Building Reference Skills for Nursing and Allied Health Research

This 3 week, 4 credit-hour self-paced online class is designed for library staff who support, or want to support, nursing and allied health professionals with resources from the National Library of Medicine (NLM). This class provides an introduction to the professions of nursing and allied health and explores NLM databases used by health professionals such as PubMed, LactMed, MedlinePlus and DailyMed.  Expect to spend about 4 hours learning in this class. 

Agenda

Module 1 
Reading - Introduction to Nursing and Allied Health
Forum discussion 

Module 2 
Reading - NLM Resources for Nursing and Allied Health 
Tutorial - Using PubMed in Evidence-Based Practice 

Module 3
Final Activity - Explore 3 NLM resources for drug information.

Objectives

After taking this 3-week online Moodle course, librarians providing information services to nurses and allied health professionals will be able to:

Connect user needs to NLM resources when asked a reference question from a member of the nursing or allied health population.

 

 

Class Length

3 week online course totaling 4 credit hours

Continuing Education

4 MLA CE credit hours

Class Owner(s)

Contact the NNLM Training Office for more information.

Class Instructor(s)

Contact the NNLM Training Office for more information.

Classes

Event Title Event Start Date Summary Continuing Education Credits CE Categories Is Online Registration
Building Reference Skills for Nursing and Allied Health Research This 3-week, 4 credit-hour self-paced online class is designed for library staff who support, or want to support, nursing and allied health professionals with NLM resources. 4.00 On
Event Title Event Start Date Summary Continuing Education Credits CE Categories Is Online Registration
Building Reference Skills for Nursing and Allied Health Research (March 24 - April 11, 2025) This 3-week, 4 credit-hour self-paced online class is designed for library staff who support, or want to support, nursing and allied health professionals with NLM resources. 4.00 On
Building Reference Skills for Nursing and Allied Health Research (April 3-21, 2023) This 3-week, 4 credit-hour self-paced online class is designed for library staff who support, or want to support, nursing and allied health professionals with NLM resources. 4.00 On
Building Reference Skills for Nursing and Allied Health Research (Oct 31-Nov 18, 2022) This 3-week, 4 credit-hour self-paced online class is designed for library staff who support, or want to support, nursing and allied health professionals with NLM resources. 4.00 On
Building Reference Skills for Nursing and Allied Health Research This 3-week, 4 credit-hour self-paced online class is designed for library staff who support, or want to support, nursing and allied health professionals with NLM resources. 4.00 On
Building Reference Skills for Nursing and Allied Health Research This 3-week, 4 credit-hour self-paced online class is designed for library staff who support, or want to support, nursing and allied health professionals with NLM resources. This class runs Nov 1-22, 2021. 4.00 On
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