Essential Training Courses for NHS Staff

Healthcare professionals need to make healthcare decisions based on good quality evidence. Make sure you have the right skills to find the right evidence effectively.

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Sign-up to our training courses to develop your skills and learn how to use good quality, healthcare-specialist library resources. Courses available include:

Health Library Induction – come along and have a tour of the library and learn about all the facilities and services you can use
Health Library Induction Plus – learn what the Health Library can offer you and where you can get quick and easy access to full-text information
Literature Searching Healthcare Databases – learn how to develop a search strategy and apply it to NHS specialist healthcare databases to find full-text articles
Evidence-based Databases – find out more about higher-level databases such as the Cochrane Library, so that you can locate systematic reviews
Critical Appraisal for Beginners: qualitative research – you’ll need to learn how to critically appraise the articles you find; start by practicing on a qualitative research paper
Critical Appraisal for Beginners: randomised controlled trial – practice critical appraisal of an RCT research paper

Make the most of the Health Library, sign-up for our training courses - book online, contact the main counter or get in touch with the training team.

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