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Aug
20
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The National Library of Medicine’s Tox Town website uses color, graphics, sounds and animation to make learning about the environment more interesting. Visit Tox Town to discover the connection between chemicals, the environment, and health. Divided into neighborhoods, the website explores various environments. From the NLM Technical Bulletin: The City neighborhood has recently been updated… Read More »
Posted in: News from NLM, Training & Education
Aug
20
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Please join us at the University of Washington Health Sciences Library for this webinar from the Medical Library Association, “Understanding Qualitative Research: Exploring the Motivations of Patients and Clinicians.” If studies show that having answers to clinical questions changes patient management over 50% of the time, why do residents fail to answer their clinical question?… Read More »
Posted in: News From NNLM PNR, Training & Education
Aug
10
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Please join us at the University of Washington for this webinar from the Medical Library Association: “Consumers and Evidence-Based Practice: Understanding the Evidence Behind the Headlines.” Researchers report that older adults who slept more than 8 hours a night were 46% more likely to suffer strokes and that families who hand-wash the dishes are about… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, News From NNLM PNR, Training & Education
Jul
07
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Did you know that a benefit of your membership in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific NW Region is use of our professional development library? We have resources in the categories of Administration/Management, Advocacy/Marketing, Consumer Health, Copyright/Licensing/Resource Sharing, Data Management, Disaster Response, Evidence-based Medicine, Library Instruction, Scholarly Communication/Open Access, and Solo/Small Libraries. Recent… Read More »
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Jul
01
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The Sewell Travel Award for Public Health (STAPH) Committee is accepting applications for 2015 Sewell Stipends. The deadline for submission is July 15, 2015. This year’s APHA meeting will take place in Chicago, IL from October 31 through November 4, 2015. The theme this year is Health in All Policies. For more information on the… Read More »
Posted in: Funding, Public Health, Training & Education