This fall you have two ways to take
Health and Wellness @ the Library: The Essentials of Providing Consumer Health Services from NN/LM MCR staff.
- 5 week online course for 12 MLA CE hours, September 7 – October 7, 2016
- 4 hour in-person NLA pre-conference for 4 MLA CE hours, October 19, 2016
Here’s the description for the NLA pre-conference:
Are you interested in starting or improving consumer health services in your library? Then this workshop is for you! We will define the core competencies of providing consumer health information services, and then dive directly into the essential skills and knowledge that library staff need to build those competencies. The class will begin with tools to learn the demographics and health status of people in your community. Together we will examine issues of literacy, health literacy, and the health information needs of special populations. From there we will explore authoritative resources for just about any type of health question, apps and mobile health technologies, how people are using social networking for health questions, and how to create fun and informative health-related programming for different populations in your community. Participants are encouraged to bring laptops or tablets for hands-on exercises. This course provides 4 CE credits towards the Consumer Health Information Specialization certificate.
For more information about the NLA pre-conference, visit
http://www.nebraskalibraries.org/page/Neblib2016PreConf and look for “Health and Wellness @ the Library: The Essentials of Providing Consumer Health Services.” There is no additional registration fee for this pre-conference.
For more information about the 5 week online course, visit
https://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/2016/08/consumer-health-information-specializationmedical-library-association-ce-offering/.
You do need to register, but there is no fee.
Christian Minter,
christian.minter@unmc.edu
Annette Parde-Maass,
AnnetteParde-Maass@creighton.edu
Education and Outreach Coordinators
National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Check out the Bringing Health Information to the Community (BHIC) Blog,
http://nnlm.gov/bhic/
