Training & Outreach

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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.

• Funded Support for Academic Training in Bioinformatics

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

• Medical Informatics Training Program

  Support for visiting scientists and students to participate in research at the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications.
  Medical Informatics Course at Woods Hole sponsored by NLM and the Woods Hole Marine Biology Laboratory

• 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 Training Center and Clearinghouse

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

• Web-based Training

  Animated tours, tutorials and other online training material for NLM products and services.
  PubMed Tutorial | Training Manuals and Guides for selected NLM products

• 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 | Multilateral Initiative on Malaria

• 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.

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