MedlinePlus Tutorial for Librarians and Health Educators

This interactive, narrated tutorial provides a tour of the MedlinePlus website and explains why MedlinePlus is a trusted reference when answering health information questions.

This tutorial takes about 1 hour to complete.

Objectives

After taking this tour, you should be able to:

  • Explain why MedlinePlus is an authoritative source of health information for consumers and patients 
  • Identify basic navigation features of MedlinePlus
  • Identify how to find specific health topic information or tools in MedlinePlus
  • Identify how to find specific drugs, herbs and supplements information in MedlinePlus
  • Identify the sources for drug and herbs and supplements safety information in MedlinePlus
Class Length
1 hour

Class Owner(s)

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Class Instructor(s)

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Continuing Education

Sponsored by the Network of the National Library of Medicine, a designated provider of contact hours (CECH) in health education credentialing by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc., this program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) to receive Category I continuing education contact hours.

This class qualifies for Medical Library Association (MLA) Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) Level 1.

This class qualifies for Medical Library Association (MLA) Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) Level 2.

1 CE Credit 

This class meets the following CHIS Level 1 competencies:

C3. Knowledge of Subject Matter and Resources

This class qualifies as additional continuing education credit towards CHIS level 2.

Classes

Event Title Event Start Date Summary Continuing Education Credits CE Categories Is Online Registration
MedlinePlus Tutorial for Librarians and Health Educators This interactive, narrated tutorial provides a tour of the MedlinePlus website and takes about 1 hour to complete. 1.00 CHES, CHIS Level 1, CHIS Level 2 On
Event Title Event Start Date Summary Continuing Education Credits CE Categories Is Online Registration
MedlinePlus Tutorial for Librarians and Health Educators This interactive, narrated tutorial provides a tour of the MedlinePlus website and takes about 1 hour to complete. 1.00 CHES, CHIS Level 1, CHIS Level 2 On