New PNR Moodle Class – Health Issues in the Headlines: Learning to Read Between the Lines

Posted by Carolyn Martin on July 21st, 2015 Posted in: Health Literacy, Training & Education

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Dark chocolate, red wine, and stem cells – what do these have in common?  All have been reported in the news as having health benefits.  Often the first place your patrons will hear about health issues is in the media.  This interactive, hands-on CE course will introduce participants to the environment of health reporting.  Participants will learn about how health is reported in the news as well as how to evaluate the accuracy and validity of science and health stories.  The impact of celebrity illness will also be discussed.  By the end of this course, participants will be better equipped to help their patrons look more critically at health issues that are being reported in the news media.  Actual news articles and research reports will be included for critique.  Health Issues in the Headlines is self-paced and is eligible for the Medical Library Association’s Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) and is worth 4 MLA CE credits. Two more CHIS eligible Moodle classes will be offered in the next few months for those working towards this specialization.

This online class will begin Wednesday August 5th and end Wednesday September 2nd.  Registration is going on now but ends August 5th.  To register go to https://nnlm.gov/pnr/training/register.html?schedule_id=3465

Make sure you have a Moodle account before the class begins so you’re ready to go.  If you have trouble setting up a Moodle account please contact Carolyn Martin at martinc4@uw.edu

Once in Moodle make sure you select the Health Issues in the Headlines: Learning to Read Between the Lines PNR  as there can be multiple offerings of a class in other regions.