(via Miranda Shake, HSLI President-Elect)<\/p>\n
The National Library of Medicine Training Center (NTC) is offering an online, free, asynchronous CE class called Discovering TOXNET from March 7th, 2016 – April 6th, 2016. Learn about TOXNET(r) and other NLM environmental health databases through videos, guided tutorials, and discovery exercises. The class is taught online in thirteen independent modules. TOXNET is a web-based system of databases covering hazardous chemicals, environmental health, toxic releases, chemical nomenclature, poisoning, risk assessment and regulations, and occupational safety and health.<\/p>\n
Who should take the class? Health sciences librarians and health or environmental sciences professionals interested in unlocking the information in TOXNET and the other environmental health and toxicology resources.<\/p>\n
How much time? You will work on your own time over a period of 4 weeks to complete the modules that are of interest to you. There is one required module; the remaining modules are optional. This class is offered for variable MLA Continuing Education credit. Each module will be offered for 0.5 to 2.0 credit hours, for a total of up to 12 hours. Credit will not be awarded for partial completion of a module. Total credit awarded will be based on completed modules with a minimum of 1.0 credit hours.<\/p>\n
What happens during the class? This course is offered asynchronously through Moodle; you will work at your own pace. Each module consists of guided interactive, online tutorials AND\/OR tutorial videos as well as discovery exercises. Instructors will be available to answer questions and provide assistance throughout the course.<\/p>\n
The modules (and their CE credits) are: Introduction to TOXNET, 0.5 hour (Required); TOXLINE, 1.0 hour; ChemIDplus, 2.0 hours; Integrated Risk Information System & Risk Assessment, 1.0 hour; Hazardous Substances Databank, 1.5 hours; Toxic Release Inventory, 1.0 hour; TOXMAP, 1.5 hours; Household Products Database, 0.5 hour; LactMed, 0.5 hour; Haz-Map, 0.5 hour; WISER & CHEMM, 1.0 hour; REMM, 0.5 hour; and LiverTox: 0.5 hour.<\/p>\n
How do I register? Go here<\/a>. For questions, contact the NTC at ntc@utah.edu<mailto:ntc@utah.edu<\/a>><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (via Miranda Shake, HSLI President-Elect) The National Library of Medicine Training Center (NTC) is offering an online, free, asynchronous CE class called Discovering TOXNET from March 7th, 2016 – April 6th, 2016. Learn about TOXNET(r) and other NLM environmental health databases through videos, guided tutorials, and discovery exercises. The class is taught online in thirteen…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-continuing-education"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}