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Jan
10
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The 2017 Comics & Medicine Conference, to be held in Seattle June 15-17, is accepting proposals, due January 30. The conference is free to attend and will take place at the Seattle Public Library in downtown Seattle. The conference theme is Access Points. Participants are invited to consider accessibility as a crucial aspect linking comics… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, Public Libraries
Nov
05
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News from the Partnership Center of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The fourth Open Enrollment for the Health Insurance Marketplace has begun. Americans are able to visit HealthCare.gov to shop for and enroll in an affordable health plan for 2017. In launching open enrollment, HHS Secretary Burwell commented, “This Open Enrollment, we’re encouraging… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, Public Libraries
Oct
26
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Last month, on the PNR Rendezvous, the guest speaker was Malia Fullerton, Associate Professor of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor in the UW Departments of Epidemiology and Genome Sciences, who informed the audience in regards to the Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program. This program has since been renamed the… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, Public Health, Public Libraries
Sep
14
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“Adventures in Precision Medicine: A Major Public Research Initiative and it Implications for Healthcare Consumers and Institutions” is the title of our next PNR Rendezvous webinar September 21. Malia Fullerton, Associate Professor of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor in the UW Departments of Epidemiology and Genome Sciences,… Read More »
Posted in: Health Literacy, Public Health, Public Libraries, Training & Education
Sep
07
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Over the years NLM talked with hundreds of science teachers of all grade levels from all over the country. These teachers were asked what they wanted from NLM resources. Since science concepts can be difficult to understand and to remember many of these science teachers requested animated videos or games to help supplement their curricula and… Read More »
Posted in: Public Libraries, Technology, Training & Education