Information Skills for Health

 Make sure you are ready to start your dissertation by first learning how to conduct a successful literature search. Follow these steps to get the rights skills so you get the right evidence. Do you need a comprehensive introduction to literature searching? Complete our etutorial. Let Rhonda take you through the steps to create your literature search plan. Options within the literature searching tutorial Feeling confident already? Check our literature searching flashcards to make sure you’re comfortable with all the steps to follow. Can you identify all the steps? example of a literature searching flashcard Want help to get started with your question? Use these tutorials and tools to help you to identify your question and complete your literature search more effectively; complete the relevant worksheet to help you to breakdown your question: Identify your question - learn how to breakdown your question to help you to identify the information you need Using PICO  - use

 NHS staff can access a range of healthcare-specific bibliographic databases. You'll be able to complete a comprehensive literature search to find key evidence on your topic. But which databases do you need? Complete our really short online tutorial Which NHS database do you need? to find our which database is the best for you and how you can access it. selection page in the etutorial

 The following webinars are available from the Ebsco training team. Please use the links to book a session directly with ebsco: Seven Steps to the Perfect PICO Search in CINAHL (60 mins) CINAHL Ultimate is just one of the information resources a nursing researcher can utilise to execute perfect PICO search. Considered to the definitive tool for nursing and allied health professionals, CINAHL Ultimate provides fast, easy access to top nursing and allied health journals, evidence-based care sheets, quick lessons, and continuing education modules. Join this 60-minute webinar to learn more about using the PICO clinical framework to structure a search and retrieve relevant, UK-specific content. • Monday, 15th April @ 2.30pm   • Tuesday, 30th April @ 10.00am   Creating Alerts in CINAHL and MEDLINE (45 mins) This session will demonstrate how to keep current with the healthcare literature using search and publications alerts on the EBSCOhost interface. • Thursday, 25th April

   The Journal of the week series of blog posts has ended now.  This series highlighted journals available in the Health Library collections. I ho pe you have enjoyed them and learnt something new about library resources. You can read all the blog posts on the Journal of the week label . Finding Journals Check our journals lists to look for journal titles: How to find a Keele eJournal on Library Search Using Browzine to view NHS journals If you would like to learn more about resources available to support you, please  contact the Health Library.

Paediatrics and Child Health Paediatrics and Child Health is a comprehensive resource with up-to-date reviews on all aspects of paediatrics and neonatology. This title includes topical reviews, practice updates, investigations and technical procedures, presented in a clear, concise and easy-to-read format. View this journal now: On Browzine [UHNM users] On Library Search [Keele users] The journals available to our different user groups may vary. Please check your journals collection for access. If you like that, you might like this… Academic Pediatrics Advances in Pediatrics Archives in disease in childhood Child abuse and neglect Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition Journal of Pediatric Surgery Pediatric Clinics of North America Pediatric Critical Care Medicine For more journals see our Journal of the Week blog posts . Stay uptodate with the latest articles from this

NEJM Evidence This is a monthly journal publishing case studies, original research, clinical trials and reviews but it goes beyond the clinical trial, beyond the research paper. It includes exploration and analysis of the process of clinical trials and encourages critical analysis of research articles.  Develop your skills to become more critical of the research you read and become a better evidence-based practitioner. Unique content and features includes: Tomorrow’s Trial – short articles highlighting accepted practices that lacks solid evidence and invites clinician readers to propose clinical trials to fill those gaps Patient Platform - patients who have been in a clinical trial, part of a research study, or had their care impacted strongly by these, share their thoughts on their experience Stats, STAT! - animated videos explaining a fundamental statistical concept View this journal now ; log in with your NHS OpenAthens username / password. If you like that, you might like

We’ve been sharing tips and tricks on twitter/X to help you to develop and demonstrate your digital skills and use them to deliver best patient care. It is a reminder of the many ways that the Health Library can support you. Here are tips 21 to 25: 21. Use critical appraisal tools to identify the best articles Critically appraising the literature you find is a key digital skill. Read our blog post to find out where you can get critical appraisal tools to help you use the best evidence. Get critical appraisal tools to help you use the best evidence 22. Communicate better with your patients Use your #DigitalSkills in your work to deliver patient education - learn about our tutorial 10 steps to creating patient information. 10 steps to creating patient information 23. Learn about referencing You need to acknowledge the work of others in your own assignments - learn about our referencing etutorial to help you to understand why this skills is essential. Why is referencin