The Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) provides free training opportunities for healthcare professionals, librarians, and the public to learn how to use free resources from the National Library of Medicine.
Three on-demand classes have been approved for continuing nursing education (CNE) credit. Nurses can earn credit while learning how to use information resources to support their patients. These courses offer Illinois CNE, and many states accept Illinois CNE. Wisconsin does not currently require CNE. See if your state accepts Illinois CNE.
PubMed Essentials
If you’re new to PubMed or just want a refresher this online class is designed for you. The class is made up of 10 short units that include videos, exercises and quizzes, and takes about 1 hour to complete.
Health Literacy On-Demand
Learn about health literacy definitions, best practices and tools for communicating health information clearly in in this 1-hour narrated tutorial with activities.
Prescription and Over the Counter Drugs: Supporting Patients with Evidence-Based Information
This 1 credit hour on-demand course provides an introduction to three free resources from the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health: the National Institute on Drug Abuse website, DailyMed and LactMed.
You need to have an NNLM user account before you can register for a class. Each class registration page has a link called "Create an NNLM User Account." If you already have an account, just sign-in to your account to register for a class.
