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Event Title Date(s) Summary
Fundamentals of Health Data Science January 6, 2025 - March 21, 2025 Each module will contain readings (e.g., articles, book chapters, videos, website content), a discussion board for learners to answer questions about the materials, and an assignment. Learners will also meet a handful of times with community experts, experienced data science librarians, to discuss the field and class assignments.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Bioinformatics and Biology Essentials For Librarians: Databases, Tools and Clinical Applications (January 13 - April 18, 2025) January 13, 2025 - April 18, 2025 This 14-week, 30 credit-hour, self-paced online class reviews basic biology concepts and takes a deep dive into NCBI Molecular Biology Databases.

Platform/Location: Moodle

NNLM Book Discussion What the Eyes Don't See by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha (February 1 - April 30, 2025) February 1, 2025 - April 30, 2025 Join us February 1 - April 30, 2025 to discuss the book What the Eyes Don't See by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha.

Platform/Location: Zoom, Moodle

Cancelled. Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) Changes and PubMed Searching 2025 February 19, 2025 During this interactive class, you’ll have the opportunity to hear from NLM staff about annual MeSH changes and how they affect your PubMed searches, ask questions, and practice searching with MeSH in PubMed.

Platform/Location: Zoom

Cancelled. Delivering Health Information Resources Across Languages and Cultures February 24, 2025 - March 21, 2025 This 4-hour CE class offered in Moodle is designed to assist librarians and others who work with multilingual populations in locating health information. The resources presented are selected for their emphasis on providing relevant information in the preferred language of the population.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Cancelled. Course 1: Building Successful Collaborations with Communities: Community-Based Librarianship (February 24 – March 7, 2025) February 24, 2025 - March 7, 2025 This 2-week online course introduces the concept of community-based librarianship using design theory and appreciative inquiry.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Cancelled. Trauma-Informed and Relational Care for Libraries - Part 2 February 27, 2025 This is a two-workshop series to introduce trauma-informed care tools. The first workshop will focus on what is and isn’t trauma-informed through a set of reframes. We will then focus on how to better navigate shifting power dynamics from a lens of liberatory power by examining the trauma-informed reframe: Power Over to Power With.

In the second workshop, Nisha will focus on the impact of feelings and needs in your everyday work life, and she will introduce trauma-informed communication strategies based on her Trauma-Informed Communication Framework.

Platform/Location: Zoom

Regional Events

Event Title Date(s) Summary
Cancelled. Understanding & Using Generative AI: A Course for Health Science Librarians February 7, 2025 - March 21, 2025

This six-week asynchronous course provides hands-on experience with generative AI models for education, with specific applications to health sciences

Platform/Location: Moodle

Mental Health First Aid Training Opportunity for Region 2 Network - Session 1 March 20, 2025

NNLM Region 2 will be hosting a virtual Mental Health First Aid Training class on March 20th from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST. There are two parts to the virtual training: 2.5 hours of self-led online pre-work required 48 hours prior to the start of the live Zoom session and 5.5 hours of live virtual training on March 20th via Zoom 8:30 a.m.-2:30p EST (this includes a 30-minute lunch break)

This class can support 30 participants. If this training reaches capacity, a waitlist will be created for further training opportunities in Spring 2025. Training will be provided by Amanda Sammons at the Medical University of South Carolina. For questions, please email region2@nnlm.com.

This session is reserved for participants in the Region 2 states and territories of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Platform/Location: Zoom

Mental Health First Aid Training Opportunity for Region 2 Network - Session 2 April 3, 2025

NNLM Region 2 will be hosting a virtual Mental Health First Aid Training class on April 3rd from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST. There are two parts to the virtual training: 2.5 hours of self-led online pre-work required 48 hours prior to the start of the live Zoom session and 5.5 hours of live virtual training on April 3rd via Zoom 8:30 a.m.-2:30p EST (this includes a 30-minute lunch break)

This class can support 30 participants. If this training reaches capacity, a waitlist will be created for further training opportunities in Spring 2025. Training will be provided by Amanda Sammons at the Medical University of South Carolina. For questions, please email region2@nnlm.com.

This session is reserved for participants in the Region 2 states and territories of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Platform/Location: Zoom

On-Demand Classes

Event Title Date(s) Summary
AHEM: clearing the way to easy-to-read health materials On-demand through April 25, 2025 Get an overview on assessing health education materials, and learn how the National Library of Medicine uses a health education materials assessment tool to figure out if health education materials are easy-to-read in this 2 hour on-demand, online class.

Platform/Location: Moodle

An Introduction to ClinicalTrials.gov On Demand On-demand through November 1, 2025 This online, self-paced course introduces and demonstrates searching and understanding search results in ClinicalTrials.gov.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Common Data Elements: Standardizing Data Collection On-demand through June 17, 2025 This online, self-paced course describes how librarians and other information professionals can facilitate data standardization and research data sharing using common data elements (CDEs).

Platform/Location: Moodle

Consumer Health Information Specialization On-Demand On-demand through April 30, 2026 Discover the basics of providing consumer health information through 8 independent learning modules. Earn up to 8 hours credit towards a Consumer Health Information Specialization.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Data Ethics On-demand through April 30, 2026 Learn about ethical problems health science librarians may encounter in data visualization, data sharing, and data collection.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Data Management Sharing Policy (DMSP) Webinar Recordings On-Demand On-demand through April 15, 2026 This on-demand Moodle class contains 5 recorded webinars introducing the basics of data management and the new NIH requirements for data management and sharing that began in 2023.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Drug and Chemical Information 1. Using, Providing and Prescribing Medications On-demand through May 1, 2025 Learn how to find drug and chemical safety information, side effects, and interactions in MedlinePlus and locate prescription and over-the-counter FDA drug labeling in DailyMed in this 2 hour on-demand class.

Platform/Location: Moodle

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