Data Flash: Hospital or academic or data-interested librarian? 2 opportunities for data-related training, free!

Whether you’re in a hospital or academic or research center or other data-related setting, take a look at these two amazing training opportunities—there’s something for everyone!  And they’re free! 1) “Clinical Information, Librarians and the NLM: From Health Data Standards to Better Health” When we did our regional data needs assessment last year, many of you who are hospital librarians said that you wanted to be able to “speak IT”; in other words, to know more about data standards such as UMLS, SNOMED CT, and more. Well, here’s your chance!  This interactive webinar series consists of five 30-minute Thursday sessions (each at 9 AM Pacific Time).   It “focuses on the roles and products of the National Library of Medicine related to applied medical informatics, particularly as applied to electronic health records systems and clinical research. The series is specially designed for health sciences librarians and other health information specialists seeking to serve more active roles in their health IT team and better support researchers”.  You’ll learn about not only UMLS and SNOMED CT, but also RxNorm, LOINC, Common Data Elements and the Value Set Authority Center. Want to dazzle your IT team?  Take this class! 2) Biomedical and Health Research Data Management Training for Librarians If research data management is more your focus, perhaps for those of you in academic or research center settings, this training could be for you.   It can be tough ...
Source: Dragonfly - Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Tags: Blog Data Science News from NNLM Technology data standards IT research data management Source Type: news