Libraries Week

4th – 10th October 2021

Libraries Week is an annual showcase and celebration of the best that libraries have to offer.  It explores the innovative and surprising things that libraries are doing.

Read more about the online resources offered by the Gosall Library here.

Please email us with any enquiries: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Library Newsletter

September 2021

The September edition of the Library Newsletter is now available to view here.

Please feel free to download and share with your colleagues and/or department.

If you would like to see any additional features on our newsletter or have any queries regarding information featured in this month’s newsletter, please get in touch by emailing: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

OUP medical handbooks

HEE provides OUP medical and nursing handbooks

Newly qualified and junior doctors can tap into two invaluable resources as they begin their transition during August rotation.

Clinicians can get online access to 130 medical handbooks published by Oxford University Press (OUP) as well as Oxford Handbooks in Nursing and the ‘Emergencies In…’ series along with several key textbooks including the Oxford Textbook of Medicine.

Funded by Health Education England’s national NHS Knowledge and Library Services means the resource is free to the NHS in England and can be accessed 24/7 via the HEE/OUP site using your NHS OpenAthens account.

Please email the library team academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk for help with accessing these resources.

BMJ Best Practice

Clinical decision-making support just a tap away

BMJ Best Practice is a clinical decision-making resource provided free by Health Education England to all NHS staff in England and particularly useful for medical students and newly qualified and junior doctors.

Rated as one of the best support tools worldwide, BMJ Best Practice includes step by step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention as well as medical calculators, how-to videos and patient information leaflets.  Content includes clinical expertise from over 1,600 international authors and 2,500 peer reviewers which means you have up to date references available at your fingertips, anywhere, any time of day or night.

Watch the animation or find out more at bmj.com/hee where you can register using your OpenAthens log in details. Once registered you can also download the mobile app.  If you need help getting access please email your Trust library team – they’ll be happy to guide you! academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Download the poster for more information and to share with your colleagues.

Resource of the Month

The Trip medical database

The Trip Medical Database is a smart, fast tool to find high quality clinical research evidence.

Trip is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care:

  • Searched over 125,000,000 times
  • Over 70% of clinical questions answered
  • Millions of articles items indexed & uniquely ranked
  • Twenty years of learning & fine tuning

Access the database here. For help with this please email the library team: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Please feel free to download our resource of the month poster and share with your team or within your department.

Library Newsletter

August 2021

The August edition of the Library Newsletter is now available to view here.

Please feel free to download and share with your colleagues and/or department.

If you would like to see any additional features on our newsletter or have any queries regarding information featured in this month’s newsletter, please get in touch by emailing: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

BMJ Best Practice Procedural Videos

Watch procedural videos on essential techniques

Refresh your memory of over 25 common clinical procedures. BMJ Best Practice procedural videos give you a quick reminder on the equipment, contraindications, indications, complications and aftercare needed. Watch from your desktop or on the BMJ Best Practice app.

Watch the videos here. You will need to log in with your OpenAthens username and password.

Health Information Week

Health Information Week is a national, multi-sector campaign promoting high-quality information for patients and the public

High quality health information can have a huge impact on people’s ability to stay healthy and manage illnesses effectively, giving them a better quality of life.

In response to these needs, Health Information Week 2021 runs from 5th to 11th July and focuses on the themes of:

  • Quality Marks
  • Health information for children and young people
  • Uplifting resources for the NHS from the NHS
  • Digital health
  • “Oh, I don’t know what to believe…”
  • Health information for everyone
  • Vaccines

Read more about today’s theme, Vaccines

Health Information Week

Health Information Week is a national, multi-sector campaign promoting high-quality information for patients and the public

High quality health information can have a huge impact on people’s ability to stay healthy and manage illnesses effectively, giving them a better quality of life.

In response to these needs, Health Information Week 2021 runs from 5th to 11th July and focuses on the themes of:

  • Quality Marks
  • Health information for children and young people
  • Uplifting resources for the NHS from the NHS
  • Digital health
  • “Oh, I don’t know what to believe…”
  • Health information for everyone
  • Vaccines

Read more about today’s theme, Health information for everyone