We are holding a Human Library event in the Shrewsbury Health Library on the 4th July between 11.30am and 1.30pm as part of Health Information Week, and invite you to come along and borrow some of our books.
Research report by Joan O’Bryan, an MPhil candidate in Public Policy at the University of Cambridge who undertook a 4 week placement with the Taskforce team during April and May 2018. She interrogated CIPFA statistics sheets from 2006-07 to 2016-17 to analyse trends regarding public libraries in England, as well as assess the reliability and limitations of the CIPFA dataset.
The purpose of the Public Health Dashboard (PHD) is to support local decision-making by bringing existing comparative data into one place and making it accessible and meaningful to a wide audience.
Our App of the Month is BestEvidence. This is a free mobile app for evidence based practice designed to give access to current high quality research and guidelines at the point of need. To register go to: BestEvidence.Info
But, to me, it all boils down to, for a given review topic and a given context how much data do you need to provide a robust answer? We are lacking in evidence to guide this decision so we rely on faith and the nonsensical and entirely arbitrary decision to rely on published journal articles.
Open access. Objectively derived search filters for adverse drug effects and complications in surgery have been developed but not for medical device adverse effects. To develop and validate search filters to retrieve evidence on medical device adverse effects from ovid medline and embase.
This paper is based on Rachel Butler's dissertation carried out at the University of Sheffield as part of the MA Library and Information Services Management. The study examines people's online health information seeking skills, with the specific aim to identify how libraries and health services can work together in supporting digital and health literacy. A survey approach is used to explore online searching habits as well as librarian and health professionals’ views on health literacy. The key findings indicate that whilst the majority of respondents consider themselves to be health literate, there was an overall agreement that effective education and support could be achieved through the collaboration between libraries and health services, and specifically to signpost information and to provide targeted education. The limitations of the research for dissertation are recognised leading to recommendations that further study focuses on the impact of signposting and education on health literacy.F.J.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
Items listed include: Views of 1st time NHS CEOs; lack of medical CEOs in NHS; 25 women leaders in UK healthcare; leadership events; the ideal hospital-based medical leader; research on quality improvement in five European countries; nurse practitioner views on leadership and research; informal clinical leadership as a catalyst for improving patient care quality and job satisfaction; super-hero to super-connector - changing leadership culture in the NHS; narrowing gender pay gap in NHS foundation trusts; best fit between leadership style and team-member interdependencies; mobilising evidence to improve nursing practice; facial expressions of authenticity; developing emerging leaders to support team-based primary care; does having been mentored affect subsequent mentoring?; impact of a compassionate care leadership programme; mindful leader development; exploring leadership drivers and blockers. Please contact the library if you'd like to read the full text of any of the articles in this resource.
Gamification is vital for engaging employees in a number of ways. Not only does it induce recognition mechanisms in employees, but it also helps them to learn the methods of collaboration, fun, and feedback. These four mechanisms are necessary for driving the basic human drivers – mastery, relatedness, purpose, and autonomy.
Clinical specialists require access to the most recent and up to date professional information. However, barriers such as insufficient time and lack of necessary information retrieval skills necessitate the presence of clinical informationist (CI) in medical teams.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
Like many health library associations, the Medical Library Association (MLA) developed competencies guiding lifelong learning and competence for medical librarians. Medical librarians should be able to develop skills in identified areas. One MLA indicator of organising resources defines expert skill as the ability to develop classification and metadata schemes for unique collections.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
This article describes how the library evidence team became part of a wider board project to develop a governance system for Apps. It also describes how the skills of librarians can be developed to work in this area and raise the profile of the team within the board.