Library, Research and Evidence Based Practice

UpToDate is now available in the McArdle Library!

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer Sutton) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:05:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce that you can now access UpToDate in the McArdle Library at Arrowe Park Hospital.

How do I access UpToDate?
The integrated Library Service has purchased an institutional license for access to UpToDate. This is valid until 31/12/12. UpToDate is accessible from any computer/laptop that is connected to the WUTH Intranet. If you have registered for the Trust Intranet you can also access this resource from an off-site PC.Click here for instructions on how to access UpToDate.

What is UpToDate?
UpToDate provides you with a summary of the latest evidence in your specialty or area of interest. It can be used as a tool to help you answer clinical questions quickly, increase your clinical knowledge, and improve patient care. A topic summary provides you with a synthesis of the literature, the latest evidence, and specific recommendations for patient care.

Which topics does UpToDate cover?
Currently, UpToDate covers the following topics:
• Critical Care
• Drug Information
• Emergency Medicine
• Endocrinology
• Family Medicine
• Gastroenterology
• Gynaecology
• Haematology
• Hepatology
• Infectious Diseases
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Obstetrics
• Oncology
• Paediatrics
• Pulmonology
• Rheumatology
• Surgery
• Women's Health

Where can I give feedback about UpToDate?
Please submit a Library Suggestion Form to give any feedback about UpToDate.

Find out more!
If you would like to find out more about how the library can support evidence based practice in your team, please contact us; we can send a Librarian to your next team meeting or simply talk you through the wide range of services available.

You may also visit the Integrated Library Service web pages at www.whnt.nhs.uk/library.

If you think any of your colleagues would benefit from receiving these alerts, please direct them to the Evidence Alerts web page.Acknowledgement:

FREE access to The Lancet via NHS Evidence from January 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer Sutton) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:33:00 +0000

Source: NICE

Year of publication: 2011

Publication type: News item

In a nutshell: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has signed a 3 year agreement to provide staff and healthcare students with access to The Lancet via the NHS Evidence website (www.evidence.nhs.uk).
From 3 January 2012, every member of staff and healthcare students from an NHS England commissioned education programmes, can access the latest online editions of The Lancet, as well as back copies from the last 4 years. This means NHS library services and healthcare staff and students won’t have to subscribe individually. This agreement will improve NHS-wide access to this valued resource.
For more information about NHS Athens visit the Integrated Library Service website at: www.whnt.nhs.uk/library, click on Resources and then on NHS Athens.
To access the Integrated Library Service help-sheet entitled: Creating and Using an NHS Athens Account go to: www.whnt.nhs.uk/library, click on Resources and Library Helpsheets.

Further dissemination: If you think any of your colleagues would benefit from receiving these alerts, please direct them to the Evidence Alerts webpage.

Keep up to date with our Evidence Alerts service!

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer Sutton) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:39:00 +0000

Information for the Library, Research and Evidence Based Practice blog

Keep up to date with our Evidence Alerts service!

Source: Integrated Library Service

In a nutshell: The WUTH Integrated Library Service has added a number of new bulletins to the list available through the Evidence Alerts service (formerly LEAF). We’ve added more current awareness and horizon scanning bulletins with the aim of keeping you up to date in your area of interest.

What are Evidence Alerts?
Evidence Alerts aim to enhance your decision-making by keeping you up to date with the latest developments as well as anticipated events in your particular healthcare interest area. Evidence Alerts are delivered to you by e-mail and will alert you to new innovations, improvements, best practice, news and evidence in your area of interest.

What bulletins are available?
The bulletins we currently offer include horizon scanning bulletins for Breast Feeding, Cancer, Horizon Scanning bulletin, Cardiovascular Horizon Scanning bulletin, Community Diagnostics, COPD, Dental, Diabetes Type 2, Emotional Health and Wellbeing, End of Life care, Immunisation, Infection Control, Obesity, Patient Experience, Sexual Health, Stroke, Sustainability, Urgent Care.

Our selection of current awareness bulletins include AHP bulletin, Chief Nursing Officer bulletin, Chief Scientific Officer bulletin, ChiMat Knowledge update, Commissioning Zone newsletter, GP & Practice Team bulletin, Health Management update, Library, Research and Evidence Based Practice alerts, National Library for Public Health newsletter, NHS Institute alert, NHS Networks bulletin, NICE News, North West Public Health Observatory bulletin and Social Care bulletin

Please visit our Evidence Alerts page to view a full list of the bulletins available.

How can I subscribe to these bulletins?
Visit our Evidence Alerts page to tick the bulletins your wish to receive and tell us where you want to receive them (home or work e-mail address).

Further dissemination:
If you think any of your colleagues would benefit from receiving these alerts, please ask them to contact us to subscribe.

Statistics support for researchers

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:02:00 +0000

The Integrated Library Service has partnered up with staff from Upton Hall School to provide a series of Statistics Mentoring Clinics as part of a community engagement arrangement.

The Statistics Mentoring Clinics are aimed at WUTH staff who would benefit from extra support when faced with using statistics in practice or research.

Those attending the clinic must come prepared with a statistical problem (or scenario). Where possible an outline of the problem should be submitted in advance of attendance at the clinic.

2011 DATES
7th February
7th March
4th April
23rd May
13th June
4th July

TIME
On each date two clinic appointments are available:
4.00pm-5.00pm
5.00pm-6.00pm
Appointments are issued on a first come, first served basis.

HOW TO BOOK
Link here to complete the online booking form for ‘Handling Data 1: Statistics Mentoring Clinics’.

FURTHER INFORMATION
Please visit the Integrated Library Service Training Pages for more information.

New evidence-based medical resource, Dynamed, available until end November 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:27:00 +0000

WUTH has a trial of Dynamed available until the 30th November 2010. Dynamed is a medical information database designed for use at the point of care. It provides high-end, evidence based information from respected publications, associations, and contributing clinicians. DynaMed is updated daily, giving physicians, clinicians and medical students easy access to nearly 3,000 evidence-based clinical summaries.

For more information about the trial please contact Eileen Hume, Head of Trust Integrated Library Service (Eileen.hume@nhs.net).

How do I access Dynamed?
If you have an NHS Athens username and password, go to http://search.ebscohost.com/ and select the link to ‘Athens login’ and select 'Dynamed'.

Alternatively, enter the following login details:
User Id: ns124966
Password: password

You may want to use the Dynamed User Guide to help you navigate the site.

Where can I give feedback about Dynamed?
Please submit a Library Suggestion Form to give any feedback about Dynamed.

Further resources
If you would like to find out more about the range of health information resources and library services available to enhance your clinical and business decision-making please visit the Integrated Library Service webpages at www.whnt.nhs.uk/library.

Team celebrates international recognition

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:44:00 +0000

Representatives from the library service and medical education team at Wirral University Teaching Hospital have received international recognition for a collaborative project to support the continuing professional development of SAS (Staff Grade and Associated Specialist) doctors within the Trust.

Victoria Kirk (Clinical Librarian) and Dr Girendra Sadera (Consultant in Critical Care & Anaesthesia and SAS Tutor) were shortlisted into the top 10 for the Medical Teacher Poster Prize at the international medical education conference, AMEE 2010 (Association for Medical Education in Europe). Out of the 1700 abstracts that were submitted, only 600 posters were selected for presentation at the conference. Following an oral presentation and questioning, a panel of judges selected the 10 best posters which were awarded with special recognition for their ‘visual and academic impact’.

Victoria and Dr Sadera, alongside colleagues from the library service and medical education team, have worked closely to develop tailored library services for SAS doctors in order to meet their specific information needs. This included organising a Library Open Day for SAS doctors to raise awareness of literature searching services and ‘evidence alerts’, and launching a dedicated web portal to signpost SAS doctors to evidence based resources. The team have worked hard to raise awareness of how these services can support the daily practice of doctors within the Trust. It is hoped that the team can build on this achievement and continue to work together to achieve further successes.

Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training dates in the North West

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:04:00 +0000

Source: Wirral University Teaching Hospital, Research and Development

In a nutshell: GCP training ensures that reserachers are equipped with the latest knowledge of Good Clinical Practice and Research Governance. This training is mandatory for WUTH researchers (need to attend every 18 months).

Training is available at Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, please link here to see dates.

Training is also available at Whiston and Halton, link here for more details.

Please contact course organisers directly if you wish to attend.

Further dissemination: If you think any of your colleagues would benefit from receiving these alerts, please direct them to the LEAF bulletins web page.

Training opportunity: identifying research evidence

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:55:00 +0000

Source: University of York: Julie Glanville Project Director - Information Services (jmg1@york.ac.uk) or Rachael McCool (rm527@york.ac.uk)

For fulltext link here

In a nutshell:
Courses available:

• Economic Evaluations and Economic Evidence in Healthcare: Finding Information to Inform Technology Assessments and Economic Models, 12 October 2010

• Identifying Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies: Challenges and Strategies, 26 October 2010, University of York

• Trials Registers, Trial Results Registers and Other Research Registers: Challenges and Opportunities, 18 November 2010

For further information on these courses please visit the training pages at: http://php.york.ac.uk/inst/yhec/?q=news/yhec-training-events-09
Further dissemination:
If you think any of your colleagues would benefit from receiving these alerts, please direct them to the LEAF bulletins web page.

Search the library's books and journals from your workplace!

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:23:00 +0000

The library catalogue allows you to search for books and journals (print and electronic) as well as other items (DVDs, CDRoms) available at the McArdle Library, Arrowe Park Hospital and the John A. Aitken Library, Clatterbridge Hospital.

Please note the library catalogue is only available from an NHS computer.

You can search specifically for:

E-Books - Access electronic books with your NHS Athens Account

E-Journals - Access the full text of ILS journal holdings electronically with your NHS Athens Account

Read and Relax - Browse our Fiction collection

AHP Core Collection - for Occupational Therapy, Podiatry and Radiology

Primary Care Collection - available from the McArdle LIbrary

What's new - Items added to the catalogue in the last 60 days

Complete subject list - Alphabetical listing of all subjects used on the catalogue

Today's circulation - The issues, renewals and returns for today (so far)

For queries relating to the library catalogue please view our webpage or contact us for assistance.

Library service improvements

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:12:00 +0000

The Integrated Library Service (ILS) is happy to feed back some of the service improvements that we have implemented as a result of your comments.

You said you needed to access Maps Manager and Employee Online in the library.
We installed Maps Manager and placed shortcut links to Employee Online on all of the computers and laptops in the McArdle Library.

You said you needed somewhere to facilitate training sessions.
We introduced a booking system to allow you to book the McArdle Library IT Suite for your training sessions and projectors, laptops, screens, flip charts and technical support were made available.

You said you wanted more primary care resources available at the Arrowe Park site.
We re-located the Primary Care Core collection to the McArdle Library.

You said the PCs at the John A. Aitken Library were slow.
We replaced the PCs with newer machines.

You said the McArdle Library was too dark.
We installed extra lighting to ensure a comfortable working environment.

You said you couldn’t access files on your personal USB devices.
We arranged for one PC to be configured so that you could use any USB device (personal or encrypted).

You said you wanted to access UpToDate.
We purchased a standalone licence of UpToDate to be accessed in the McArdle Library.

UpToDate is now available in the McArdle Library!

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:07:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce that you can now access UpToDate in the McArdle Library at Arrowe Park Hospital.

How do I access UpToDate?
We have purchased a standalone licence for UpToDate which allows you to access it from one computer in the McArdle Library (machine number M23).

What is UpToDate?
UpToDate provides you with a summary of the latest evidence in your specialty or area of interest. It can be used as a tool to help you answer clinical questions quickly, increase your clinical knowledge, and improve patient care. A topic summary provides you with a synthesis of the literature, the latest evidence, and specific recommendations for patient care.

Which topics does UpToDate cover?
Currently, UpToDate covers the following topics:
• Critical Care
• Drug Information
• Emergency Medicine
• Endocrinology
• Family Medicine
• Gastroenterology
• Gynaecology
• Haematology
• Hepatology
• Infectious Diseases
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Obstetrics
• Oncology
• Paediatrics
• Pulmonology
• Rheumatology
• Surgery
• Women's Health

Where can I give feedback about UpToDate?
Please submit a Library Suggestion Form to give any feedback about UpToDate.

Find out more!
If you would like to find out more about how the library can support evidence based practice in your team, please contact us; we can send a Librarian to your next team meeting or simply talk you through the wide range of services available.

You may also visit the Integrated Library Service web pages at www.whnt.nhs.uk/library.

Online resource to identify treatment uncertainties

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:05:00 +0000

Source: The James Lind Library
For fulltext link here
Date of publication: June 2010
In a nutshell: Clinicians and patients are now able to collaborate in researching treatment uncertainties using a new online resource. The resource, The James Lind Alliance Guidebook, has been developed to find and prioritise unanswered questions about the effects of treatments. The guidebook is supported by the National Institute for Health Research, the Medical Research Council and NICE. The handbook can be downloaded as a PDF file (56 pages).
Some important notes: Find out more about Treatment Uncertainties.
Further dissemination: If you think any of your colleagues would benefit from receiving these alerts, please direct them to the LEAF bulletins web page.
Acknowledgement: NursingTimes.net

Nursing research bulletin

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:55:00 +0000

Source: Royal College of Nursing
For fulltext link here
Date of publication: May 2010
In a nutshell: Current news on research activity throughout the Royal College of Nursing and developments in the fields of research and innovation of relevance to nurses and nursing practice.
Length of publication: 10 pages
Further dissemination: If you think any of your colleagues would benefit from receiving these alerts, please direct them to the LEAF bulletins web page.

Book your place on an information skills training session!

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:02:00 +0000

• Need to locate the latest guidelines and evidence in your specialty?

• Involved in research or audit?

• Need to get up to date in a topic for a meeting, teaching or Journal Club?

• Perhaps you just need to keep up to date in your area of interest?

Then this training is for you!

Finding the Evidence 1
A starting point for anyone who wants to develop basic searching skills and find out which resources to search to make finding the evidence easier and quicker. Includes demonstrations and hands-on use of PubMed, NHS databases, NHS Evidence Specialist Collections and Google.

Finding the Evidence 2
Build on your existing searching skills and develop your skills to use more advanced searching strategies and techniques and access additional evidence-based resources. Includes demonstrations and hands-on use of NHS databases (advanced), The Cochrane Library and more.

Introduction to Critical Appraisal
A basic introduction to critical appraisal concepts and techniques. This session will help you understand how to appraise research literature for its validity and relevance to clinical practice in order to support evidence based decision making.

Statistics Mentoring Clinics
One-to-one advice and guidance in statistics for those who would benefit from extra support when faced with using statistics in practice or research. Available to WUTH staff only.

For session outlines and dates, user guides and to book your place, visit our website and select the menu link to ‘Training and Induction’.

Updated guidance for doctors involved in research

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Thu, 13 May 2010 10:33:00 +0000

Source: General Medical Council (GMC)
For fulltext link here
Date of publication: April 2010

In a nutshell: Good practice in research and Consent to research came into effect on 4 May 2010.

The guidance documents provide more detailed advice on how the principles in the GMC's core guidance Good Medical Practice and in Consent: patients and doctors making decisions together apply in the context of research.

Length of publication: 14 pages
Further dissemination: If you think any of your colleagues would benefit from receiving these alerts, please direct them to the LEAF bulletins web page.

Royal College of Nursing Research and Development newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:22:00 +0000

Source: Royal College of Nursing Research and Development Coordinating Centre
For fulltext link here
Date of publication: 26th April 2010
In a nutshell: An update on research activities by the Royal College of Nursing.
Length of publication: 8 pages
Further dissemination: If you think any of your colleagues would benefit from receiving these alerts, please direct them to the LEAF bulletins web page.

Workshop available! Knowledge Translation: From Research to Impact on Care

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:18:00 +0000

Source: NIHR Research Design Service for the North West
For further information and booking form link here
In a nutshell: The workshop aims to support people who have firm ideas for developing proposals (or at least an outline) to share these ideas with experts in the field of Knowledge Translation.
Date: Wednesday 19th May 2010, 12:45-17:00

Venue: The Foresight Centre, Liverpool
Cost: £20 including lunch
Further dissemination: If you think any of your colleagues would benefit from receiving these alerts, please direct them to the LEAF bulletins web page.

RCH Clinical Governance bulletin

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:18:00 +0000

Source: Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
For fulltext link here
Date of publication: 8th April 2010
In a nutshell: The latest Royal College of Nursing Clinical Governance bulletin has been published which gives an update on significant developments and issues relating to clinical governance in nursing.
Length of publication: 17 pages
Further dissemination: If you think any of your colleagues would benefit from receiving these alerts, please direct them to the LEAF bulletins web page.

'Making the link' health improvement conference

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:23:00 +0000

Source: University Hospital of South Manchester
For fulltext link here
Date of publication: 2010

In a nutshell: "Making the Link” is a day long conference organised by the North West Health Brussels Office, which aims to raise awareness amongst health stakeholders on how local and regional actors can maximise European opportunities to improve health in our region.

The conference will identify areas and explore opportunities where the European and North West agendas coincide. There will be workshops focusing on:
• Health and wellbeing
• Research and innovation
• Investment in health
• Full afternoon session dedicated to EU funding for health

When: 29th April 2010
Where: The MacDonald Hotel, Manchester
Some important notes: follow link to register by 15 April 2010.

Further dissemination: If you think any of your colleagues would benefit from receiving these alerts, please direct them to the LEAF bulletins web page.

Royal College of Nursing Research and Development newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:15:00 +0000

Source: Royal College of Nursing Research and Development Coordinating Centre
For fulltext link here
Date of publication: March 2010
In a nutshell: An update on research activities by the Royal College of Nursing.
Length of publication: 8 pages
Further dissemination: If you think any of your colleagues would benefit from receiving these alerts, please direct them to the LEAF bulletins web page.

Updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:06:00 +0000

Source: BMJ 340:c332

For fulltext link here

Date of publication: March 2010
In a nutshell: The CONSORT statement is used worldwide to improve the reporting of randomised controlled trials. Kenneth Schulz and colleagues describe the latest version, CONSORT 2010, which updates the reporting guideline based on new methodological evidence and accumulating experience.

Further dissemination: If you think any of your colleagues would benefit from receiving these alerts, please direct them to the LEAF bulletins web page.

Defining research

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:13:00 +0000

Source: National Research Ethics Service (National Patient Safety Agency)
For fulltext link here
Date of publication: 2010
In a nutshell: The purpose of this leaflet is to help you decide if a project is research, which normally requires review by a Research Ethics Committee (REC), or whether it is some other activity such as audit, service evaluation or public health surveillance. It contains a useful table differentiating clinical audit, service evaluation, research and usual practice/surveillance work in public health.
Length of publication: 4 pages
Further dissemination: If you think any of your colleagues would benefit from receiving these alerts, please direct them to the LEAF bulletins web page.

New evidence-based medical resource, Dynamed, available until end April 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:26:00 +0000

Source: Integrated Library Service
In a nutshell: The Integrated Library Service has a trial of Dynamed available until the 30th April 2010. Dynamed is a medical information database designed for use at the point of care. It provides high-end, evidence based information from respected publications, associations, and contributing clinicians. DynaMed is updated daily, giving physicians, clinicians and medical students easy access to nearly 3,000 evidence-based clinical summaries.

For more information about the trial please contact Eileen Hume, Head of Trust Integrated Library Service (Eileen.hume@nhs.net).

How do I access Dynamed?
If you have an NHS Athens username and password, Dynamed at http://search.ebscohost.com/ and select the link to ‘Athens login’.

Alternatively, enter the following login details:
User Id: ns124966
Password: password

You may want to use the Dynamed User Guide to help you navigate the site.

Where can I give feedback about Dynamed?
Please submit a Library Suggestion Form to give any feedback about Dynamed.

Further resources
If you would like to find out more about the range of health information resources and library services available to enhance your clinical and business decision-making please visit the Integrated Library Service webpages at www.whnt.nhs.uk/library.

Further dissemination: If you think any of your colleagues would benefit from receiving these alerts, please direct them to the LEAF bulletins web page.

University of Chester two-day conference announced

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:44:00 +0000

Source: University of Chester
For fulltext link here
Conference flyer
In a nutshell: A two day conference at the University of Chester has been announced for 22nd-23rd March 2010, titled Preparing for Change: Delivering Healthcare, Transatlantic and UK Perspectives.
Some important notes: For details of the full programme, booking & payment information please contact:

Barbara Holliday, Administrator
Faculty of Health & Social Care
University of Chester, Westminster Building
Parkgate Road, Chester, CH1 4BJ
Tel: 01244 511117
Fax: 01244 381090
Email: b.holliday@chester.ac.uk
Further dissemination: If you think any of your colleagues would benefit from receiving these alerts, please direct them to the LEAF bulletins web page.

The changing regulatory and governance environment for health research across the UK: a guide for researchers

noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Kirk) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:53:00 +0000

Source: UK Clinical Research Collaboration
For fulltext link here
Date of publication: Nov 2009
In a nutshell: This booklet provides an overview of initiatives that have been put in place to streamline the regulatory and governance (R&G) environment. It describes how the clinical research landscape has been dramatically transformed in recent years with the introduction of a range of measures intended to reduce bureaucracy, support world class research and ultimately benefit patients.
Length of publication: 20 pages
Further dissemination: If you think any of your colleagues would benefit from receiving these alerts, please direct them to the LEAF bulletins web page.