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MedlinePlus Tutorial for Librarians and Health Educators

This interactive tutorial provides a guided tour of the MedlinePlus website, a trusted reference when answering health information questions.

This tutorial takes about 1 hour to complete.

Class Resources:
English open web version (no CE)
Spanish open web version (no CE)
See NLM course materials page for SCORM (.zip) versions
Objectives:

After taking this tutorial, you should be able to:

  • Explain why MedlinePlus is an authoritative source of health information for consumers and patients
  • Navigate MedlinePlus
  • Find specific health topic information or tools in MedlinePlus
  • Find specific herbs and supplements information in MedlinePlus
  • Locate information on genetics and medical tests in MedlinePlus
  • Name the sources for drug and herbs and supplements safety information in MedlinePlus

Class Details

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Platform: Moodle
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CE Credits: 1.00
CE Categories: Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES), Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS), Level 1 , Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS), Level 2
This is a National NNLM class.
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Class Contacts

Host/Instructor: Katherine Majewski
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last updated: 09/15/26 18:27