The Library Service offers information skills training set out below. We are happy to tailor any training to your needs and can arrange training at a time and place suitable for you. Please contact us to discuss how we can help.
There are also e-learning modules focusing on information skills at e-Learning for Healthcare for help accessing the site please use our e-Learning for Healthcare guide.
Searching for Evidence
Struggling to find journal articles or evidence for a report/QI project/paper you are working on?
This session covers how to find journal articles on databases such as Medline, CINAHL or Embase.
Topics covered include:
- Structuring a clear and focused clinical question (using PICO)
- MeSH headings
- Saving and exporting searches and results
- Applying Limits
- Accessing full text journals online
This can be booked as a group or on a one-to-one basis and usually takes about an hour, depending on your needs.
We don’t schedule particular sessions so if you would like to book a place either for yourself or as a group please contact the library on the details overleaf.
Further help:
E-Learning for Healthcare How to search the literature effectively
Introduction to Critical Appraisal
This session introduces the concept of critical appraisal and the basic structure of how to complete an appraisal.
Topics covered include:
- What is critical appraisal?
- Why bother with critical appraisal
- What do you need to know to appraise an article?
All sessions are being run online via Teams on the dates below. If you would like to book a place either for yourself or as a group please contact the library on the details overleaf. This session cannot be run on a one-to-one basis.
To find out more, please contact the library at swbh.library@nhs.net or call 0121 507 3587.
To book a place, use the links below
Thursday 6th August 14.00 – 16.00
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2860e45f-9007-4f22-b427-3a54b324a25e@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3
Wednesday 16th September 09.00 – 11.00
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3bb23066-2dbd-4d4d-823b-92ec623588b8@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3
Monday 5th October 13.00 – 15.00
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2305092b-aa3a-4a6a-8b94-24a71c258367@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3
Friday 6th November 10.00 – 12.00
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/12c9e7ef-92c0-47be-8b72-2b40d23278b8@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3
Tuesday 1st December 13.30 – 15.30
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/35b70cdf-467f-4512-a3d9-766da27eb71c@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3
Further help:
E-Learning for Healthcare Critically Appraising the Evidence Base
Bite-sized critical appraisal videos produced by Barts Health NHS Trust
Communicating with Patients
In this session we develop an awareness of health literacy, introduce tools to help with the delivery of patient information and look at the trust Patient Information Leaflet process.
Topics covered include:
- Levels of health literacy
- Tools and techniques to combat low health literacy
- Trust Patient Information Leaflet Procedure
All sessions are being run online via Teams on the dates below. If you would like to book a place either for yourself or as a group please contact the library on the details overleaf. This session cannot be run on a one-to-one basis.
To find out more, please contact the library at swbh.library@nhs.net or call 0121 507 3587.
To book a place, use the links below
Friday 28th August 13.30 – 14.30
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/27383c6a-f518-4263-be7f-c7f3a9d5cf2c@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3
Tuesday 22nd September 10.00 – 11.00
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8aa75711-f3fc-4686-9185-e29e3825edef@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3
Thursday 22nd October 14.00 – 15.00
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8855ccd0-7d6c-4990-8d37-9eee0f1d9c54@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3
Wednesday 25th November 09.30 – 10.30
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/25cc087e-016a-4b1e-8ea6-cd1ac690aed9@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3
Monday 7th December 13.30 – 14.30
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/36e4b8b1-52e2-44b9-8706-babae0721ac3@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3
Writing for Publication
This session introduces the basics of writing for publication, helping you plan your writing and identifying the best place to get your work published.
Topics covered include:
- Why publish?
- Formulate a plan
- Finding where to publish
- Referencing
All sessions are being run online via Teams on the dates below. If you would like to book a place either for yourself or as a group please contact the library on the details overleaf. This session cannot be run on a one-to-one basis.
To find out more, please contact the library at swbh.library@nhs.net or call 0121 507 3587.
To book a place, use the links below
Monday 17th August 10.30 – 11.30
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4634e49f-988b-400e-8264-789cbc98b5b4@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3
Friday 11th September 14.00 – 15.00
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a2ffdb36-d3bb-4813-841e-c4ac966a675e@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3
Wednesday 14th October 09.00 – 10.00
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e03a2d46-0981-42fb-b9f7-8e07deaf57db@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3
Thursday 19th November 15.00 – 15.00
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4634e49f-988b-400e-8264-789cbc98b5b4@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3
Tuesday 15th December 10.00 – 11.00
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f3c1c802-f7e1-4b30-9760-38f02ef9a423@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3
If you can’t attend any of the sessions we would be happy to arrange separate time for you and your team.