MLA '06: Continuing Education Courses:
Index by Area of Knowledge

MLA's continuing education courses are organized in tracks that correspond to the seven areas of knowledge deemed essential for health sciences information professionals. These areas of knowledge are described in Platform for Change, MLA’s educational policy statement.

100s: Health Sciences Environment and Information Polices

• The Art of Building and Sustaining Community Partnerships (CE 102)
• Joint Commission Standards: Management of Information and Beyond (CE 103)
• Measuring Your Impact: Using Evaluation to Demonstrate Value (CE 100)
• The PhD Experience: Graduate School in the Basic Biomedical Sciences (CE 101)

200s: Management of Information Services

• Creating a Business Plan (CE 200)
• Essentials of Hospital Librarianship (CE 203)
• Ethnic Awareness and Health Information Resources: Chicken Soup and Crawdad Gumbo (CE 204)
• Face-to-Face: Strategies for Effective Consumer Health Communication (CE 206)
• Introduction to Financial Management for Health Sciences Librarians (CE 201)
• Planning and Managing Consumer Health Libraries (CE 202)
• Proactive Librarianship: Knowledge, Innovation, and Leadership for Newer Librarians (CE 205)

300s: Health Sciences Information Services

• An Evidence-based Approach to Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CE 302)
• The Changing Nature of Providing Reference/Information Services (CE 301)
• Consumer Health Libraries: Managing for Your Customer Base and Environment (CE 305)
• Expert Searching for Nursing and Allied Health (CE 300)
• Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) for Searchers (CE 303)
• Number, Number, Who's Got the Number? Or Who's Counting: Health Statistics Sources (CE 304)
• Toxicology Information Resources on the Web (CE 306)

400s: Health Sciences Resource Management

• First Do No Harm: Basic Strategies for Administering Archival Materials in Health Sciences Libraries (CE 400)
• Reference Collection Development and Management (CE 402)
• Unified Medical Language (UMLS) Basics (CE 401)

500s: Information Systems and Technology

• Emerging Mobile Technologies (CE 500)
• How to Leverage Open Source Software to Enhance Library Services (CE 501)
• How to Use Really Simple Syndication (RSS) to Know More and Do Less (CE 503)
• Technology Planning for Health Sciences Librarians (CE 502)

600s: Instructional Support Systems

• Evidence-based Medicine: Introduction to Study Design and Critical Appraisal (CE 604)
• Introducing Interactivity Into Your Web Design (CE 600)
• The Librarian's Role in Information Mastery: Assessing the Usefulness of Clinical Information Sources (CE 602)
• Rapid Training Design: A Short Course for Librarians (CE 601)
• Teaching About Evidence-based Practice (CE 603)

700s: Research, Analysis, and Interpretation

• Doing It Right: Supporting Systematic Reviews with Expert Searching and Project Management Skills (CE 704)
• Introduction to Medical/Health Care Informatics for Librarians (CE 703)
• Qualitative Evidence: Practical Methods to Gather and Analyze Information Behavior and Attitude Data (CE 700)
• Research for Beginners: Seven Steps to Success (CE 701)
• Understanding Health Care Literature: A Primer for Working with Evidence-based Health Care Principles (CE 702)

Symposia

• Patient Safety: A Proactive Approach for Information Professionals (CE 800)
• Serving Diverse Users: Cultural Competencies for Health Sciences Librarians (CE 801)

For more information on continuing education courses, contact MLA headquarters, 312.419.9094 x32; fax, 312.419.8950; or email, mlapd3@mlahq.org (please include “MLA ’06 CE program” in the subject line).