Catch up on Continuing Education with National Library of Medicine On-Demand Training

Make the most of your summer with free continuing education (CE)! Invest in yourself and the communities you serve with National Library of Medicine (NLM) free, on-demand continuing education opportunities. These offerings are designed to broaden your skills with, and deepen your knowledge of, NLM trusted health information, data, and tools.

Below is a selection of on-demand courses about NLM products, available via the NLM website and/or the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) learning management system. All courses offer free Medical Library Association (MLA) CE, available by registering via NNLM. Select courses also offer Continuing Nursing Education (CNE), Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES), MLA Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS), or MLA Data Services Specialization (DSS) credit, as indicated.

Learn at your own pace, earn CE credits for free, and gain skills in working with health information and data.

PubMed and PubMed Central

• PubMed Essentials (CNE, CHIS).
• Using PubMed in Evidence-Based Practice (CNE).
• Phrase Searching in PubMed.
• 2025 Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) Highlights.
• Preprints: Accelerating Research.
• NIH Public Access Policy for Librarians.

ClinicalTrials.gov

• An Introduction to ClinicalTrials.gov (CNE, CHES, CHIS).

MedlinePlus

• MedlinePlus Tutorial for Librarians and Health Educators (CHES, CHIS).

Drug and Chemical Information

• Drug and Chemical Information On-Demand (CNE, CHIS).
• PubChem Training Course.
• Drug Terminologies and RxNorm On-Demand (DSS).

Health Data

• Finding and Using Health Statistics (CNE, CHES, CHIS, DSS).
• Health Data Standards and Terminologies (CNE, DSS).
• Getting the Right Information to Patients Using MedlinePlus Connect On-Demand (CNE, CHIS).
• Common Data Elements: Standardizing Data Collection (DSS).
• Standardize Your Research Data with the NIH Common Data Elements Repository On Demand (DSS).

For a full list of NLM training products, see the NLM Learning Resources Database.

For a full list of available NNLM on-demand courses, see the NNLM Training Schedule.