Here are the details:

• “Refresh and Extend Your Health Literature Search Skills to Better Support your Users: PubMed Update” webinar
• Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
• Time: 10:00 a.m. MDT (11:00 a.m. Central)
• Presenter: Rebecca Brown, National Library of Medicine Training Center
• Be sure to read the equipment requirements and login information prior to the start of the webinar.
• Questions? Contact Todd Vandenbark, Web Services Librarian, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, 801-581-5263, email:  

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a “National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy,”  which seeks “to engage organizations, professionals, policymakers, communities, individuals, and families in a linked, multisector effort to improve health literacy.”

The Eccles Health Sciences Library and the Health Literacy Interest Group are offering two webinars on this topic this spring, one on health literacy itself, and the second on the National Action Plan. Here are the details:

Health Literacy in the Real World: Awareness, Ideas, Solutions

• When: March 17, 2011
• Time: 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
• Where: HSEB 4100 B & C
• Info: Poor health literacy is a major issue in the United States. We see examples of how it affects patients, providers, and the healthcare system every day. This session will look at some of the problems created by poor health literacy, discuss programs and ideas to help improve it on both the patient and provider side, and review some solutions. The upcoming IHA Health Literacy Conference will be reviewed, as well as a discussion of the National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy.

National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy

• When: May 4, 2011
• Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
• Where: HSEB  4100 B & C
• Info: The Institute for Healthcare Advancement is hosting its 10th Annual Health Literacy Conference: “Health Literacy = Effective Communication: Translating Ideas Into Practice” May 4-6, 2011 in Irvine, California. You can attend a pre-conference session “virtually” to discuss the National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy. Join in the social media discussion and hear how other organizations around the country are using the National Action Plan, and join the discussion with information about what you’re doing or suggestions for others.

Both webinars are FREE, and faculty, staff and students are welcome to attend.

Reference:
¹U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2000. Healthy People 2010. 2nd ed. With Understanding and Improving Health and Objectives for Improving Health. 2 vols. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

“Biomedical Publishing 101 will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010, 1pm Pacific Time, 2pm Mountain Time, 3pm Central Time – 90 minutes.

Created by the Chicago Collaborative, a joint partnership of librarians, publishers and editor

Sponsored and hosted by the Four Corners Directors, and the MidContinental, Pacific Southwest and the South Central Regions of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine

This 90-minute webinar provides an opportunity to learn about the publishing cycle of biomedical journals, both in print and online. The complexities of publishing, in a world of rapidly changing delivery formats and devices will be explored, including the publishing challenges and opportunities posed by each. Presenters include John Tagler of the Association of American Publishers, Inc. and the session will be moderated by Jean Shipman, Director of the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library and the MidContinental Region Director.

Please register by December 4, 2010, if you plan on attending. Connection instructions for Adobe Connect will be provided upon registration.“

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