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Visit this page to add the trainings to your calendar, or access a Webex link for a training in session (you must be on the VA network, either through VPN/Citrix or onsite, to access.) If you are experiencing problems joining a meeting in session, please contact the Library Network Office.

Cochrane Resources
Date: Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 1pm eastern
Audience: Nursing Staff
Description: The Cochrane Library includes access to Cochrane Clinical Answers, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. Join us to learn how to use them effectively!
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PTSDpubs Database
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 1pm eastern
Audience: Clinical Staff
Description: The PTSDpubs Database is an extensive PTSD resource produced by the US Department of Veterans Affairs, although it is not limited to literature on PTSD in Veterans. It includes information on the DSM-5 criteria for PTSD, cognitive processing therapy trials and reviews, EMDR, and more.
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NatMed Pro
Date: Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 1pm eastern
Audience: Clinical and Pharmacy Staff
Description: NatMed Pro provides information about dietary supplements and alternative therapies, including supplement safety, benefits, side effects, drug interactions, and more. it is a valuable resource to clinical staff interacting with patients who may be taking a wide variety of dietary supplements or alternative therapies.
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VisualDX
Date: Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 1pm eastern
Audience: Clinical Staff
Description: VisualDX is a visual-based differential diagnosis tool designed for the point of care. Users can search by disease or quickly build a differential based on chief complaint, medication, travel finding, or other symptoms. Visual DX includes more than 46,000 images, over 3,300 diseases, and includes differential diganosis tools across the medical spectures beyond those that can be captured by images.
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Telephone Triage Protocols for Nurses
Date: Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 1pm eastern
Audience: Nurses
Description: The Telephone Triage Protocols for Nurses book, by Julie K. Briggs, allows those performing triage to make rapid decisions and effectively determine the nature and severity of callers' symptoms. This webinar will cover how to use this online book quickly and efficiently.
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APA Resources
Date: Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 1pm eastern
Audience: Mental Health Staff
Description: As VA staff, you have access to APA PsycArticles, APA PsycBooks, and APAPsycInfo. PsycInfo is an abstracting and indexing database of more than 3 million records devoted to literature in the behavioral sciences and mental health. PsycBooks provides access to thousands of scholarly and professional titles published by APA, and PsycArticles is a resource of more than 80 landmark journals in behavioral science and related fields.
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