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Spotlight on ... Health Information Week

30/6/2017

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​What is it?
Health Information Week is an annual campaign in the first full week of July that aims to raise awareness of health information resources available to all. The Library and Knowledge Service will be taking part in this campaign throughout the week of 3rd – 9th July, signposting patients and the public, as well as NHS employees, to trusted health information sources.
 
Why is it useful?
It is essential that quality information is provided to people to enable them to better manage their health and wellbeing and make fully informed decisions about their treatment and care.
  • HIW encourages partnership working across sectors and it is hoped that this wider collaboration will benefit staff and the public.
  • In England, 42% of working-age adults (aged 16-65) are unable to understand or make use of everyday health information.
  • A wealth of health-related information is also available on the Internet. However, not all of it is reliable and accurate.

Where can I find out more?
A Health Information booklet can be collected from the library at any point throughout the week.  This includes:
  • Details of the library resources available to patients, public and NHS employees.
  • Guidance on sourcing trusted health information on the internet.
There will also be an information display outside the Treetops restaurant that will be staffed at various times throughout the week providing the opportunity to ask questions and gain additional information.

Our Clinical Outreach Librarian, Anne Webb, will be attending July’s ‘Health Matters’ event on 4th July 7-8pm in the Lecture Theatre. 

 
If you have any additional questions please contact the Library on 01625 661362 or email ecn-tr.stafflibrary@nhs.net.
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Spotlight on ... Critical Appraisal

14/6/2017

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What is it?
Critical appraisal looks at how to read journal articles correctly to see if the study is well constructed, if the conclusions reached are correct and if any biases are present. Different types of study can be read differently, such as systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials, qualitative studies and others, and there are toolkits available for each type at http://www.casp-uk.net/casp-tools-checklists.
 
Why is it useful?
In any journal article, there may be mistakes. Critical appraisal looks into what these mistakes are, if they were avoidable, if the author/s of the study were aware of them and how they dealt with them.

How do I learn it?
  1. Contact the Library and Knowledge Service to set up a training session to cover the basic principles (see below)
  2. You can learn either individually or in groups
  3. You can learn to critically appraise a specific article if you need it, or you can get an overall idea of how it works by learning to review several different articles at once – it’s your choice.
 
To find out more or to book a training session, please contact:
Outreach Librarians:
Anne Webb  01625 663398 (hospital based staff)
Steve Collman 01625 661547 (community based staff)
Or contact the Library on 01625 661362
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Your opinion matters!

14/6/2017

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The Library actively encourages feedback from our users to help us develop and improve our services. We would appreciate you taking a few minutes to complete our annual user satisfaction survey ~ thank you!
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For more information please email the Library or call 01625 661362.
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