Level: Intermediate+
Prerequisite: None
Cost: $260 (nonmember, $310)
Attendance Maximum: None

Instructor(s): Janice H. Willis, senior librarian, UMLS, and Rachel Kleinsorge, training coordinator, UMLS, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD

Offered: Saturday, May 20, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Join a team of experts for a journey into the world of the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS). Students will gain a basic comprehension of many of the components of the UMLS; an understanding of tools that may be used with the knowledge sources, including various lexical and other software programs; and criteria for assessing the usefulness of specific controlled vocabularies for clinical, research, and educational purposes.