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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Red wine reduces heart disease. Dark chocolate lowers blood pressure. Vaccines cause Autism. These have all appeared in some form as news headlines. Perhaps your patrons have come in seeking information they’ve read about in the newspaper or heard on the news. Your Pacific Northwest Regional office for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (<a href="http://nnlm.gov/pnr"><span style='color:#0563C1'>NN/LM PNR</span></a>) is offering a Moodle class called <b>Health Issues in the Headlines: Reading Between the Lines</b>,<b> </b>the second of a series of classes we are offering regarding consumer health. Participants will learn about how health is reported in the news as well as how to evaluate the accuracy and validity of science and health stories. The impact of celebrity illness will also be discussed. By the end of this course, participants will be better equipped to help their patrons look more critically at health issues that are being reported in the news media.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>This online class is self-paced and is free. It runs from <u>Wednesday August 5<sup>th</sup> through Wednesday September 2<sup>nd</sup></u> and is worth 4 Medical Library Association CE credits. These credits qualify towards the <a href="https://www.mlanet.org/education/chc">Consumer Health Information Specialization</a> with the Medical Library Association. You don’t have to be a member to qualify for this. Two more classes be coming the next few months. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Registration is going on right now, just go to <a href="https://nnlm.gov/pnr/training/register.html?schedule_id=3465">https://nnlm.gov/pnr/training/register.html?schedule_id=3465</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>It is best to have a Moodle account so if you don’t already have one, information should be given to you to link to Moodle where you can sign in or sign up to create an account. You can always email me if you have any problems doing this. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Once the class begins make sure you are using the Health Issues in the <b>Headlines: Reading Between the Lines <u>PNR</u></b> as other regions may be offering the class too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Contact me if you have questions! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Carolyn Martin, MLS, AHIP / Consumer Health Outreach Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>NN/LM Pacific Northwest Region<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>University of Washington Health Sciences Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Box 357155<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>Seattle, WA 98195-7155<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'>206-221-3449<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:martinc4@uw.edu">martinc4@uw.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>