Register to work -at-your-own-pace anytime Web-based (Moodle) course - 20 CE from the MLA
Topic 1. Medical Terminology and Evaluating Consumer Healthcare Information on the Web.
Lectures and Required Readings on Medical Terminology and Evaluating Consumer Healthcare Information on the Web
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Topic 2. Specialized Health and Medicine Research Tools for Healthcare Consumers
Lectures and Required Readings on Specialized Health and Medicine Research Tools for Healthcare Consumers
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Topic 3. PubMed, Healthcare Consumer/Patient Education, Statistical Information and Clinical Trials
Lectures and Required Readings on PubMed, Healthcare Consumer/Patient Education, Statistical Information and Clinical Trials
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Topic 4. Complementary and Alternative Medicine Best Sources for Healthcare Consumers
Lecture and Required Readings on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Best Sources for Healthcare Consumers; Misc. Core* Fee-based Web-Accessible Medical Information, and other Misc. Medical Information Sites
In this hands-on course you will review rigorous evaluation criteria for health and medical information as well as how and why to evaluate health and medical information on the Web, including consumer health, complementary and alternative medical, and information about healthcare professionals and organizations.
Participants will learn to read and analyze health and medical related Web sites to determine the authority and/or credibility of such sites. Participants will learn how to identify fraudulent sites and sites with a credibility deficit using review sites as well as evaluation criteria. Participants will also be able to teach patrons/end-users how to make good information choices from those available on the Web as well as to select high quality sites for inclusion in e-library collections and for reference work. We will also cover researching licensing status and quality ratings of healthcare professionals and organizations.
Librarians, health care professionals, health literacy advocates, and other information specialists who work with healthcare consumers and/or healthcare professionals.
Participants should know how to use e-mail anda current standard Web Browser, e.g., Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer -- current versions are best.
In this hands-on course participants will explore specific high quality consumer-oriented health and medical reference tools on the Web as well as learn to locate and select high quality consumer –oriented health and medical information. Print and commercially published database ready-reference tools for healthcare consumers will be compared to the core Web reference tools. In addition participants will acquire a core e-library of 'the best' Web-accessible ready-reference resources for healthcare consumer information.
Librarians, health care professionals, health literacy advocates, and other information specialists who work with healthcare consumers and/or health and medical professionals. Participants should know how to use e-mail anda current standard Web Browser, e.g., Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer -- current versions are best.
"I really enjoyed this class, as I did "How to Find Medical and Health Information on the Internet. Both are fantastic courses, and in both, I felt as if I learned a ton of information." Ann Phillips, Medical Librarian, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Library and Resource Center
Register anytime to work-at-your-own-pace with a Web teacher through e-mail, chat and Moodle. $200 - 20 CE from the Medical Library Association.
Diane K. Kovacs is President of Kovacs Consulting - Internet &Web Training.She has been a Web Teacher and Consultant for nearly 20 years. She designs and teaches Web-based and in-person courses for organizations and individuals including UIUC GSLIS LEEP, SJSU SLIS, ALAEditions, ACRL, MLA, and others. Diane has been designing and teaching Web-based and in-person MLA Approved CE Courses since 2001
Her most recent book is 7 Steps to Effective Online Teaching forthcoming from ALA Editions. The Kovacs Guide to Electronic Library Collection Development: Essential Core Subject Collections, Selection Criteria, and Guidelines, 2nd Edition was published in 2009 by Neal-Schuman Publishers. The Virtual Reference Handbook: Interview and Information Delivery Techniques for the Chat and E-Mail Environments Neal-Schuman Publishers (2007) was published concurrently in the United Kingdom by Facet Publishers (2007).
Diane Kovacs is the 2000 recipient of the "Documents to the People" award from the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association. She was also the recipient of the Apple Corporation Library's, Internet Citizen Award for 1992 and was the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science Alumni Association's first recipient of the Leadership Award in 1996.
Diane received an M.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois in 1989 and an M.Ed. in Instructional Technology from Kent State University in 1993. She has a B.A. in Anthropology also from the University of Illinois, 1985.