The Professional Development Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of MLA seeks your input to help us generate ideas for continuing education (CE) options for the October 2022 MAC-MLA Annual Meeting and possibly other learning opportunities this year. Please fill out this short survey (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YLG7QXM) by Wednesday, March 16 to help us identify
The 2022 NNLM Virtual Symposium, Advancing Engagement Through Research: New Trends and Opportunities is designed to provide you an opportunity to explore the current state and future directions of medical and scientific research, and to advance the use of practices proven to be effective. A wide range of topics will be shared
Investigating Accurate & Equitable Representation in PubMed Search Results The National Library of Medicine (NLM) wants to ensure that results retrieved using the PubMed search “Best Match” ranking algorithm provide access to citations of all relevant literature. To this end, we are hosting a virtual codeathon, Investigating Accurate and Equitable Representation in
Hello All,Please join the NNLM on Wednesday, March 2 at 11PT/12MT/1CT/2ET for Health Statistics on the Web.Registration is open. https://nnlm.gov/training/class/health-statistics-web-2 This live, 1-hour class will focus on the importance and relevance of health statistics in various contexts, and on the location, selection, and effective use of health statistics at the local, state,
Hi All,Please join NNLM for the upcoming, 4-part series in April 2022 called How PubMed Works. How PubMed works (HPW) is divided into 4 unique sessions. You can sign up for one, some or all.The dates and links for each session are below. All sessions are held in WebEx.1. April 6, 2022
Hello all,Wikipedia is a go-to resource for health and medical information, not just for the general public but for health care providers as well. Over 50% of physicians and 94% of medical students use Wikipedia to find medical information on the Internet.It may be popular, but library staff want to know how
Hello all,Every year, NLM’s Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) are updated. How does this affect your PubMed searches? What happens when a term gets changed, added, removed or moved to a different part of the MeSH hierarchy? How do you accommodate vocabulary changes over time in your comprehensive searches? How do you check
Good morning, Please excuse the cross-posting and reposting. The deadline to apply for the MLA Continuing Education Grant is approaching. Please forward this to your membership and any individual you believe would be interested. In these changing times, many upcoming CE courses are offered online. This is a great time to apply
Hello all,Register for Rural Health Resources https://nnlm.gov/training/class/rural-health-resources-0 Thursday November 18, 202111PT/12MT/1CT/2ET60 minutes1 MLA CE, CHIS Level 1, CHES and CNEEvidence shows that there are marked health disparities between those living in rural areas versus their urban counterparts.Not only do rural residents suffer from higher incidence of chronic illness, they also have limited
Hello all, Please join Emily Hamstra of NNLM when she teaches the Automatic Term Mapping session of the How PubMed Works series of classes. This is an advanced class that covers: * Describe the contents of the 3 Translation Tables * Explain the order of ATM * Analyze Search Details to verify
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