Information Skills for Health

 Looking for the latest articles in a key topic? Want to check journals available in your specialty? Check the journal collection in Clinical Key for full-text access. Clinical Key is a clinical search engine, giving you access to a wealth of evidence-based resources to support confident clinical decision-making and in-depth reading for research and professional development. Hundreds of journal titles are available in Clinical Key. Browsing Journals Browse the journals collection by paging down on the home page to the Journals button.  You can look for journal titles by category, A-Z list or keyword (via the search box). You can also search through the journal collection by running a search from the main search box – select journals from the resource type and enter your search terms. Watch this video Take a look at our short video for a demonstration of how to find journals on Clinical Key and access the full-text: Access Clinical Key is available to UHNM sta...

 Do you need to refresh your clinical knowledge on a key topic? Take a look at the reference books available on Clinical Key. Clinical Key is a clinical search engine, giving you access to a wealth of evidence-based resources to support confident clinical decision-making and in-depth reading for research and professional development. You can find over 1000 ebooks on Clinical Key, covering a wide range of clinical topics, and including some popular textbooks. Find eBooks From the Clinical Key home page, page down to the section “Deepen your specialty and medical knowledge” and click the Books option. You can look for books by specialty, A-Z list or enter any words in the title you’re looking for in the filter box. You can search the content of ebooks by selecting “Books” from the resource type on the search box and entering your search terms. The results will include chapters from any books which include your search terms. Watch this video Learn more and follow a dem...

 UHNM staff can access a wide range of content from Clinical Key. Clinical Key is a clinical search engine, giving you access to a wealth of evidence-based resources to support confident clinical decision-making and in-depth reading for research and professional development. Make confident clinical decisions Check the evidence-based, high-level resources to make sure that you make the best, confident decisions for your patients. These include: Clinical Overviews Calculators Guidelines Patient Information Access full-text for in-depth reading Read full-text articles and ebooks for the latest research in your specialty and to develop your background knowledge. Watch this video Find out how to get started with Clinical Key content by watching our video: Access Clinical Key is available to UHNM staff. Access it via the Health Library NHS Resources page or log in here via OpenAthens. Watch this video for help logging in and activating your account. Nee...

Make the most of your UHNM Clinical Key account. Clinical Key is a clinical search engine, giving you access to a wealth of evidence-based resources to support confident clinical decision-making and in-depth reading for research and professional development. Log in and activate your account You will need a UHNM NHS OpenAthens account to log in to Clinical Key. This resource is only available to staff working at UHNM. To access Clinical Key: Go to the Health Library NHS Resources page . Find Clinical Key on the A-Z list and click the link. This will take you straight to the NHS OpenAthens log in page. OR Search for Clinical Key on Google. From the home page, click the Log in option (top right). Make sure you click the OpenAthens log in option. Then enter your NHS OpenAthens username / password when prompted. Activate your account Make sure you activate your account so that you can benefit from the advanced features such as saving articles and chapters and creating present...

 Have you tried Clinical Key yet? This is a clinical database, available to our UHNM users, via NHS OpenAthens login. Learn more about how you can complete searches and access full-text resources by completing our new presentation. Watch videos, demos and follow step-by-step instructions. Getting Started with Clinical Key   "visit clinical key for quick access to better evidence"  Go to this Sway

Clinical Key is a clinical search engine, helping you to find the answers you need. You can search on the go and access all the great full-text content on your mobile device. Clinical Key is only available to our UHNM staff members via OpenAthens login. Installation Instructions: 1. Go to your App Store and search for Clinical Key 2. Install the Clinical Key app from Elsevier and open it screen-shot of Clinical Key in the app store 3. Select the Global edition Make sure you select the "Global" edition 4. Select Clinical Key Select "Clinical Key" from the options presented 5. Choose the OpenAthens login option screen-shot of the log in page - select the openathens option 6. Log in with your UHNM OpenAthens username OpenAthens login screen - enter your details and click the button 7. Start searching! Clinical Key search page Using Clinical Key: You can use the drop-down menu to select ...

Clinical Key is available to our OpenAthens users at UHNM and is one of our most popular online resources.  You can access the full-text of ebooks, topic pages, ejournals and patient information guides. Information is searchable via the clinical search engine. There are a number of tools available to help you to make the most of the information you find. We've updated our Clinical Key help page to include a range of "How to..." blog posts to help you get started with all the features.

Clinical Key has sent me an update about the patient education content within Clinical Key. ClinicalKey offers access to leaflets that support hospital staff to deliver patient education in multiple languages, as well as adapted text for different populations (easy-to-read). Patient Education materials in ClinicalKey cover conditions, procedures, drugs and behaviours and include approximately 10,000 individual leaflets. Patient Education handouts can be customised to add a custom comment and contact details for the treating professional. You can share Patient Education information with individual patients, as a printed handout or electronic pdf file and for their personal use. How to access and customise Patient Education handouts 1. Log in to Clinical Key using your UHNM Athens username. 2. Use the search options to look for patient education content on the topic you need. screen-shot of search page 3. The results matching your search criteria will be pre...

Clinical Key is proving to be a popular resource for our UHNM staff. It is available via UHNM Athens username. Complete our etutorial Using Clinical Key to learn more about the resources and features that you have available.

Here is a reminder of some of the core texts that are available as ebooks on Clinical Key: Goldman-Cecil Medicine   Gray's Anatomy   Macleod Clinical Examination   Chapman & Nakielny's Guide to Radiological Procedures Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine Churchill's Pocketbook of Differential Diagnosis Ferri's Color Atlas and Text of Clinical Medicine Ferri’s Practical Guide: Fast Facts for Patient Care Pediatric Clinical Skills Pediatric Decision-Making Strategies 2017 Intravenous Medications Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology To access Clinical Key  log in using your NHS Athens username / password . You can then  search for an ebook title . Many ebooks can be read offline. To be able to download ebook chapters to read, you need to  activate your account .

You can now install the Clinical Key app and access evidence on the go. You must have activated your account on Clinical Key . You can then go to your mobile store and download the app. You will be prompted to login – follow the openathens option and use your Athens username / password. Features include: Intuitive search, including keyword search with filtering, auto suggest and search history Access to full-text books, full-text journals, guidelines, images, videos and more Ability to bookmark and save items, synced with web application Persistent login, enabling quick and easy access

Some of the ebooks within ClinicalKey now have accompanying videos. These are linked to the general content of the ebooks and include body part examination techniques. To read ebooks and access the videos you need to have activated your account. On the ebook page you will see a new link if videos are available. Screen-shot of ebooks page Clicking the link will allow you to browse the index of videos associated with the book. Screen-shot of video index You can then select the video title to view it. Use the video controls to play, pause, rewind or stop the video. Close the video page to go back to the ebook. Screen-shot of video page

You can use Clinical Key to keep up-to-date with your favourite ejournals by subscribing to e-tocs (electronic table of contents). You will then receive an email when a new issue of the journal is released. Here is a step-by-step guide to subscribing to an etoc: Log in to Clinical Key (see our healthcare resources page ), then click the Journals link under the search box. Screen-shot of the Clinical Key search screen Browse or search for the Journal title you are interested in. Screen-shot of the Browse Journals screen Select the journal title Screen-shot of an example journal title search Now click the option “Subscribe” listed under the journal title. Screen-shot of an example journal title page A message will pop-up to confirm that you are now subscribed. The system will use the email address that you entered when you activated your account. Screen-shot of confirmation of etoc subscription You will now receive an email when a new issue is publ...

You can now access our Clinical Key features blog entries and videos on one place, via our etutorial Using Clinical Key . Clinical Key is available to UHNM staff via their NHS Athens username.

While searching on ClinicalKey you can now apply the “Clinical Focus” filter, located under the “All Types” search filter. This will apply several filters in one go. Screen-shot of the "Clinical Focus" filter The “Clinical Focus” filter will automatically apply specific content, study and date filters for those of you who would like to narrow results to be more relevant for a clinical setting. The “Clinical Focus” automatic filters that are applied include: Content: Full Text Articles; Books; Guidelines Study Type: Narrative Review; Meta-Analysis; Systemic Reviews Date: Up to three years Screen-shot - you can see how which options the filter has applied

Clinical Key can help you to create presentations by allowing you add Clinical Key content to an MS PowerPoint show. You might do this as background information to a case study presentation or when delivering education sessions to your colleagues. Only images can be added to presentations. Login Clinical Key is available to UHNM users via their NHS Athens username and password. Saved Content I am going to start from some content I have already saved. I have run a search for images for a dislocated shoulder. I have saved some of these images and tagged them as “Dislocated Shoulder”. See the blog entry on Saving Articles for how to save and tag content. I would advise you to save the content you use for a presentation as then you will always be able to refer back to the original content you have used. Screen-shot of my saved content Add an Item to Presentation Maker You can add an item to the presentation maker from either the search results page, the article...