Health Care Pathways Conference Thursday, Nov 18, 2010 Mark Goldstein, NN/LM NER 1

National Library of Medicine, part of NIH Located on NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland The world’s largest biomedical library Developer of many information resources: databases such as MedlinePlus & MEDLINE/PubMed 2

What is the NN/LM? 3

What is MedlinePlus (M+) ?  Web site designed for consumer health information  Developed and maintained by NLM  Purpose: to assist general public in locating authoritative health information without advertising or bias  Site contains copyrighted & non-copyrighted material  Links to other websites, but following a set of guidelines: 1. Health content reflects quality, authority & accuracy 2. Purpose is educational (no charge for most content ) 3. Availability & maintenance of web page is considered 4

 MEDLINE/PubMed Professional database of biomedical literature. TARGET AUDIENCE => health professionals o Web-based, searchable database of over 20 million articles o Articles published in more than 5,000 biomedical journals o Links to full-text journal articles offered through providers o Abstract content free, but only some full-text content is free  MedlinePlus A health information website for patients, families, etc. TARGET AUDIENCE => health consumers MEDLINE vs MedlinePlus 5

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Mobile MedlinePlus 45

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Bridge to LifeWorks ® 48

LifeWorks ® Home Page 49

LifeWorks ® Read about people who have achieved success in their careers Find careers that match personal interests, skills & abilities Browse careers by salary, education req’d, interests & job title Learn about working conditions, certification, licensing reqs, & job market trends Discover the types of high school & postsecondary courses they should consider for specific career paths Find links to professional organizations At LifeWorks® students can: 50

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LifeWorks – College Prep 56

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LifeWorks – Finding an E-Mentor 60

LifeWorks ® e-Mentoring 61

Wrap Up Use Medlineplus as your main consumer health resource Use LifeWorks as a resource for providing career options to students Remember the NN/LM as a local resource for your health information needs 62

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