(via the Network of the National Library of Medicine’s Region 6)
Registration is open for the NNLM webinar “Health Statistics on the Web”. It will take place on Tuesday, July 29, from 12:00 to 1:30 PM CDT. Please see below for more information, including the link to registration.
This presentation meets the NLM/NIH strategic plan goal of building a workforce for data-driven research and health in order to address increasing health information access and use. The importance and relevance of health statistics in various contexts will be discussed. Participants will have the opportunity to become familiar with the features and scope of several statistics Internet resources through the use of numerous exercises.
Objectives
- Recognize the differences between data, data sets, and statistics.
- Understand the 4-step process used to locate relevant health statistics for a particular circumstance or issue.
- Identify online resources that provide data sets and statistics at the local, state and national level
The course is worth 1.50 hours of CE credit towards Certificated Health Education Specialists (CHES). This is a National NNLM class.
For more information, and to register, please go here. Registering requires having an NNLM user account. Create one here.