Information Skills for Health

 Get the latest update from our NHS Outreach Team. The Clinical Effectiveness Bulletin aims to highlight some key pieces of evidence, published in the previous month. This update was made with the help of:  KnowledgeShare;  bespoke updates and horizon scanning for UHNM staff and other groups.

Are you a Keele student but also an NHS member of staff? Are you an NHS member of staff completing a university course? Do you have a membership for a royal college or society?  A word about working with multiple resources, from multiple organisations. Generally we'd say that you should use all the resources available to you. This includes resources from the University, but also resources you can access as NHS staff and possibly resources you can access as part of your membership to colleges or societies. This will increase the chances of you finding the information you need, increase the likelihood of accessing healthcare specialist resources and increasing the chances of you getting full-text access. However, searching lots of different resources can throw up some problems. The main problem is that resources can get confused if you are using different logins to access different resources. Many resources try to pick up your previous login credentials which may not be relevant for

 Case reports can often help you to find something out of the ordinary and give you individual examples of how someone else has responded to an event. This may be something unusual or new and innovative. They are often narratives relating to a specific occurrence. These resources help you to find case reports: BMJ Case Reports for unusual clinical cases UHNM and Keele University both have a subscription to the BMJ Case Reports journal. Staff and students can search the journal to access full-text case reports. The subscription includes the option to submit your own report, giving you the opportunity to be published. If you come across a rare and unusual clinical case consider sharing your experience and submitting your own report. See our website for more help using BMJ Case Reports . Fab NHS Stuff for practical applications and innovative practice Fab NHS Stuff is a repository of ideas and innovations of healthcare practice. Practicing healthcare professionals can submit