Information Skills for Health

Find out how you can use a thesaurus and how it will help your literature searching. Complete our Using a Thesaurus etutorial.

A new portal is available to support pharmacists within the NHS.  You can find the Medicines Learning Portal here . The aims of the site are as follows: “ All pharmacists involved with patient care need clinical problem solving skills to deliver medicines optimisation, and this website we will assist the development of these skills by: Providing knowledge about medicines, and addressing basic principles of medicines safety for key subject areas Showing the right questions to ask when problem-solving Recommending sources of information about medicines Guiding pharmacists on how to apply their professional judgement Advising on communication techniques for delivering expert advice”

Here are a few hints & tips to help you to make the most of your NHS Athens username and password. Registering: Register via the online form – this is the simplest way to register for an Athens username / password and should only take a few minutes. There is plenty of help on the online form. Select the right organisation – make sure you select the trust that you work for so that your application is processed quickly by the system. Use your NHS-based email account – use an NHS email address based at the trust you are applying for. The system will be able to authorise you and you can get started straight away. Personal email addresses such as google and Hotmail accounts will be rejected. Complete Address – make sure you complete your work location. This helps us to identify you if there are any problems. Your Username / Password: Setting your password – once you have submitted the form you will be sent an email; you need to carry out the instructions it

We have updated our Using a Book etutorial .  You'll find an easier layout and embedded videos.  Learn more about how to get the information you need quickly from books.

Clinical Key can help you to create presentations by allowing you add Clinical Key content to an MS PowerPoint show. You might do this as background information to a case study presentation or when delivering education sessions to your colleagues. Only images can be added to presentations. Login Clinical Key is available to UHNM users via their NHS Athens username and password. Saved Content I am going to start from some content I have already saved. I have run a search for images for a dislocated shoulder. I have saved some of these images and tagged them as “Dislocated Shoulder”. See the blog entry on Saving Articles for how to save and tag content. I would advise you to save the content you use for a presentation as then you will always be able to refer back to the original content you have used. Screen-shot of my saved content Add an Item to Presentation Maker You can add an item to the presentation maker from either the search results page, the article

We get some strange comments about NHS Athens username / password so here is a little myth-busting. Myth – I don’t need an NHS Athens username / password as everything is free on the Internet. Fact – sadly everything isn’t freely available. Many publishers charge for access to the fulltext of their articles. You can use your NHS Athens username / password to access online journal articles. You can also use your Athens username and password to access ebooks and databases. Myth – You can access everything you need with an NHS Athens username / password. Fact – unfortunately this isn’t true. You can access resources that we have purchased for you. This includes ebooks, ejournals and articles as well as databases. Like everyone else we have to work within a budget. Also, some publishers are not Athens compliant and we have to give you alternative routes to these resources. Myth – Athens is a database that you can search. Fact – Athens isn’t a database it

Journals Added – CK Global Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology  (2011 to present); ISSN: 1808-8694; Package/Collection: Otolaryngology;  https://www.clinicalkey.com/ dura/browse/journalIssue/ 18088694 Journal of Coloproctology  (2013 to present); ISSN: 2237-9363; Package/Collection: Gastroenterology-Hepatology;  https://www.clinicalkey.com/ dura/browse/journalIssue/ 22379363 Coming soon :  Journal of Optometry  (ISSN 1888-4296) Books Added – CK Global Abdominal Imaging  (Sahani, Dushyant) 2nd ed; ISBN: 9780323377980; Package/Collection: Radiology Essentials; New edition (replaces 9781416054498);  https://www.clinicalkey.com/ dura/browse/bookChapter/3-s2. 0-C20131191617 CT and MRI of the Whole Body  (Haaga, John) 6th ed; ISBN: 9780323113281; Package/Collection: Radiology Essentials; New edition (replaces 9780323053754); https://www.clinicalkey.com/ dura/browse/bookChapter/3-s2. 0-C20101679308 Dermatology: An Illustrated Colour Text  (Gawkrodger, David) 6th ed; ISBN:

NHS staff can access ebooks, ejournals and databases online by registering for an NHS Athens username and password. This single username will allow you to access the online resources that the library subscribes to. Complete the online form to register now and start accessing resources online. Register with your NHS-based email address for automatic authorisation. For more help using your NHS Athens username see our Athens help page  or complete our quick Register with NHS Athens etutorial .