Classes / Training Opportunities
- December 17 Saving time with PubMed Subject-specific Queries (Focus on NLM Resources) / December 17, 2015 noon-1pm ET Want to boost your PubMed prowess? Looking for pre-formulated searches on drugs, health information technology, public health and other topics? Spend an hour with Outreach Coordinator, Kate Flewelling, to save hours on your searches! No registration required. 1 MLA CE https://webmeeting.nih.gov/nlmfocus/
- Health Literacy 3.0 (Boost Box) / January 12, 2016 noon-1:00pm Christina Zarcadoolas is a sociolinguist and internationally recognized expert in health literacy and public understanding of health and science. She focuses on analyzing and closing the gaps between expert & lay knowledge and understanding, paying particular attention to how people make meaning out of complex things. The New England Journal of Medicine called her critically acclaimed book, Advancing Health Literacy: A Framework for Understanding and Action, “required reading” for public health communication professionals. No registration required. 1 MLA CE https://webmeeting.nih.gov/boost2/
- Mobile Technologies in Libraries – Changing the way we work (Tech Time) / January 21, 2016 1:30 pm ET In this presentation, we will explore some of the ways that libraries are leveraging mobile technology to change the way librarians work and to communicate with the people we serve. Speaker: Ann Whitney Gleason MLIS, AHIP / No registration required. https://webmeeting.nih.gov/techtime2/
- Register now for spring PubMed and TOXNET classes from the National Training Center! These fill up fast so don’t delay.
- On-demand access to the Affordable Care Act: Libraries Making a Difference Symposium – if you missed the symposium, MAR is offering on-demand viewing of the webcast. Registration is required to view. Those who watch the entire program may request 6 hours MLA CE.
National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health News
NIH News in Health – December issue
New PubMed and PMC Filters for Creative Commons Articles
MEDLINE Data Changes — 2016
Associate Fellowship Program Application Information – Applications due February 12, 2016.
Items of Interest
2015 America’s Health Rankings – available now
Drug Trials Snapshots (FDA) – easy-to-read format so you can see who took part in research studies for new drugs by sex, race, and age
Webinar Series: Affordable Care Act Messaging for American Indians and Alaska Natives
Thursday, December 17, 2015 02:00 PM EST – 03:00 PM EST Registration Required
The Affordable Care Act offers many opportunities to American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) who lack health insurance coverage. The National Indian Health Board, American Indian Health & Family Services, and the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium have many lessons learned to share from their past outreach and enrollment efforts related to enrollment under the Affordable Care Act. This webinar will provide tribes, tribal organizations, and RHEC members with effective messaging strategies and outreach practices for AI/ANs that encourage enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
OSHA designed a Web page to help prevent workplace violence in health care settings – In early December, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a new Web page developed to provide employers and workers with strategies and tools for preventing workplace violence in health care settings.
The evidence on avoiding holiday weight gain – Blog posting from Evidence-Based Living
Where is MAR next week?
Network and Advocacy Coordinator Michelle Burda will be visiting Washington Health System, Washington, PA, and Waynesburg University, Waynesburg, PA.
Consumer Health Coordinator Lydia Collins will be providing consumer health courses in Farmingdale and Albany, NY.
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Renae Barger
Michelle Burda
Lydia Collins
Kate Flewelling
NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region
Health Sciences Library System
University of Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh, PA 15261