Class Experience Level
Beginner
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 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) website, DailyMed and LactMed. The course includes a recorded presentation, demos of three resources, and guided exercises to try the resources hands-on.
This presentation addresses increasing health information access and use by including information about the NLM/NIH resources LactMed, DailyMed and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Objectives:
- Describe some current challenges related to prescription and OTC drug use in the US using authoritative statistical sources
- Navigate the NIDA website to locate research, tools to support evidence-based practice, and patient education materials about substance abuse
- Find information about safety and adverse effects of common drugs and chemicals in lactating mothers using LactMed
- Retrieve FDA prescription drug labels using DailyMed
Class Details
Platform: Moodle
CE Credits: 1.00
CE Categories: Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES), Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS), Level 1 , Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS), Level 2, Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)
This is a National NNLM class.
Class Contacts
Host/Instructor: Nora Barnett
Technical Assistance: Margie Sheppard