Clinical Key Toolkit for April 2023

What's happening on Clinical Key this April?

Clinical Key is available to UHNM staff, via NHS OpenAthens login.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month

It's #IBSAwarenessMonth. The more we work together to raise awareness for IBS, the greater our ability to impact positive outcomes, such as additional research, increased educational opportunities, and improved patient care. Check out Clinical Key to read more about diagnosis, complications and symptoms etc.

Stress Awareness Month

doctor talking to a patient in a consulting room

It's #StressAwarenessMonth. Join our free Elsevier’s Mental and Behavioral Healthcare Hub, where you can access clinical resources to help your patients. You’ll also find resources to support your own resilience as you care for patients in challenging environments.

April 2nd – Autism Awareness Day

This day is #AutismAwareness Day. To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members. A good starting point is the Autism Clinical Overview on Clinical Key.

April 7^th – World Health Day

The topic of #WorldHealthDay in 2023 is Health for All and it will be a special one, as the World Health Organization will observe its 75th anniversary. At Elsevier Health, our goal is to improve outcomes for the benefit of every patient; therefore we invite you to visit Clinical Overviews, available on Clinical Key.

April 11^th – World Parkinson’s Awareness Day

carer helping an elderly person with a walking stick

#Parkinson’s is different for everyone; different symptoms, different experiences. Treating patients with Parkinson’s can be challenging but you have a great tool to support you. Check out Clinical Key to get more information on diagnosis, symptoms etc.

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Stop the Pressure Day – preventing pressure ulcers

Today Thursday 16 th November (2023) is Stop the Pressure Day. This national campaign aims to raise awareness of the seriousness of pressure ulcers and to highlight how to prevent pressure ulcers in patients. Pressure ulcers are a key indicator of nursing care . Use our resources to learn more about pressure ulcers, how you can prevent them and how you can treat them. Check these key resources : [You will need your NHS OpenAthens username to access these resources] Oxford Medicine Online Chapter 27 Pressure ulcer prevention and management in Oxford Handbook of Nursing Older People Chapter 24 Preventing and limiting deterioration on the medical wards in Handbook of Patient Safety BMJ Best Practice – Pressure Ulcer Clinical Knowledge Summaries – Pressure Ulcers Cochrane Library Clinical Answers – How do different support surfaces compare in terms of pressure ulcer prevention? RCN i journal Nursing Standard - U...

Looking for key resources for F1s at UHNM

Are you a foundation year doctor, starting work at UHNM (University Hospitals of North Midlands)? Make sure you get off to a good start by using key resources to support your clinical decisions and help you to practice evidence-based medicine. Key resources for foundation year doctors include: NHS OpenAthens – register for your NHS OpenAthens username. This gives you access to NHS-based online resources such as ebooks, journals and databases. Complete the online form to register – follow these instructions . Oxford Medicine Online – Follow best practice by using Oxford Medicine reference texts. You can access a wide range of handbooks for easy to read information across a range of specialties. For more information about the collection read our blog post . BMJ Best Practice – a wealth of information to help you, including epidemiolgy, history and exam, treatement, patient discussions, complications, patient leaflets and so much more for conditio...

Finding NHS Resources

We have updated our NHS resources web page . This is now an A-Z list of all the key resources that will be most helpful to you. It includes NHS-subscribed resources as well as some good quality Internet resources, that are freely available. The link listed will take you straight through to the login page where possible. You can skip to the resource you know you want via the A-Z links, or use the filter option to find the resource you need. Many of the resources also include a link where you can get more help on using it. Screen-shot of the NHS resources A-Z page Not sure what resource you need? I’ve updated the “Find NHS Resources” etutorial to breakdown the resources by category. Just choose a category to match the type of information you are looking for and you’ll find a list of the most relevant resources. Categories available include: Case Reports Clinical Decision support tools Current Awareness Drugs Reference Exam Support Full-Text Access G...

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