Information Skills for Health

 All NHS staff can register for an NHS OpenAthens username. This gives you access to a wealth of resources, providing you with evidence to make the best clinical decisions and deliver the best patient care. Key Evidence With a single username / password you can access a wide variety of healthcare focused, good quality, online information sources including: ebooks, journals, articles, clinical summaries, databases and clinical tools. Your Account Register for your account online via the online form . Make sure to use your work-based details so that your request is approved automatically. Check our NHS OpenAthens web page for more help on keeping your account up-to-date, including resetting your password. More help For more information and help about NHS OpenAthens: Go to our NHS OpenAthens help page for step-by-step instructions and support Complete our quiz NHS OpenAthens - what's fact or fake   Contact your NHS OpenAthens admin if you need any help with your account

  BMJ Best Practice is a key tool to help you make confident, clinical decisions and provide best care to your patients. Key Evidence BMJ Best Practice has a user-friendly design, making it easy for you to access evidence-based information on a wide range of clinical conditions and diseases. Content includes recommendations, guidelines and best practice covering background, diagnosis, treatments, prognosis, clinical calculators and more. Some conditions have co-morbidities linked. Patient information leaflets help you support your patients. Content is regularly updated and always referenced. Get Access  BMJ Best Practice is available to all NHS staff. Log in with your NHS OpenAthens username to access all the full-text content and features. Link to BMJ Best Practice, along with other NHS resources, via our NHS resources web page . You can also access BMJ Best Practice on the go, via your mobile device. Go to our help page for instructions on downloading the app. More help Fo...

 Sign-up to KnowledgeShare to get regular, personalised evidence updates straight to your inbox. Save time, save effort and stay up-to-date. Key Evidence We can set your KnoweldgeShare profile to focus on your interests. This can include clinical conditions as well as non-clinical topics such as leadership, quality improvement, patient safety, education and research and many more. You'll then get content matching your profile via email. You can also sign-up to receive the table of contents (ToCs) from your favourite journals straight to your inbox. All managed for you in one place by us. Content will include links to our subscribed resources and access options, saving you the effort of finding the full-text. Get Access Complete our Knowledgeshare request forms to let us know what evidence you would like to receive: Request KnowledgeShare Evidence Updates (simple form) Request KnowledgeShare journal table of contents (ToCs) updates More help See our Current Awareness page for more...

  OrthoEvidence is a specialist resource providing key evidence via summarised, easy to read reports across a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions. Key Evidence Key evidence in the orthopaedics field is presented via summarised reports and includes critically appraised articles. You can also listen to podcasts and participate in webinars. Sign-up for updates to get the latest releases straight to your inbox. Get Access OrthoEvidence is not available via OpenAthens. As this is a specialist resource, we are offering an individual username / password to UHNM members of staff working in orthopaedics or physical therapies, and Keele researchers investigating musculoskeletal conditions. We have a limited number of usernames available. You can link to OrthoEvidence via our NHS resources page . More help Go to our OrthoEvidence help page for blog posts detailing the key features of this resource Contact our training and information support librarians if you would like a demonstratio...

  Clinical Key is a user-friendly, healthcare focused, simple to use search engine. You can quickly find evidence to support clinical decisions. Key Evidence You'll find high-level evidence from clinical overviews to support clinical decisions. Whilst the wide range of full-text content, such as ebooks, articles and clinical calculators supports more in-depth learning. Patient information leaflets, including easy-read versions, are available to help you to support your patients Get Access This resource is only available to UHNM staff. You'll find a link to Clinical Key, along with other key resources, on our NHS resources page . Log in via your NHS OpenAthens username to access the search engine and full-text content. Get evidence on the go by downloading the app. More help Check our Clinical Key help page for online guides and step-by-step instructions Complete our tutorial Getting started with Clinical Key  for an overview of how to use Clinical Key Ask at the Health Libra...