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MedlinePlus Tutorial for Librarians and Health Educators

This interactive tutorial provides a guided tour of the MedlinePlus website, a trusted reference when answering health information questions. 

This tutorial takes about 1 hour to complete.

Objectives

After taking this tutorial, you should be able to:

  • Explain why MedlinePlus is an authoritative source of health information for consumers and patients
  • Navigate MedlinePlus
  • Find specific health topic information or tools in MedlinePlus
  • Find specific herbs and supplements information in MedlinePlus
  • Locate information on genetics and medical tests in MedlinePlus
  • Name the sources for drug and herbs and supplements safety information in MedlinePlus
Class Materials and Resources
English open web version (no CE)
Spanish open web version (no CE)
See NLM course materials page for SCORM (.zip) versions
Class Length

1 hour

Continuing Education

Sponsored by the Network of the National Library of Medicine, a designated provider of contact hours (CECH) in health education credentialing by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc., this program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) to receive Category I continuing education contact hours.

1 CE Credit 

This class meets the following CHIS Level 1 competencies:

C3. Knowledge of Subject Matter and Resources

This class qualifies as additional continuing education credit towards CHIS level 2.

Class Owner(s)

Contact the NNLM Training Office for more information.

Class Instructor(s)

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Classes

Event Title Event Start Date Summary Continuing Education Credits CE Categories
MedlinePlus Tutorial for Librarians and Health Educators An interactive guided tour of the MedlinePlus website that takes about 1 hour to complete. 1.00 Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES), Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS), Level 1 , Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS), Level 2
Event Title Event Start Date Summary Continuing Education Credits CE Categories
MedlinePlus Tutorial for Librarians and Health Educators An interactive guided tour of the MedlinePlus website that takes about 1 hour to complete. 1.00 Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES), Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS), Level 1 , Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS), Level 2
last updated: 06/03/25 15:05