PERFECT PRESCRIPTION:
RELIABLE WEB RESOURCES &
2.0 TOOLS FOR HEALTH SCIENCE EDUCATORS
November 2009
Michelle Eberle, MSLIS
Consumer Health Coordinator
NN/LM New England Region
http://nnlm.gov/ner/
What is the NLM?
National Library of Medicine
Part of the National Institutes of Health
The world’s largest biomedical library
Creator of PubMed.gov, MedlinePlus.gov and many other useful health
information resources!!!
Health Information Everywhere!
Brief History and Statistics
Debuted in October 1998 with 22 health topics; now
there are over 800 topics!
Examples of content added since then:
Spanish pages
Extensive encyclopedia
Interactive tutorials
Evidence-based herbal info
Health topics:
800 in both
English + Spanish
A Look Inside
Drug and
herbal
databases:
approx 1000
monographs
ClinicalTrials:
over 51,000
Medical
encyclopedia:
approx 3700
entries; 2300
images
Health news:
Approx 15-20 new
stories added per day
Interactive
tutorials: 175 total
NIH SeniorHealth
33 topics
Surgeries:
177 videos
2 RSS feeds
Directories: Over 100 directories
covering doctors, hospitals,
clinics and libraries.
One weekly
podcast
Announcement lists:
11 daily & weekly
Content and Design
Resources include:
† Licensed
content, e.g. interactive tutorials and surgery
videos
† Collection
of quality links to external content
User-friendly design
† methods
to help with different search styles
† Repetition
of design and search elements
Home page here:
http://www.medlineplus.gov
Home page here:
http://www.medlineplus.gov
800 + health topics
MedlinePlus.gov
And much
more…
Easy to read health information
For patient education, also useful for creating health homework assignments for K‐5
Health Check Tools
Examples:
•
Kids Asthma Check (ACAAI)
•
Test Your Back Health IQ (Amer. Acad. Of Physical Rehabilitation and Medicine)
•
Children’s Growth Calculator (MAGIC Foundation)
•
My Family Health Portrait (NIH)
•
Interactive Menu Planner (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
•
Skin Cancer Risk: Understanding the Puzzle (National Cancer Institute)
•
My Pyramid.gov: Steps to a Healthier You (Department of Agriculture)
Search with body navigation maps
Body navigation maps
Different parts of the
image are clickable,
and show green
highlighting when the
user moves their
mouse over the area
Menu on the right
changes to related
topics – in this
case, The Bones
Drug information from AHFS
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Uses Based on
Evidence
Question
What is the most commonly used supplement
according to the latest report by the National
Center of Complementary and Alternative
Medicine?
Medical Encyclopedia & Dictionary
Encyclopedia includes over 4,000 entries on
health topics, and an extensive library of
illustrations.
Medical Dictionary
Directories Page
Doctors and Dentists
Hospitals and Clinics
Specialists
Other Healthcare Facilities & Services
Libraries
Current Health News
News from Reuters and HealthDay
Searchable by date or topic
Email Announcements – very useful!
RSS feeds
Know the Topic Before You Get the
Question
Sign up for News Announcements:
Daily, weekly and specialty topics available
1.
Go to MedlinePlus.gov homepage
2.
Click on link “Email Updates and RSS” in lower right
hand corner
Subscribing to News Alerts
Sign up for news from the link Daily, weekly and specialty topics available
Can’t find your information on MedlinePlus?
Here are alternative sources to consider…
Find a local library that provides health information
for the public
Search Box Powered by Vivisimo
What are collections?
What are clusters?
Search tips
For phrase searching, use quotes
†
“Asperger’s Syndrome”
Can search a specific site
† Ex/
bullying site:kidshealth.org
Not case sensitive
Will spell check
Can use Boolean searching ( OR, NOT )
With +, can limit search term to exactly what you
With *, can search for variations of a word
MedlinePlus Magazine
A quarterly publication
of the Friends of the
National Library of
Medicine.
Get a free subscription!
in Spanish too!
NIH MedlinePlus Salud Magazine
Bilingual format!
Multilingual health Information:
In over 70 languages!
Interactive tutorials get a new look!!!
Text Summary of Interactive Tutorials
GoLocal for Related Local Services
Search by location to find
local services and facilities
related to the Health Topic
MedlinePlus Go Local
http://medlineplus.gov/golocal
Help families find local resources
Search Go Local on
MedlinePlus:
Home page
Health topics
Or directly on the
state’s Go Local site
Example of search in Go Local Massachusetts for
Complementary and Alternative Care Providers for
Cancer in Suffolk County
Get HTML code to link directly to a MedlinePlus icon for the homepage or add a MedlinePlus Search Box to your site.
Do not link to any of the licenses materials on MedlinePlus: Includes some tutorials you may download
and use when there is no access to the
Internet.
Surgery Videos
Source: OR‐Live.com
The most popular surgery video?
In Review: Why MedlinePlus?
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MedlinePlus
http://medlineplus.gov
† Links to reliable, understandable
health websites
† Health Topics for Seniors
† Easy-to-read articles
† Slideshows that have sound and contrast
† Medical dictionary
† Medical encyclopedia with large illustrations
† Links to local services
† English, Spanish and other languages
† No Advertisements!
†
Links to Research Articles in
MEDLINE/PubMed
Free Trifold Brochures for Users in
English and Spanish
Health Careers
http://science.education.nih.gov/LifeWorks.nsf/CareerFinder.htm
BONUS
Free lesson plans from the
National Library of Medicine
Harry Potter, Renaissance Medicine, Magic and Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/harrypottersworld/
Include lessons for middle school, high school and higher education. Also, includes a bibliography of related books that might interest the Harry Potter enthusiast.
Changing the face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/exhibition/
Celebrate women physicians and inspire youth to consider a career in medicine!
Includes online activities to learn how the human body works and how exceptional physicians have improved our quality of life. Activities feature ophthalmoscope, circulation station, sickle cell anemia and a closer look at chromosomes.
Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/visibleproofs/index.html
Includes online activities and lesson plans. Lesson plans for grades 6 ‐12 teach students about the anthropometric measuring system, how the blow fly is used in forensic science, the basics of DNA and DNA profiling techniques.
Genetics Home Reference
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov
Includes a Help Me Understand Genetics Handbook with information on cells, DNA, how genes work, mutations and health, inheriting genetic conditions, genetic consultation, genetic testing, gene therapy, the Human Genome Project, and Genomic Research.
Tox Town
http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov
Explore this interactive town, city, port, farm and US/Mexico border to raise environmental health awareness. Site includes sample searches for individual or group exercises. Explore the following discussion questions:
•What does carbon dioxide have to do with global warming?
•How safe is this beach?
•How does the beginning of the school year affect kids with asthma?
•How can industrial chemicals like toluene in landfills affect a community?
•Why do firefighters care about benzene?
ToxMystery
http://toxmystery.nlm.nih.gov
Toxie the Cat teaches you about hazards in the home. Includes lesson plans for K‐6 health or science teachers. The three lesson plans with activity sheets focus on common household chemical hazards and acidity/alkalinity. There are six other activity sheets including a word scramble, word search, fill in the blank, matching game and Toxie the Cat maze. Extra activities include a ToxMystery Glossary, multiple choice quiz and printable certificate.
Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health
http://apps.nlm.nih.gov/againsttheodds/
Explore the stories of communities who are taking up the challenge to prevent disease and improve quality of life around the world. Includes lesson plans on health and human rights (grades 7‐10), healthy lifestyle (grades 3‐6), preventing the spread of disease (grades 6‐12), as well as an educator’s guide to hosting a global health conference. Also, includes two interactive games: the world of global health and who’s who in global health.
Questions
Thank you!
Michelle Eberle
Consumer Health Information Coordinator
National Network of Libraries of Medicine
New England Region
University of Massachusetts Medical School
michelle.eberle@umasmed.edu