Keep Learning: November Webinars and Videocasts

 

Register for these Upcoming Events and Webinars through the NNLM.

2020 NIH Rural Health Seminar: Challenges in the Era of COVID-19

Join the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) for the 2020 NIH Rural Health Seminar: Challenges in the Era of COVID-19. The seminar will bring together researchers, medical practitioners and others to explore topics in rural health. Learn and explore the impact of COVID-19 on rural populations, systems and workforce issues, and community engagement to respond to the pandemic.

Date: Thursday, November 19, 2020
Time: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. ET
Location: NIH Videocast

This seminar will provide an opportunity to engage and explore important issues of rural health. Sessions include:

• Rural Population Impact and Response in the Time of COVID-19
• Researchers and Community Partners Respond to the Challenges of COVID-19

Register for the seminar online. The event will be available on NIH Videocast and archived for those unable to attend in person. To join the conversation on social media, please use hashtag #RuralHealth. Learn more. 

November  Webinars

November 11, 10:00am

The Importance of Librarians in Building Health Literacy through Partnerships and Programs

November 17, 2:00pm
NNLM Reading Club Presents:
Bill Sullivan, PhD, Author of Pleased to Meet Me

Research Data Management Training - On Demand

Research Data Management On Demand is made up of four stand-alone classes that introduce principles and practices of research data management. There is no particular order or progression in which to take the classes. Expect to spend up to four hours on each class learning through tutorials, videos and hands-on activities.  The individual classes are:

1. Open Science and Data Science
2. Data Curation and Documentation
3. Data Security, Storage and Preservation
4. Data Sharing and Publishing

Learn more and register here.

What the Health? Book Club

There were several recurring topics in my casual discussions with colleagues at the Midwest Chapter's annual meeting last October but two that I've been trying to learn more about are:  social determinants of health and diversity in medicine.  The panel discussion at the Midwest Chapter's annual meeting and conversations with some colleagues afterwards left me wondering how librarians could further provide opportunities for our patrons related to these issues.  I was happy to find a group leading very timely and engaging conversations along these lines.

The non-profit group Patients R Waiting works to eliminate these disparities by focusing on increasing diversity in medicine.  One of their initiatives is What the Health? a virtual book club that aims to raise awareness regarding health equity.  Last month, health care professionals, pre-med/pre-health students and community members from across the US engaged in a conversation about these topics as they discussed Michael Marmot's The Health Gap.  The group will be reading two more books this summer and there is still time for you to read the next book and attend their July meeting.  They will be discussing Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care by Dayna Bowen Matthew. 

The meeting event page and time details provided by the group are below. Please encourage any of your students, providers or fellow librarians to join the discussion.  

Consider attending the July meeting even if you don't get a chance to finish the book.  I plan on being there!

Dora Davis

WHSLA Professional Development Coordinator

If interested, please click "going" on our Facebook event, which you can find with the first link below.

-What the Health? Book Club- July 29th Meeting Event Page

-Link to book on: eBay. Amazon

-Learn more about PRW here

 

Explore Health Literacy with the NNLM Reading Club

When it comes to your health, you are your own best advocate. The NNLM Reading Club has selected three books to help you become more knowledgeable and informed about Health Literacy:

• Well: What We Need to Talk About When We Talk About Health by Sandro Galea
• An American Sickness by Elisabeth Rosenthal
• How to be a Patient by Sana Goldberg, RN

To learn more about each of these titles and to download book discussion guides, promotional materials and corresponding health  information resources, or to apply for a free NNLM Reading Club Book kit, visit the Book Selections and Health Resources: Health Information.

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