際際滷

際際滷Share a Scribd company logo

EAHIL Basel 2019 Public Health Information Group Meeting

E
EAHILPHIG

The Public Health Information Group held a meeting on June 18th in Basel, Switzerland. Representatives from the National Library of Medicine and the World Health Organization provided updates. Dianne Babski from NLM discussed the upcoming release of a new PubMed interface in September and changes to databases like PubMed LinkOut and HealthReach. Tomas then informed the group about the WHO's plans to build an Academy campus in Lyon to provide education to global health professionals, as well as an increased focus on distance learning in multiple languages. The meeting ended at 13:50 after updates from NLM and WHO.

1 of 2
Download to read offline
EAHIL Basel 2019 Public Health Information Group Meeting Tuesday 18th June at 13-13.50 University of Basel Main Building, room 103 Minutes Chair: Tomas Allen, Ana-Belen Escriva and Mala Mann Secretary: Katri Larmo 1. Acceptance of the agenda The agenda was accepted without changes. 2. Round of introductions Tomas led the round of introductions. 3. News from NLM & HealthReach Dianne Babski updated us on whats going on in NLM. New PubMed 揃 New PubMed is released in September 2019. 揃 Both current and new PubMed will run in parallel for several months. 揃 New PubMed can be tested at PubMed Labs: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pubmed/ Health Reach 揃 NLM is going through a reorganization. In the same time, the variety of databases is evaluated and some of the overlapping services will be merged. For now, HealthReach continue. It will be seen, whether Health Reach remains an independent database or is merged to Medline Plus. Dianne also told us about the changes in PubMed LinkOut, articifial intelligence used in MeSH-indexing, dataset links to PuMed-references and many other interesting developments. Diannes presentation can be seen at: /EAHILPHIG/nlm-update-by-dianne-babski-18th- june-2019 4. News from WHO Tomas informed us the main news from WHO. WHO Academy WHO will build a WHO Academy in Lyon, France. The Academy is still in very early stage, but the aim is to give high-quality education to health professionals around the world, especially to professionals from low and middle- income countries. The WHO Academy campus will offer good learning environments, health emergencies simulation centre and collaboration spaces. Distance learning
In the coming years WHO will put a lot of emphasis on distance training, in many different languages, especially for professionals working in low and middle-income countries. The goal is to ensure life-long learning for health professionals around the world. 5. Close Tomas thanked everyone and closed the meeting at 13.50.

More Related Content

EAHIL Basel 2019 Public Health Information Group Meeting

  • 1. EAHIL Basel 2019 Public Health Information Group Meeting Tuesday 18th June at 13-13.50 University of Basel Main Building, room 103 Minutes Chair: Tomas Allen, Ana-Belen Escriva and Mala Mann Secretary: Katri Larmo 1. Acceptance of the agenda The agenda was accepted without changes. 2. Round of introductions Tomas led the round of introductions. 3. News from NLM & HealthReach Dianne Babski updated us on whats going on in NLM. New PubMed 揃 New PubMed is released in September 2019. 揃 Both current and new PubMed will run in parallel for several months. 揃 New PubMed can be tested at PubMed Labs: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pubmed/ Health Reach 揃 NLM is going through a reorganization. In the same time, the variety of databases is evaluated and some of the overlapping services will be merged. For now, HealthReach continue. It will be seen, whether Health Reach remains an independent database or is merged to Medline Plus. Dianne also told us about the changes in PubMed LinkOut, articifial intelligence used in MeSH-indexing, dataset links to PuMed-references and many other interesting developments. Diannes presentation can be seen at: /EAHILPHIG/nlm-update-by-dianne-babski-18th- june-2019 4. News from WHO Tomas informed us the main news from WHO. WHO Academy WHO will build a WHO Academy in Lyon, France. The Academy is still in very early stage, but the aim is to give high-quality education to health professionals around the world, especially to professionals from low and middle- income countries. The WHO Academy campus will offer good learning environments, health emergencies simulation centre and collaboration spaces. Distance learning
  • 2. In the coming years WHO will put a lot of emphasis on distance training, in many different languages, especially for professionals working in low and middle-income countries. The goal is to ensure life-long learning for health professionals around the world. 5. Close Tomas thanked everyone and closed the meeting at 13.50.