On-Demand Classes
| Event Title | Date(s) | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| A Bird's Eye View of Health Data Standards - On Demand | On-demand through January 1, 2025 | Understand the big picture of health data standards and how they are used, including relevant National Library of Medicine (NLM) products and services, in this 1 hour, on-demand, online class. Expect to spend 1 hour learning through videos and exercises.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| AHEM: clearing the way to easy-to-read health materials | On-demand through April 25, 2025 | Get an overview on assessing health education materials, and learn how the National Library of Medicine uses a health education materials assessment tool to figure out if health education materials are easy-to-read in this 2 hour on-demand, online class.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Common Data Elements: Standardizing Data Collection | On-demand through June 17, 2025 | This online, self-paced course describes how librarians and other information professionals can facilitate data standardization and research data sharing using common data elements (CDEs).
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Consumer Health Information Specialization On-Demand | On-demand through April 30, 2026 | Discover the basics of providing consumer health information through 8 independent learning modules. Earn up to 8 hours credit towards a Consumer Health Information Specialization.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Data Management Sharing Policy (DMSP) Webinar Recordings On-Demand | On-demand through April 15, 2026 | This on-demand Moodle class contains 5 recorded webinars introducing the basics of data management and the new NIH requirements for data management and sharing that began in 2023.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Drug and Chemical Information 1. Using, Providing and Prescribing Medications | On-demand through May 1, 2025 | Learn how to find drug and chemical safety information, side effects, and interactions in MedlinePlus and locate prescription and over-the-counter FDA drug labeling in DailyMed in this 2 hour on-demand class.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Drug and Chemical Information 2. Finding Properties, Effects, and Interactions | On-demand through May 1, 2025 | Learn how to find drug and chemical information, adverse effects, molecular properties and more in this 2 hour on-demand class. Resources covered include PubChem, LactMed, LiverTox, NLM Bookshelf and PubMed.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Drug and Chemical Information 3. Exploring New Drug Research | On-demand through May 1, 2025 | Discover drug therapy clinical trials and learn how drugs, chemicals, and related topics are indexed in MeSH in order to hone a PubMed search strategy for systematic reviews and other complex research in this 2 hour on-demand class.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Drug Terminologies and RxNorm | On-demand through August 21, 2025 | Learn the basic concepts of medical terminologies, followed by a deep dive into NLM's RxNorm, an NLM-authored medical terminology specializing in drug information, in this 1 credit hour on-demand class.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Environmental Health and Justice: a brief primer | On-demand through April 30, 2026 | Learn about three resources you can use to find data and statistics about environmental health disparities in your community. This on-demand training takes approximately one hour to complete and offers CHES, CPH, and MLA credit.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Finding and Using Health Statistics | On-demand through March 1, 2025 | This online, self-paced course for librarians and students in health sciences describes different types of health statistics, how they are collected, and where they can be found.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Getting the Right Information to Patients Using MedlinePlus Connect | On-demand through April 13, 2025 | This 1 hour on-demand class introduces MedlinePlus Connect, and points to resources for implementing MedlinePlus Connect at your institution. MedlinePlus Connect is a tool that enables the integration of MedlinePlus resources into external systems like electronic health record systems, patient portals, and other applications. Working knowledge of MedlinePlus is suggested pre-requisite.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Health Literacy On Demand | On-demand through April 30, 2026 | Learn about health literacy definitions, best practices, tools for communicating health information clearly, and resources for improving health literacy. This on-demand narrated tutorial takes about an hour to complete. It offers CHES, CNE, and MLA credit.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| How PubMed Works: Automatic Term Mapping On-Demand | On-demand through April 30, 2025 | Learn about PubMed's automatic term mapping feature that kicks in automatically when you enter untagged terms into PubMed's search box. How PubMed Works: Automatic Term Mapping On-Demand is eligible for 1.5 MLA CE. This is a self-paced course offered via Moodle. The class is available 24/7. Platform/Location: Moodle |
| How PubMed Works: Introduction On-Demand | On-demand through April 15, 2026 | How PubMed Works: Introduction On-Demand is eligible for 1.5 MLA CE. This is a self-paced course offered via Moodle. The class is available 24/7. Platform/Location: Moodle |
| How PubMed Works: MeSH On-Demand | On-demand through April 15, 2025 | How PubMed Works: MeSH On-Demand is eligible for 1.5 MLA CE. This is a self-paced course offered via Moodle. The class is available 24/7. Platform/Location: Moodle |
| How PubMed Works: Selection On-Demand | On-demand through April 30, 2025 | How PubMed Works: Selection On-Demand is eligible for 1.5 MLA CE. This is a self-paced course offered via Moodle. The class is available 24/7. Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Introduction to All of Us | On-demand through April 30, 2026 | An introduction to the All of Us Research Program and its transformative research.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Introduction to Health Reference: Ethics and Best Practices (2022) | On-demand through April 30, 2026 | In this 4 credit-hour, on-demand class learn how to conduct a health reference interview using ethical and effective communication strategies. Content includes narrated and interactive self-paced tutorials. This class addresses increasing health information access and use by including information about the NLM/NIH resource MedlinePlus "Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine". Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Introduction to Precision Medicine | On-demand through April 30, 2026 | Introduction to Precision Medicine is an introductory, on-demand course for public librarians. This class is designed to introduce learners to the concept of precision medicine. This course will provide the learner with resources to support patrons with questions or concerns about precision medicine and related health topics.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| MedlinePlus Tutorial for Librarians and Health Educators | On-demand through November 1, 2025 | This interactive, narrated tutorial provides a tour of the MedlinePlus website and takes about 1 hour to complete.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Workshop On-Demand | On-demand through April 17, 2026 | This on-demand workshop offered in Moodle is intended for those without much experience working in research data management and will provide an overview of the NIH policy, research data management basics, and related resources.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Preprints: Accelerating Research (On-Demand) | On-demand through October 16, 2025 | What are preprints, and how are they changing how biomedical research results are shared? This 1-hour, online, self-paced course introduces preprints and how they can be used in literature searching and in sharing your research results with others.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Prescription and Over the Counter Drugs: Supporting Patients with Evidence-Based Information | On-demand through April 30, 2026 | This 1 credit hour on-demand course provides an introduction to three free resources from the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health: the NIDA website, DailyMed and LactMed.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| PubChem (On-Demand) | On-demand through July 21, 2024 | PubChem is the National Library of Medicine’s open chemistry database and the largest freely accessible reference tool for chemical information.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| PubMed Essentials On-Demand 2024 | On-demand through April 15, 2025 | If you’re new to PubMed or just want a refresher, this online class is designed for you. This is a 1 MLA CE, self-paced course offered via Moodle. The class is available 24/7. The class is made up of 10 short units that include videos, exercises and quizzes. The class gives you the chance to explore PubMed at your own pace with guided tours and exercises.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Recorded Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) Webinars | On-demand through April 30, 2026 | View previously recorded webinars that qualify for the Medical Library Association's Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) certificate program.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Standardize Your Research Data with the NIH Common Data Element Repository – On Demand | On-demand through June 17, 2025 | This interactive, on-demand course is intended to introduce researchers and librarians to common data elements (CDEs) and how to use the NIH Common Data Element Repository.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Topic Searching in PubMed®: Using the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) | On-demand through April 4, 2025 | Learn how to use the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) for expert PubMed searching in this hands-on, self-paced course.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
| Using PubMed in Evidence-Based Practice - On Demand | On-demand through June 13, 2025 | 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®.
Platform/Location: Moodle |