On behalf of the NNLM Reading Club team (Darlene Kaskie, Tess Wilson, Lorin Jackson, Shannon Jones, Stefania Acosta Ramirez and Michele Spatz), we are thrilled to announce the January 2022 NNLM Reading Club topic: Health Misinformation https://nnlm.gov/nnlm-reading-club/nnlm-reading-club-health-misinformation We encourage you to learn how to spot health misinformation by reading one of these
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
Hello all, Please join NNLM and Region 1 for a one-hour webinar with 2 guest speakers. Description: This webinar will focus on “elder justice,” also known as the prevention of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. You will learn about the roots of the elder justice movement, how it affects the lives of
Hello all, Please join the National Center for Data Services (NCDS) to meet the NCDS staff, learn about upcoming programming, and discuss your training needs. The National Center for Data Services (NCDS) coordinates with other NNLM Regions, Offices, and Centers to provide training and resources to increase data science capacity among information
Hello all, Please join Region 5 for their PNC-MLA Health Equity and Diversity Speaker Series on February 17, 2022. This session is open to everyone. Time: 11PT/12MT/1CT/2ET (60 minutes) 1 MLA CE Credit Do No Harm with Data Viz In today’s increasingly diverse world, it is more important than ever for data
Hello all, The NNLM has an upcoming webinar that many of you might find interesting. We will have two guest presenters whose institutions were victims of a ransomware attack. Registration: https://nnlm.gov/training/class/ransomware-attacks-what-medical-librarians-need-know December 9, 2021 11PT/12MT/1CT/2ET 60 minutes This session qualifies for the MLA Disaster Information Specialization https://www.mlanet.org/p/cm/ld/fid=338 Thanks, Rebecca Brown MLS, AHIP,
Hello all, Learn (for free!) about bioinformatics, the data science of biology. Dates: January 17 – April 22, 2022 Platform: Moodle Medical Library Association (MLA) continuing education (CE) credits: 30 Class experience level: Beginner Cost: $0 (yes, it’s free!) Register here: https://nnlm.gov/training/class/bioinformatics-and-biology-essentials-librarians-databases-tools-and-clinical. The Network of the National Library of Medicine is pleased
Hello all,Register for Ransomware Attacks: What Medical Librarians Need to Know https://nnlm.gov/training/class/ransomware-attacks-what-medical-librarians-need-know December 9, 202111PT/12MT/1CT/2ET60 Minutes1 MLA CEQualifies for DIS Level 1*On January 11, 2018, Hancock Health in Greenfield, Indiana experienced a ransomware attack on the hospital’s information systems. The hackers used compromised account credentials to target a server located in the
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
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