Library Information Skills Webinars

The library service is responsible for supporting all staff and students in accessing information to support evidence based medicine, education and learning.

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Online information skills webinars: develop your professional skills!

These short online courses are being offered by the Knowledge, Information and Library Service. Both BSMHFT staff and students on placement are very welcome to join these.

Please email Sherin Francis at sherin.francis7@nhs.net to book a training session.

This short webinar shows you two resources that you can search very quickly to find research evidence: the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub and BMJ Best Practice. Learn how to make the most of these two resources when you need to do a quick, easy search to inform your clinical practice or to get an overview of a topic. This course also covers how to obtain full text journal articles when you only have a reference.

Communication about health information to service users is crucial to good quality care, but research shows that messages are not always interpreted the way healthcare service workers intended! Gain a better awareness about the pitfalls of communication in a busy healthcare environment and acquire some tips and techniques to help you to communicate more clearly and check for understanding.

This basic introduction provides an overview about key factors to think about when assessing the quality and relevance of research in journal articles. This will help you to decide whether the evidence contained in a research article is trustworthy and applicable to your work. There is also a section on how to interpret commonly occurring statistics, with a “cheat sheet” available for easy reference. This course is suitable for colleagues who are new to the topic of critical appraisal, or for those who would like a foundation level refresher.

Documents that are packed full of long paragraphs of words are not always very easy to read or understand. Learn how to use the “Communicate in Print Widget Software” to create leaflets, posters or prompt sheets that include pictures and symbols, to make your documents easier to read. This session will demonstrate the software and provide examples of easy-read materials that other colleagues have produced. (After the session, the software can be reserved, accessed and used on a hot desk at the Barberry Library).

For further information or to discuss training tailored specifically for you, please contact BSMHFT Uffculme Library or telephone 0121 301 0024