BELS Professional Development Webinar: Effectively Searching PubMed: Tips, Tricks, and Things You Never Knew Existed!
Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CST
Category: Professional Development
This event is free and open to BELS members. Register NowDescription: This one-hour session is conducted via live Internet and intended for those with moderate literature-searching experience using PubMed. The focus will be the effective use of PubMed, with a brief overview of several other databases and resources from the US National Library of Medicine. Topics include how to work with advanced search functions as well as specialized search tools using PubMed's MeSH database, search builder, and clinical queries. Creating and using personalized settings and search filters in My NCBI will also be briefly covered. Interactive discussion and instruction-by-example will give participants an improved understanding of online search strategies and a helpful list of tools and resources to use in association with PubMed. If you usually search PubMed by typing in a few words into the search box, if you struggle with too many results, or if you are unsure if your search is complete enough, then this session is for you. Speaker:
Tom Gegeny has more than 25 years of experience in medical writing and editing. He has given hundreds of presentations and workshops on a variety of topics in medical communication, including searching databases such as PubMed, a free online literature resource from the US National Library of Medicine. Tom is a past president of BELS (2015–2017) and currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors; he has been a BELS member since 1999. He is also a past president (2009–2010) and fellow of AMWA; he was honored with AMWA’s Golden Apple Award in 2015 for excellence in education. He is currently employed with Prime, a global medical communication agency, as Director of Scientific Strategy & Partnerships. Tom is also active with the International Society of Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP). |