Trainings

Our comprehensive training sessions are tailored to equip you with essential skills and resources to excel in healthcare research and evidence-based practice. From utilizing the expertise of our Services to navigating the vast array of resources, including BMJ Best Practice, our training programme will empower you to stay updated with the latest knowledge and make informed decisions in your clinical practice.

• Introduction to NCL Knowledge and Library Services

Join our session to find out how you can benefit from working with Knowledge Specialists to drive change using evidence and knowledge. The session will give you an overview of the services and electronic resources available to you.

All sessions will take place on Teams and a joining will be sent once you have signed up in an invitation from the Knowledge & Library Services team.

Dates/times:

Please email us to sign up or fill in this form to book.

• BMJ Best Practice: An Expert's Guide

This event will help clinicians follow best practice, improve patient outcomes and reduce quality variation. Participants will be looking at the tool’s most helpful features, including recommended diagnostic tests, treatment algorithms and follow up, and how to claim valuable CME/CPD points.

All sessions will take place on Teams and a joining will be sent once you have signed up in an invitation from the Knowledge & Library Services team.

Dates/times:

Please email us to sign up or fill in this form to book.

• Finding Journal Articles

Got a reference and need to find the full-text? Do you want to check the latest issue of a journal title?

Join one of our sessions to learn how to search for full-text articles to keep up-to-date and how to place interlibrary article requests using the Knowledge and Library Hub and LibKey Nomad.

All sessions will take place on Teams and a joining will be sent once you have signed up in an invitation from the Knowledge & Library Services team.

Dates/times:

Please email us to sign up or fill in this form to book.

• Learning with e-Books

Did you know that you can access 100s of electronic books 24/7, wherever and whenever you need them?

Join our session to get answers about finding, accessing, and using e-books. The session includes a brief introduction to e-books followed by demos on our e-book collections which cover a

range of subject areas including primary care, general practice, nursing, psychiatry, health management, diversity, inclusion, mentoring and coaching.

All sessions will take place on Teams and a joining will be sent once you have signed up in an invitation from the Knowledge & Library Services team.

Dates/times:

Please email us to sign up or fill in this form to book.

• Getting your message across: Bite size Health Literacy Awareness

The NCL Knowledge and Library Services invites staff to learn what health literacy is, how it affects health outcomes, and what tools and techniques you can use to support patients’ understanding of their health conditions and medication instructions. 

All sessions will take place on Teams and a joining will be sent once you have signed up in an invitation from the Knowledge & Library Services team.

Dates/times:

Please email us to sign up or fill in this form to book.

To enhance your research capabilities and deliver optimal patient care please email us to sign up or fill in this form for our sessions. One-to-one session may available. Please contact us.

OVID Video Tutorials:

• Basic Searching on the Ovid Platform (52min 4s)

• Advanced Searching on the Ovid Platform (1hr 3min 2s)

• AMED on Ovid (6min 5s)

• Introduction to Embase (25 min 4s)

• Introduction to Medline (18min 11s)

• Introduction to Emcare (6min 53s)

• Introduction to HMIC (10min 35s)

Ovid Guides:

• Ovid User’s Guide

• My Project     

EBSCO Video Tutorials:

MyEBSCO Folder (3min 13s)

Creating a Search Alert (1min 29s)

EBSCO Guides:

• How to create and manage MyEBSCO account

• How to use MyEBSCO Folder

• How to use Export Manager

• Exporting up to 25,000 results

• How to use Search Alerts

• Saving your search history using MyEBSCO

ProQuest Video Tutorials:

• Introduction to Searching on ProQuest (1hr 57s)

• Introduction to ProQuest Basic Search (11m 02s)

• Advanced Searching on ProQuest (1hr 29m 45s)

• Introduction to ProQuest Advanced Search (13m 39s)

ProQuest Guides:

• Basic Search Quick Guide

• Fundamentals of Searching on ProQuest

• Further Tools for Precisions Searching on ProQuest

• Save, Share, & Organise your research

https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/OpenAthens

Primary and social care, Nursing, Pharmacy and Prescribing, Learning Disabilities and Autism, and Mental Health.

Elearning opportunities

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