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MLA '09: CE Courses by Competency Area

Get set for the best in health information sciences continuing education! Courses are organized in tracks according to the professional competency areas described in Competencies for Lifelong Learning and Professional Success, MLA’s education policy statement.

100s: Health Sciences Environment and Information Polices

• Magnet Hospital Designation: The Integral Role of the Medical Librarian (CE100)
• It’s More than Just the Standards (CE101)
• Negotiation Skills (CE102)

200s: Leadership and Management

• Getting Started with Information Outreach in Minority Communities (CE200)
• Creating Influence: Getting What You Want (CE201)
• Designing Library Spaces for the 21st Century (CE202)
• Library Director: Knowledge, Skills and Career Path (CE203)
• Coaching and Mentorship for Performance (CE204)

300s: Health Sciences Information Services

• Locating Cancer Information for Your Clinicians and Patients (CE300)
• Government Resources in Consumer Health (CE301)
• The Animal-Human Health Knowledge Connection (CE302)
• HINARI Access to Research Initiative: Internet Resources for Health Information Professionals: Training the Trainers (CE303)

400s: Health Sciences Resource Management

• Library Without Walls: Creating Web Portals for Online Services and Resources (CE400)
• No Fear Molecular Biology: Concepts and Searching (CE401)

500s: Information Systems and Technology

• Emerging Technologies for Librarians (CE500)
• Integrating Web 2.0 Technologies: Tools and Strategies for Enhancing Services at Your Library (CE501)
• Incorporating Web 2.0 Tools into the Research: Making the Most of Instruction and Outreach Efforts (CE502)

600s: Curriculum Design and Instruction

• Better Design and Delivery of Professional Education (CE600)
• Creating Online Tutorials in Less than 30 Minutes (CE601)

700s: Research, Analysis, and Interpretation

• Understanding Healthcare Literature: A Primer (CE700)
• Knowledge Transfer: Moving from Best Evidence to Best Practice (CE701)
• Demonstrating Value: Can Journals Compete with Mouse Cages in Institutional Budgets (CE702)
• Evidence Based Public Health (CE703)
• Understanding Healthcare Literature: Advanced Critical Appraisal (CE704)
• Effective Survey Design: Ask the Right Questions, Get the Right Answers (CE705)

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 ’09 CE program” in the subject line).