Continuing Education Opportunities
Below is a description of the continuing education opportunities available at the 2003 NAHSL Conference.
There are three ways to register for the conference and the continuing education courses:
- Use the forms included in the registration packet that was mailed to you
- Download the PDF Version of the NAHSL Registration Packet
- Go to Online Registration Instructions to register online for the conference
and pay by credit card through PayPal.
Cost for NAHSL Members:
1 half-day class - $60
2 half-day or 1 full-day class - $120
Cost for All Others:
1 half-day class - $100
2 half-day or 1 full-day class - $180
Sunday, October 26
Licensing Electronic Resources - 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
In the good old days, all we had to master was the Copyright Law and Fair Use. We
would acquire a book or a journal, post and monitor a "fair-use" photocopy policy, and
go on about our activities. Now, disks arrive; we become connected with online sources.
With each new digital information product, there arrives a separate license. Each
contains its own private "copyright" terms imposed by contract. This course provides a
primer on: license provisions and terminology; comparing the license and copyright;
and managing the licensing process. Through lecture, instructor debate and student
participation, you will learn strategies for developing a license management model,
including: building a team for license evaluations and negotiation; a clause-by-clause
analysis of an existing license agreement; tips for negotiating strategies; and techniques
for building a productive relationship with the legal department.
MLA CEUs: 8 credits approved
Instructors:
Laurie Thompson, MLS, AHIP, Director of Libraries, University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center at Dallas
Harry Youtt, JD, attorney, writer, instructor, UCLA and University of California at
Irvine
Concepts in Renal Medicine - 8:00 am to 12:00 Noon
A follow-up to last year's "Concepts in Pulmonology," this course is intended for health
science librarians who wish to learn more about medicine in order to increase their
effectiveness in providing information services to clinical staff.
MLA CEUs: 4 credits pending
Instructor:
Linda Quirici, RN, MSN, CCRN, is currently the Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
at Eastern Connecticut Health Network. She has 23 years of nursing experience, and
spent 10 years on the nursing faculty at Baystate Medical Center and the University of
Connecticut. Ms. Quirici will also be joined by Patricia Mencel, APRN.
Professional Presentations - 8:00 am to 1:00 pm
Making a "professional" presentation at a workshop, conference or board meeting,
whether it is a formal or an informal one, involves considerably more than just being
able to stand up and speak. And, a professional presentation has nothing to do with the
presenter's degrees, title, or salary. Some people always will be better presenters than
others, but an effective and truly professional presentation cannot be made unless a
number of factors are taken into consideration. In short, a professional presentation is
carefully planned; it doesn't just happen. You will learn:
- The different natures of a presentation
- How to effectively plan your presentation
- Why the audience is your friend
- The tips & tricks that put the 'zing' in your presentation
- How to deal with possible presentation problems
- Why the "medium" is not the message
MLA CEUs: credits pending
Instructor:
David Ives, Chief Information Technology Officer, NELINET
Data Detective: Finding the Jewels of Public Health Datasets - 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
What is the difference between health statistics and health data? What can I do if I only
find the right statistics, but not in the right format I need and the year I prefer? Where
are those freely available data-retrieval tools that I can use, and how do I use them?
These are the questions this course aims to address. An overview of the definition,
nature, types and sources of health data will be followed by specific instructions on how
to generate and create your own health statistics by using several major health data
retrieval applications like CDC WONDER, BRFSS, WISQARS, CANCER QUERY and
MEPSnet.
MLA CEUs: 4 credits approved
Instructor:
Hongjie Wang, AHIP, head, Information and Education Services Department, Lyman
Maynard Stowe Library, University of Connecticut Health Center-Farmington
PDA's and the Medical Librarian - 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Through demonstration, lecture, and discussion you will learn methods of integrating
the new PDA technology into your personal and professional life as a medical librarian.
You will also hear methods of starting or expanding a PDA program in your library
including providing classes, organizing a users group, and recommending resources.
Both the Palm and the Windows operating systems will be discussed and demonstrated.
Specific software and hardware useful to healthcare providers and examples of wireless
connectivity will be shown. Finally, the use of PDA technology for library applications
such as data collection or bar code reading will be discussed."
MLA CEUs: 4 credits pending
Instructor:
Evelyn Morgen, M.L.S. Instructor, School of Medicine. Associate Director, Lyman
Maynard Stowe Library, University of Connecticut Health Center-Farmington
Tuesday, October 28
PubMed Expert Searching: Using PubMed to Get Advanced Results
12:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M.
U MASS Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library Computer Training Facility
Expert searching includes more sophisticated use of PubMed tools such as field
qualifiers, the preview/index feature, creation of hedges in cubby, and creating links for
a library web page. Greater knowledge of the Medline database and indexing vocabulary
is also necessary in making expert search decisions. The class takes on a train the
trainer focus to help participants translate these advanced searching techniques to
other users. The class builds upon the user's own knowledge of searching to use
PubMed more effectively. Note: This course is FREE but is limited to 17
participants!
MLA CEUs: 4 credits approved
Instructor:
Donna Berryman, MLIS, Outreach Coordinator, New England Region, NN/LM
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