Class Experience Level
Beginner
When conducting research, evidence-based practice is a method for framing clinical questions that will help yield optimal search results. PubMed.gov is a free research tool from the National Library of Medicine®. This one-hour, online course will show you how to use evidence-based practice when searching clinical questions using PubMed®.
By registering for this class, you are agreeing to the NNLM Code of Conduct
Objectives:
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Accurately and precisely describe your clinical question using PICO
- Convert your research question into search terms for PubMed
- Check that medical terms in your search map to Medical Subject Headings
- Use appropriate filters to refine your search results set
- Use Clinical Queries to limit results to clinically relevant literature
- Find full text linked from PubMed
- Identify your library as a source for full text articles
- Find the “My NCBI” link and recognize that as a place to store searches and citations
- Identify your librarian as a source for search assistance
- Find the PubMed Online Training page and specific tutorials relevant for continuing your training
Class Details
Platform: Moodle
CE Credits: 1.00
CE Categories: MLA, CNE
Class Experience Level: Beginner
This is a National NNLM class.
Class Contacts
Host/Instructor: Katherine Majewski
Technical Assistance: Rebecca Brown, Michael Tahmasian