Training & Outreach

Education for Career Development:

• Associate Fellowship Program for Librarians

  One-two year postgraduate program for librarians, providing comprehensive training in NLM's programs and services.

• Biomedical Informatics Course

  Short course sponsored by NLM.

• Funded Support for Academic Training in Biomedical Informatics & Bioinformatics

  Formal programs and individual fellowships are offered to assist medical informaticians in pursuit of a degree.

• Medical Informatics Training Program

  Medical informatics and clinical informatics training and research opportunities at NLM's Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications. This program is available to individuals at various stages in their careers.

• NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program for Librarians

  Mid-career fellowship focused on preparing emerging leaders for director positions in academic health sciences libraries.

Training and Outreach for NLM Products and Information Services:

• National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Training Office

  NLM database and databank training for librarians including instruction on MEDLINE/PubMed, TOXNET and more.
  Classroom Training Schedule

• Web-based Training through the NLM Learning Resources Database

  Animated tours, tutorials and other online training material for NLM products and services.
  PubMed Tutorial | PubMed Quick Tours

• Training and Education from the National Center for Biotechnology Information

  Learn how to use the genomic, molecular biology and literature-based tools and resources.

• Outreach and Training Activities in Health Services Research

  Specially focused training classes at national meetings of Health Services Research and Public Health related organizations.

• Outreach to Special Populations

  Outreach programs for AIDS, toxicology and Historically Black Colleges and Universities, environmental health, and minority populations.
  Arctic Health | American Indian Health | Asian American Health | MIMCom - Malaria Research Resources

• History of Medicine Online Syllabus Archive

  Collection of college and university syllabi in the history of medicine, public health, the biomedical sciences, nursing, and related areas.

• K-12 Science and Health Education

  Working with teachers and scientific experts to provide FREE reliable resources to help introduce, reinforce, and supplement education programs.

  GeneED | Kids Environmental Health Portal | TOXMAP | ToxMystery | Tox Town

Public Programs, Seminars and Exhibit Schedule:

• Public Programs and Scholarly Seminars at NLM

  Attend free lectures and exhibitions (unless otherwise noted).

• NLM’s Professional Meeting Exhibit Schedule

  Find out where NLM will be represented at these professional meetings and conferences.

Complete list of NLM search tools and databases for health and medical information

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