MLA CE Institute

Developing Web-Based Instruction

Held March 12-17, 2006
Cosponsored by the Greater Midwest Region,
National Network of Libraries of Medicine (GMR, NN/LM)

Web-based Courses and Offerings

Below are the sixteen courses from MLA's CE Institute: Developing Web-Based Instruction.

An Evidence-based Approach to Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Stephanie Weldon

This class will provide an understanding of the need for an evidenced-based approach to understanding complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Health professionals have expressed a desire to find out more about CAM and librarians must fill this void of information. In order to speak authoritatively on CAM to health professionals, librarians must use an evidenced-based approach. The latest evidenced-based innovations in CAM will be discussed. Locating evidenced-based databases and Websites, which librarians, in turn, can demonstrate to health professionals, will be a main feature of the class

Offered: TBD. Contact instructor for registration.
MLA CE Contact Hours: 4

Basics of Electronic Document Delivery

Andrea Ryce

NN/LM - PNR
University of Washington

Use of electronic document delivery can bring savings in costs and time. In addition, more and more users prefer to view articles onscreen. This course will help health sciences library staff make decisions regarding whether to provide electronic document delivery, and what software and equipment should be acquired. It will also provide information on how to work with different file types and how to determine whether a library’s electronic publications can be used in electronic document delivery.

Offered: TBD. Contact instructor for registration.
MLA CE Contact Hours: 2
Attendance maximum: 10

Caring for the Mind: Providing Reference Services for Mental Health Information

Michele Eberle

NN/LM - NER
University of Massachusetts Medical School

Responding to mental health reference questions is challenging for even the most experienced librarian. In "Caring for the Mind," participants will learn how to effectively provide reference services for mental health information for the public. Participants will learn the best Websites, databases, and collection development materials to respond to mental-health-related questions. Best approaches to handling challenging reference interviews will be explored. This class will increase your knowledge of consumer level mental health resources.

Offered: TBD. Contact instructor for registration.
MLA CE Contact Hours: 3
Attendance maximum: 10

The Changing Nature of Providing Reference/Information Services

Carol Scherrer, AHIP

Library of the Health Sciences
University of Illinois–Chicago

This class is designed for reference or information services librarians who are aware that their roles are changing and want to effect that change in a creative and positive way. The goal of the class is for participants to manage change by doing a need assessment, reflecting upon what roles they now fulfill, what ones they can discontinue, and what roles need expanding. Librarians will also brainstorm about other options available for improving service. By exploring new technologies available to libraries and changing patron behaviors, librarians will leave the class perceiving change as an opportunity for professional growth and improved service.

Offered: TBD. Contact instructor for dates.

Collection Development for Health Sciences Libraries Workshop

Linda Walton

Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
University of Iowa–Iowa City

This is an introductory course that provides a basic overview for understanding the collection development process in the health sciences, the nature of current trends, and some of the elements that comprise a methodological approach to collection development. The course will focus on the design and purpose of collection development policies, assessment models, formats, audiences, selection and selection tools, retention and withdrawal of resources, planning and budget, and trends impacting collection development.

Offered: TBD. Contact instructor for dates.

Filtering the Wisdom: Searching and Delivering the Evidence for Clinical Care Questions

Susan Meadows

Family and Community Medicine
University of Missouri–Columbia

This course will provide librarians with the tools necessary to enhance their evidence-based search skills and to deliver filtered search results to health care professionals. Students will gain a basic understanding of types of evidence-based resources, and learn to identify levels of evidence found in information in order to answer clinical questions. Students will also learn to design search strategies to retrieve focused, evidence-based information. During three of the five weeks, students will participate in practical interview and search experiences using a clinical case study. Participants will build upon the following skills: the literature search interview—getting to the answerable question; implementing evidence-based search strategies; packaging and delivering the search results. Based on her experience as Librarian Team Leader for with the Family Practice Inquiries Network (FPIN), the instructor will discuss the skills needed to advance the librarian as search expert and partner in information services delivery.
Prerequisites: Intermediate level of search experience. Students should have a solid understanding of the principles of evidence-based medicine as well as some familiarity with EBM resources.

Offered: TBD. Contact instructor for dates.
Cost: FPIN Librarians $250 (non-FPIN, $300)
MLA CE Contact Hours: 8
Attendance maximum: 5

Evidence-Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP)

Jonathan Eldredge, AHIP

Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
University of New Mexico

Move beyond just talking about evidence-based library and information practice and learn how you can be an active participant in this international movement to improve your professional decision-making. This course stresses the practical applications of the EBLIP process, including question formulation, searching for the evidence, and appraising the evidence in order to make important decisions. You will design your own solutions for answering the questions that matter most to you. This course (formerly Evidence-Based Librarianship) already has been taught 19 times in a face-to-face format in all time zones within the continental US, as well as in Canada and the UK. The mentored web-based version of this course meets on either Tuesday or Thursday from 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m., eastern time.

Offered: November–December 2008. Contact instructor for registration.
MLA CE Contact Hours: 14 Attendance maximum: 15

From Snake Oil to Penicillin: Evaluating Consumer Health Information on the Internet

Gail Kouame

NN/LM - PNR
University of Washington

This course will describe why it is important to evaluate Websites. Students will be given criteria for how to evaluate health information on the Internet.

Offered: TBD. Contact instructor for registration.
MLA CE Contact Hours: 3
Attendance maximum: 10

Incorporating Informatics into the Curriculum

Gale Hannigan, AHIP

Medical Sciences Library
Texas A & M University

Librarians have much to offer in teaching health sciences health professionals to manage information efficiently, from information retrieval to critical appraisal of the literature. With the premise that activities and courses integrated into the curriculum have greater impact than freestanding library programs, this course suggests strategies for approaching faculty and curriculum committees to advocate informatics activities and teaching collaboration. Each participant will plan a personal strategy to incorporate an informatics activity into home institutional educational programs. This is a hands-on course; participants will complete worksheets that guide them in thinking about their own environments and help design an educational activity. Teaching tips and trends will be reviewed, but they are not the focus of this course. Participants will benefit most if they have responsibility and commitment to plan an informatics educational activity.

Offered: TBD. Contact instructor for registration.
MLA CE Contact Hours: 6
Attendance minimum: 4

The NLM Gateway

Maureen Czujak

NN/LM - MAR, National Training Center and Clearinghouse
The New York Academy of Medicine

This class is designed to teach students how to use the National Library of Medicine Gateway.

Offered: TBD. Contact instructor for registration.
Attendance maximum: 15

No Comprende: Spanish Health Information Resources for English Speaking Librarians

Sheila Snow-Croft

NN/LM - SE/A, Health Science and Human Service Library
University of Maryland–Baltimore

This is an online, asynchronous, instructor-led class using free open source software called Moodle. The two week course covers resources for learning basic, library, medical, and Internet Spanish vocabulary, along with the evaluation and identification of health websites in Spanish. Anyone who would like to quickly find health information in Spanish, especially librarians who serve increasingly Latino populations, will find this course helpful.

Offered: TBD. Contact instructor for registration.
MLA CE Contact Hours: 4
Attendance maximum: 10

Nursing on the Net: Health Care Resources You Can Use

Sheila Snow-Croft

NN/LM - SE/A, Health Science and Human Service Library
University of Maryland–Baltimore

Looking for the latest developments in patient care but finding too much, too little, or inadequate information? This hands-on workshop is designed for librarians responsible for information services to the nursing and allied health professions. Participants will learn to use and evaluate Web-based health information resources, find online news services, continuing online education courses, and consumer health Websites. Participants will also learn to search the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE database of over 11 million citations using the PubMed interface. The workshop will also cover MedlinePlus the National Library of Medicine's Website for consumer health information.

Offered: TBD. Contact instructor for registration.
Attendance maximum: 10

Planning and Managing the Consumer Health Library

Michele Spatz

Planetree Health Resource Center
Mid-Columbia Medical Center

If you are just beginning a consumer health service or you have been providing service and feel something is missing, this course is for you. Focus on planning and managing issues related to providing consumer health services or operating a consumer health library. Learn about needs assessment, costs and funding, business plans, volunteer and paid staffing, collection development, policy development, and public relations.

Offered: TBD. Contact instructor for registration.
MLA CE Contact Hours: 6
Attendance maximum: 10

Surveys Made Easy

Dolores Judkins, AHIP

Library
Oregon Health and Science University

This class consists of basic information about surveys, the kinds of questions to ask, and how to ask them. It also includes a section on how to use SurveyMonkey software to design a survey, to send it out, and to get results that can be easily interpreted. Outcomes anticipated are that participants will have a basic understanding of survey construction and usage, they will be able to select the types of questions needed to obtain the information they need, they will become familiar with the SurveyMonkey software, and will design a basic survey with the software. Participants will be asked to come to the class with a survey project in mind.

Offered: TBD. Contact instructor for dates.
MLA CE Contact Hours: 4

Thinking Like an MBA: Time, Money, Resources, and Management in the Library

Marty Magee

NN/LM - MCR
University of Nebraska Medical Center

As not-for-profit institutions adopt more business practices and processes, librarians need to be more knowledgeable about adapting to current strategies. The three basic components of project management—time, resources (people), and money will be examined. These in turn can be used on a larger level to demonstrate value, analyze and evaluate personnel and expenditures, and focus on assets to effect change management within the organization. As an ideal, this class will assist librarians in serving as models for change within a larger organizational structure while reinforcing their own technical capabilities, customer service, and solid teaching techniques in the library. By employing these practices in their own libraries and suggesting them for use in the larger organization, librarians can feel more empowered to suggest and effect change in libraries as well as in their larger work cultures. It is expected that attendees of this session be able to employ demonstrated tools within their own environment upon completion of the class.

Offered: TBD. Contact instructor for registration.
MLA CE Contact Hours: 4
Attendance maximum: 10

Understanding Meta-Analysis

Richard Harris

Brickell Medical Sciences Library
Eastern Virginia Medical School

This online course explains the concepts necessary for the student to understand meta-analysis. It was originally intended for health sciences librarians, but it is also useful for graduate students.

Health sciences librarians who serve on meta-analytic teams, who provide quality filtering of research results, or who are interested in evidence based practice or meta-analysis will benefit from this course. Students who are interested in evidence based practice or meta-analysis will also benefit from this course. Students in health sciences such as medicine, physician assisting or public health, as well as students of the social sciences will find this course useful.

The course content is presented in the Blackboard course management system. Students and instructor will work together collaboratively using email, chat and discussion boards.

Offered: TBD. Contact instructor for dates.
MLA CE Contact Hours: 6

This project has been funded in part with federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under contract no. NO1-LM-1-3513.

For more information, contact Kathleen Combs, mlapd1@mlahq.org, 312.419.9094 x29.