Training on Biomedical Informatics, Data Science, and Data Management
The National Library of Medicine offers a range of training on biomedical data and informatics.| Title | Date | Runtime | Format |
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| Bioinformatics and Biology Essentials for Librarians: Databases, Tools, and Clinical Applications Self-paced class that reviews basic biology concepts and takes a deep dive into NCBI Molecular Biology Databases. | Jan. 17, 2023 | N/A | HTML / On-Demand Course |
| NCBI Outreach Events Search and apply for upcoming NCBI webinars, workshops, codeathons, and other outreach activities. | Jan. 1, 2023 | N/A | HTML / Directory |
| NCBI Learn The catalog of NCBI Webinars and Courses, Conferences and Presentations, Tutorials and Documentation. (Note: For PubMed resources, see https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmed.html) | Jan. 1, 2023 | N/A | HTML / Directory |
| Drug Terminologies and RxNorm This one-hour training session with videos and exercises is intended to introduce you to the basic concepts of medical terminologies, with a specific focus on NLM's drug terminology RxNorm. | Sept. 1, 2019 | 60 min(s) | HTML / On-Demand Course |
| Drive-Thru Data: Using NLM APIs to Access Information Fast On December 6, 2022, Mike Davidson from the Office of Engagement and Training hosted Drive-Thru Data: Using NLM APIs to Access Information Fast. This webinar is aimed at librarians and other information professionals who are familiar with NLM's products and services, but want to explore NLM data in new ways. | Dec. 14, 2022 | 58 min(s) | HTML / Webinar Source Page |
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| NIH Data Management and Sharing Requirements Series The webinar series introduces the basics of data management and the new requirements for data management and sharing that will be in place beginning in 2023. The introduction will then be followed by three webinars providing “practitioner perspectives” – i.e., data librarians sharing their opportunities, barriers, methods, and successes as they work toward improving data management practices at their institutions. | March 18, 2022 | 60 min(s) | HTML / Webinar Source Page |
| NNLM Toolkit for the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy A selection of guides, toolkits, and other resources for librarians working on addressing the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy. | Nov. 4, 2022 | N/A | HTML / Page |
| NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Overview A presentation on the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy that goes into effect January 2023. | Dec. 2, 2022 | 53 min(s) | MP4 Video / YouTube Video |
| NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Workshop On Demand This on-demand workshop provides an extensive look at the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy which went into effect January 25, 2023. The workshop is intended for those without much experience working in research data management and will provide an overview of the NIH policy, research data management basics, and related resources. | June 30, 2023 | 360 min(s) | HTML / On-Demand Course |
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| The Research Data Services Landscape: How Do You Start And Where Does Your Library Fit In? This course is designed as an entry point for people unfamiliar with the field of research data services in libraries. The goal is to introduce what data services librarians work on and to present information on how learners can grow in this area. This includes mentioning other trainings offered by NNLM that would further their studies in data services. Learners will be able to describe the type of work done in data services and the subtopics found in data services. | May 9, 2023 | 53 min(s) | MP4 Video / YouTube Video |
| NNLM Carpentries Workshops The Network of the National Library of Medicine sponsors Carpentries workshops covering a variety of topics. The target audience is learners who have little to no prior computational experience, and the instructors put a priority on creating a friendly environment to empower learners and enable data-driven discovery. Even those with some experience will benefit, as the goal is to teach not only how to do analyses, but how to manage the process to make it as automated and reproducible as possible. | March 7, 2023 | N/A | HTML / Page |
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| Common Data Elements: Standardizing Data Collection Making research data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) starts well before data collection. Designing studies with common data elements (CDEs) can enable data sharing and reuse. Librarians and other information professionals have an important role in educating and assisting researchers in the use of CDEs. Whether you are a research data librarian or assist researchers in finding sources, this one-hour, self-paced course from the National Library of Medicine can help you understand how you can support the use of common data elements (CDEs) in creating FAIR data. | Sept. 15, 2021 | 60 min(s) | HTML / Site |
| Research Data Management (RDM) On Demand: Data Security, Storage and Preservation How do you keep data secure and preserved? This introductory, four-hour, on-demand course uses readings, tutorials, videos, and hands-on scenarios to show how to evaluate preservation needs of a dataset, identify appropriate data repositories for a given dataset, examine security/privacy issues with data, and explain how data policies affect data ownership, security, and storage. | April 30, 2021 | 240 min(s) | HTML / On-Demand Course |
| Research Data Management (RDM) On Demand: Data Curation and Documentation This introductory, four-hour, on-demand course describes the definition, types, and elements of data curation that are most important to document in research data management. Through readings, tutorials, videos, and hands-on scenarios you will learn about types of data, which data elements are important to document, and best-practices for file naming conventions. | April 30, 2021 | 240 min(s) | HTML / On-Demand Course |
| Research Data Management (RDM) On Demand: Data Sharing and Publishing What are the FAIR data principles, and how do they relate to research reproducibility? This introductory, four-hour, on-demand course describes principles and challenges of data sharing, as well as data sharing incentives, open data, data citations, and data journals. Through readings, tutorials, videos, and hands-on scenarios you will increase your knowledge about data sharing and publishing. | April 30, 2021 | 240 min(s) | HTML / On-Demand Course |
| Research Data Management (RDM) On Demand: Open Science and Data Science What is open science, and how does it differ from data science, and research data management? How can library staff support data science in their own work? This introductory, four-hour on-demand course introduces the concepts of open science, data science and research data management through readings, tutorials and videos. After taking this course, you will be able to describe the differences between research data management (RDM), data science, and open science, articulate how open science supports research integrity and reproducibility, and list ways librarian staff can support data science. | April 30, 2021 | 240 min(s) | HTML / On-Demand Course |
| Creating Data Management Plans with DMPTool A Presentation showing the capabilities of the DMPTool in order to create a data management plan. | Dec. 13, 2022 | 54 min(s) | MP4 Video / YouTube Video |
| Fundamentals of Health Sciences Research Data Management This class is designed to provide information professionals, working in health sciences, with an introduction to research data management. The primary goal of this course is to improve your knowledge and skills in research data management and enable you to add or enhance research data management training and services at your institution. This 8-week course will have participants read foundational texts in research data management, engage in discussions with other participants, complete assignments designed to improve knowledge and skills, and develop a final project of teaching a concept from the course or delivering a presentation on library roles in research data management. Participants will work with course facilitators and community experts to complete course assignments and gain an understanding of the role of research data management in libraries. When this class is offered, participation will be capped at 60, so if you are interested in applying to register for this course, please commit to spending 3 total hours per week engaging with the course readings and assignments. | June 7, 2023 | N/A | HTML / Page |
| Standardize Your Research Data with the NIH Common Data Element Repository (March 2023) On March 29, 2023, Catherine Staley from the Office of Engagement and Training and Robin Taylor from the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) MEDLARS Management Section (MMS) hosted the training Standardize Your Research Data with the NIH Common Data Elements Repository. Through live demonstrations and hands-on exercises, this course introduces you to common data elements (CDEs) and the NIH Common Data Elements Repository (CDE-R). | April 24, 2023 | 88 min(s) | HTML / Webinar Source Page |
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| A Bird's Eye View of Health Data Standards This one-hour training session with videos and exercises is intended to introduce you to health data standards and how they are used, including relevant National Library of Medicine (NLM) products and services. | Sept. 1, 2021 | 60 min(s) | HTML / On-Demand Course |
| Getting the Right Information to Patients Using MedlinePlus Connect: Tutorial This one-hour training session with videos and exercises is intended to introduce you to what MedlinePlus Connect does and how, and point you to resources for implementing MedlinePlus Connect at your institution. | Sept. 1, 2021 | 60 min(s) | HTML / On-Demand Course |
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| Finding and Using Health Statistics This course describes the range of available health statistics, identifies their sources and helps you understand how to use information about their structure as you search. | Aug. 18, 2023 | N/A | HTML / Tutorial |
| What is Bioinformatics Librarianship? A growing number of librarians are filling a special niche in the information world: serving those who work with genetic and molecular biology information. In this one-hour webinar, eight of your colleagues as they explain their specialized and uniquely valuable roles at their institution. | Jan. 17, 2017 | 58 min(s) | MP4 Video / YouTube Video |
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| NLM's University-based Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Research Training Programs A list of research training programs supported by the National Library of Medicine. | Oct. 20, 2021 | N/A | HTML / Page |