.
Area Health Education Center of Southwest Oregon Cyber Camp
This site acts as a repository to provide high school youth and educators with regional health career and medical issues information using the Internet and online resources.
Unified Health Communication
The Health Resources and Services is offering a free online learning experience.
Unified Health Communication 101: Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency is a free on-line learning experience that will help you improve your patient communication skills,
increase your awareness and knowledge of the three main factors that affect your communication with patients: health literacy, cultural competency and low English proficiency implement patient-centered communication practices that demonstrate cultural competency and appropriately address patients with limited health literacy and low English proficiency
You may choose to take the course for credit (CEU/CE, CHES, CME, CNE) or not for credit.
The course has five modules and is estimated to take a total of 5 hours to complete. You may complete the course at your own pace.
The course is also helpful for consumers who want to improve their ability to talk with their healthcare provider, understand health information and access care.
The course could be valuable for librarians as they reach out to provide support and information to the public and health professionals and would provide them another option to obtain continuing education units. In addition, The Unified Health Communication course could complement The Medical Library Association and National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine (NLM) work in literacy research, curriculum design and hospital outreach.