This page contains descriptions of all NNLM classes, including previous classes.
To browse available offerings or register for a class, visit Available Classes. For class recordings, May 2021 - present, visit Class Recordings.
| Title | Summary |
|---|---|
| Prescription and Over the Counter Drugs: Supporting Patients with Evidence-Based Information | This 1 credit hour on-demand course will cover differences between prescription and over the counter medications, data regarding use in the United States, and three free resources from the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health: the NIDA website, DailyMed and LactMed. The course includes a recorded presentation, demos of the resources, and guided exercises to try the resources hands-on. |
| Providing Multilingual Health Information (Webinar) | This webinar addresses increasing health information access and use by highlighting information from National Library of Medicine’s MedlinePlus health information resource for patients and their families and friends, resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health and other freely available resources. |
| Rural Health Resources | Evidence shows that there are marked health disparities between those living in rural areas versus their urban counterparts. This presentation addresses health information resources and data, increasing health information access and use and the NNLM initiative of Bridging the Digital Divide by demonstrating how to find information on health conditions, demographic groups and social issues in MedlinePlus.gov, Rural Health Information Hub, and USDA Economic Research Service. |