Information Skills for Health

   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...

Get access to the information you need on drugs and medicines. What is it? The BNF is the British National Formulary and the BNFc is the British National Formulary for Children. These are the key authoritative, reference texts for information about drugs and medications, provided especially for UK healthcare staff. How to Access… Who is it for? These texts are available for NHS staff and healthcare students. Log in The BNF and BNFc are available in a range of formats. You will need login details for some formats but not all. Keele Staff and Students – use your Keele login details NHS Staff – use your NHS OpenAthens username / password Key Formats Print Book We hold print versions of the BNF and the BNFc within the Health Library. These are available for reference. You can find the BNF at shelf mark RS125.B7 and the BNFc at shelf mark RJ560.B7. Medicines Complete (login required) The BNF and BNFc are available online via the Medicines Complete interface. You will need to log in to acces...