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Nov
04
0 comments Tags: online education, professional development
One of the great benefits the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) offers, is free professional development including consumer health classes. Classes come in a variety of formats including: On-demand online (learn on your own time at your own pace) Scheduled asynchronous online (learn on your own time within the class scheduled time)… Read More »
Posted in: Consumer Health, New from NNLM Region 5, Training & Education
Feb
18
0 comments Tags: consumer health, Consumer Health Information Specialization, health information, librarian roles, nnlm pnr, online education, professional development
Many of you may be familiar with our consumer health classes that we offer for free and are eligible towards obtaining the Medical Library Association’s (MLA) Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS). Many attendees have expressed concern about what resources to include in their library collections, especially print. Print health information resources are a conundrum as… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, Public Libraries, Training & Education
Jan
15
0 comments Tags: disaster information, disaster preparedness, emergency preparedness, online education
We’re partnering with our colleagues at NNLM Southeastern/Atlantic to bring you this 2-part series. Thanks to Liz Waltman for putting together this introduction: We all hope that by the end of the summer 2021 the COVID-19 pandemic will mainly be behind us, and the large bandwidth that the pandemic has taken up over the past… Read More »
Posted in: Emergency Preparedness, News from NNLM, Public Libraries, Training & Education
Jan
14
0 comments Tags: COVID-19, education resources, health literacy, online education, science education, science literacy
Are you a life-long learner? Learning something new can help stimulate our brains and re-energize us. Learning more about the science behind our health can help us become more engaged in our health, can help us better understand health news stories, and be more informed health consumers. Each month for 2021, this blog will feature… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, Training & Education
Apr
17
0 comments Tags: All of Us, consumer health, health literacy, online education, public library
In a time where we rely so heavily on digital connectivity, how can we ensure that library communities have the support they need to stay connected? The Public Library Association (PLA), National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) and the All of Us Research Program (All of Us) have partnered together to create free resources… Read More »
Posted in: All of Us, Health Literacy, News From NNLM PNR, Public Libraries, Technology