NEFLIN Workshops from NNLM

Will Duct Tape Cure My Warts? Examining Complementary and Alternative Medicine

The goal of this class is to increase understanding of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). Students will learn the history of CAM and its impact on medical practices. They will learn how CAM is used, how to avoid “bad science” and how to look up evidence of the effectiveness of CAM therapies. Objectives

• Have knowledge of the definition and types of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Have greater knowledge of the history of CAM and it's impact on medical practice
• Have greater understanding of usage of CAM
• Increase confidence in evaluating health websites Increase skills in avoiding “bad science” found on the Internet or in the news
• Become more proficient in searching for evidence of the effectiveness of CAM

Trainer: Dale Prince, National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Date: Monday, July 27
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 noon
Location: Bradford County Public Library, Starke
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PubMed for the Rest of Us: Searching the Medical Literature for the Non-Expert

Learn how to search MEDLINE using the PubMed interface. This includes:

• Basic searching
• Advanced searching using the Limits Tab and some field searching
• How to obtain full-text journal articles using Loansome Doc (document delivery)
• The Journals Database for locating journal titles
• The Single Citation Matcher form for quick citation matching

Trainer: Dale Prince, National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Date: Monday, July 27
Time: 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Location: Bradford County Public Library, Starke
Register here

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