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Michelle Eberle
Consumer Health Information Coordinator
National Network of Libraries of Medicine
New England Region
MedlinePlus Train-the-Trainer
Objectives
1) Gain confidence and learn tips to present.
2) Learn how to create and customize a MedlinePlus presentation.
3) Discover free toolkits, presentations and handouts you can use and adapt to present MedlinePlus.
5 Ws
Who?
• Who is participating?• What do participants hope to learn?• What are their goals, professional or other?
What?
• Know your subject.• Bring your own expertise to the subject.• Organize your thoughts.
Where?
• Be early.• Be flexible.• Stand up.
When?
• Consider the length of the presentation.• Find the best time of day for participants to attend.• Check if similar presentations are offered by other
organizations in your area.
Why?
• Why are you presenting this?• Why is your topic important?• What draws you to the subject?
How?
• Will you present hands-on or with a PowerPoint?• Keep it interactive.• Create a welcoming environment.
Introductions
• Introduce yourself and your organization.• Have participants introduce themselves if possible.• Share your interest. Why is this topic important?
Preface
• Ask participants where they find health information?• How do you know if you can trust the information you find?• Introduce MedlinePlus.
• Describe the National Library of Medicine.• Describe MedlinePlus.• Mention difference between MedlinePlus and PubMed.
• Present a live demo if possible. • Have a PowerPoint ready for locations with no internet access.• Create your own PowerPoint or adapt the PowerPoint on our
NER training page.
Live Demo
NN/LM NER provides you with an outline for your own MedlinePlus live demos. Feel free to use and adapt this outline or our PowerPoint for your own presentations.
http://nnlm.gov/ner/training/resources.html
Wrapping Up
• Show “expert search” tips.• Boolean searching (exercise AND nutrition) NOT surgery• Site searching bullying site:kidshealth.org• Wildcard cardio*• Exact term +cardiovascular exercise• Phrase searching “cardiovascular exercise”
• Show MedlinePlus Mobile. “Take out your phone.”• Wrap up with take home points.
Presentation Planning
• NN/LM classes and handouts http://nnlm.gov/ner/training/resources.html
• NIHSeniorHealth Toolkit for Trainers http://nihseniorhealth.gov • Other resources to look at for ideas:
• Health Information and the Internet: Who Can You Trust? River Valley Communities Coalition http://www.rvhcc.org/pdf/HIL_Sourcebook.pdf
• McKinney, Julie. How to Find Online Health Information that Your Can Trust, The Change Agent, March 2009
• JSI Research Skills (Tobacco and Literacy Project), 2007• Let us know if you are presenting MedlinePlus. We can provide
you with our most recently updated presentation materials.
Customize
• Develop your outline first, then your PowerPoint or visuals.• Customize your examples for each audience.• Use good design principles.
• Daniel Pink: Keep a design journal.• 7 Essentials of Graphic Design by Allison Goodman, 2001• Presentation Zen, Garr Reynolds
• Think about evaluation. (pre/post/follow up)
Take home points
• Remember the 5 Ws.• Prepare examples that interest your audience.• Be confident and share your expertise.
Michelle EberleConsumer Health Information CoordinatorNational Network of Libraries of Medicine
New England [email protected]
(508) 856-2435
Funded by the National Library of Medicine under a contract (HHS-N-276-2011-00010-C) with the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester.
Thank you