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Get your evidence updates – self-register with KnowledgeShare

 Too busy to search for updates every day? Want to get the latest high-level evidence straight to your inbox?

Sign-up to our current awareness service provided via KnowledgeShare. You’ll get your own bespoke bulletin, straight to your inbox, as often as you want.

You can self-register with KnowledgeShare using your NHS OpenAthens username.

KnowledgeShare is a system developed within the NHS for use by NHS staff. We use this service to provide you with regular evidence updates.

Need to get your OpenAthens username? Learn how on our website.

Complete the KnowledgeShare self-registration form to get your updates

Go to our website and click the link for the self-registration online form.

You’ll be taken to the KnowledgeShare website. Click the option Sign in here with OpenAthens.

screen-shot of the Health Library KnowledgeShare page

Select the option OpenAthens login on the next page.

screen-shot of the login page

Enter your NHS OpenAthens username / password and click Sign in.

The OpenAthens login page

Create your KnowledgeShare membership and link it to OpenAthens

KnowledgeShare then wants to link your OpenAthens account. Enter your email address – this must be the same as the email address linked to your OpenAthens account.

screen-shot of the page to enter your email address

KnowledgeShare does a double-check that you’ve entered the right email address; click Complete your registration.

Confirm your email address

Your registration on KnowledgeShare will now start.

Let us know who you are – provide your full name

Input fields for your name

Let us know about your workplace and job – we use you job and workplace details to fine tune your evidence just for you.

Input fields for your job and workplace

You will receive a welcome email from KnowledgeShare confirming that your account has been set up. It includes a Confirmation link – click this. You’ll be asked to confirm your email again and to login via OpenAthens again. During this confirmation login you will be presented with the Privacy Notice. Choose whether you want to share your details, then click Save.

screen-shot of the privacy page


You can continue to set up your update profile. When you login to KnowledgeShare you’ll see your profile at the top. Click Edit Profile to go to your full profile.

Complete your profile, select edit

Click Edit on the Professional Interests option to enter your evidence updates requirements.

screen-shot of your profile page

Set up your bulletin

What are you interested in? Enter a description of the topic you are interested in into the text box. Please provide as much detail as possible. Then select how often you want to receive your bulletin – this can be daily, weekly, every 2 weeks or monthly.

screen-shot of the professional interests page

You can then indicate who can see these professional interests – the default is librarians only but you could share with members within your organization or members within the wider KnowledgeShare community.

Selection fields for the start of your bulletin profile


Next please let us know where you found out about KnowledgeShare – this will help us with our promotion.

Selection fields for the start of your bulletin profile

The library service is hoping to develop library bulletins in the future. You can choose to receive these by ticking this box

Selection fields for the start of your bulletin profile

Click Save Changes to save your selection.

Enter the evidence you want

Select the levels of evidence you want to receive – these include: awards, news, reports, books, opinion, research fund, evidence-based summary, original research, statistics, guideline, patient & public information, systematic review / meta analysis, legal cases, professional development and toolkits.

Start to enter your bulletin criteria

If you are looking for information about patients focus the results by providing an age group.

select from the age group drop-down options

Select the clinical conditions or risk factors that you want to know about. This might include long term conditions, physical diseases, mental health conditions or lifestyle risk factors. [Note you can leave this blank if you are not looking for clinical information.]

select from the conditions drop-down options

Add your professional interests. This might include more managerial or educational topics such as service delivery, patient safety, managing people or research. [Note you can leave this blank if you are not looking for this type of information.].

select from the professional interests drop-down options

You must have entered something for either conditions or professional interests.

Select the healthcare settings you are interested in – is it in the community or a GP practice, in an acute hospital on the wards, outpatient clinic or theatre?

select from the settings drop-down options

Lastly, select the staff group that most matches your job – this will also focus the information you receive.

select from the staff group drop-down options

Here is an example of all the sections selected:

screen-shot of an example of selections

At the bottom of the page you will see some examples of the type of resources matching your selection. You can go back to adjust your selections. When you are happy click Save Professional Interests.

screen-shot of some examples of results in your bulletin

We will be notified of your membership which will then be assigned to one of our librarian team. At that point you will start to receive your bulletins. If you need anything changing to your bulletins please contact your assigned librarian and we’ll adjust your profile.

More help

Just ask a member of staff at the Health Library, contact your Outreach Librarian or contact the eResources Librarian if you want more information or need more help.

 

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