Available Classes
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For descriptions of all NNLM classes see the Class Catalog. For class recordings, May 2021 - present, visit Class Recordings.
| Event Title | Start Date | End Date | Summary | Type | ROC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addressing Rural Cancer Care Through a Network Model | November 4, 2025 | November 4, 2025 | Rural communities face significant challenges in cancer care, including limited access to specialists, fragmented care coordination, and a lack of infrastructure to support evidence-based treatment and quality monitoring. Guest speaker Aaron Seaman will offer insights into how the Iowa Cancer Affiliate Network (I-CAN) addresses these gaps through a collaborative and scalable model that strengthens rural hospitals’ capacity to deliver evidence-based, high-quality care. Part one of a three-part webinar series.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 6 |
| From Problem to Prevention: Evidence-Based Public Health | November 14, 2025 | November 14, 2025 | Learn the basics of evidence-based public health (EBPH) and essential steps of the EBPH process through the lens of NLM and other resources in this one- hour webinar.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| Rural Health Resources | November 20, 2025 | November 20, 2025 | This webinar will describe hallmarks of rural America, identify access challenges of living in rural communities, and equip participants with tools to service the health information needs of those living in rural communities.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| Effective Health Communication and Health Literacy: Understanding the Connection | December 10, 2025 | December 10, 2025 | This 1-hour webinar introduces the concepts of health literacy and health communication. Learn how to be more effective in providing health information to consumers, patients, clients, library patrons or your community.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| Connecting Older Adults to Health Information | December 11, 2025 | December 11, 2025 | This 90-minute webinar covers websites and data sources to help you respond to requests for health information from and about older adults at your library, as well as covering programming ideas.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| Implementing Scalable Exercise Interventions to Address Supportive Care Disparities in Rural Cancer Survivors | January 6, 2026 | January 6, 2026 | Cancer survivors in rural areas face unique challenges in accessing supportive care, including structured exercise programs that are proven to improve physical function, mental health, and quality of life. Dr. Jess Gorzelitz leads research focused on implementing and evaluating a distance-based, strength-focused exercise intervention tailored for older, rural cancer survivors. In this webinar she will discuss existing disparities in access to exercise oncology resources and the use of remote exercise programs to inform long-term behavior change. Learn how scalable, evidence-based exercise interventions can be integrated into survivorship care.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 6 |
| Health Statistics on the Web | January 21, 2026 | January 21, 2026 | This 90-minute webinar focuses on the location, selection, and effective use of statistics relevant to health on the local, state, and national levels.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| A Provider’s Perspective on Building High Quality Cancer Care Programs in Rural Areas | March 3, 2026 | March 3, 2026 | Part 3 of the Improving Cancer Care for Rural Communities series features Dr. Daniel Kollmorgen, Surgical Oncologist and Medical Director of Oncology Services at Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Dr. Kollmorgen will speak about building high quality care in rural areas, including strategies for achieving CoC accreditation and fostering a culture of quality improvement. This webinar will offer insights for professionals seeking to enhance the quality and coordination of cancer care in rural communities.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 6 |
| MedlinePlus Tutorial for Librarians and Health Educators | August 25, 2021 | April 29, 2026 | An interactive guided tour of the MedlinePlus website that takes about 1 hour to complete.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | National |
| Prescription and Over the Counter Drugs: Supporting Patients with Evidence-Based Information | August 30, 2021 | April 30, 2026 | This 1 credit hour on-demand course provides an introduction to 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.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | National |
| Assessing Health Education Materials | September 5, 2023 | April 30, 2026 | 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 |
Always Available | National |
| Finding and Using Health Statistics | September 19, 2023 | April 29, 2026 | This online, self-paced course for librarians and students in health sciences describes different types of health statistics, how they are collected, and where they can be found.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | National |
| An Introduction to ClinicalTrials.gov On Demand | November 1, 2024 | April 29, 2026 | This online, self-paced course introduces and demonstrates searching and understanding search results in ClinicalTrials.gov.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | National |
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