Information Skills for Health

 Inspired by Health Information Week we've created a new tutorial 10 steps to creating patient information . Here you'll get hints and tips on preparing health information for your patients. You'll learn about health literacy and how you can accommodate poor health literacy to make sure that your patients are well informed and can make good healthcare decisions. Try the tutorial now:  10 steps to creating patient information Need more help? You can find more etutorials on our Information Skills eTutorials page . Contact the Health Library if you need any help.

 Communicating your work or research is an important aspect of literature searching. An academic poster offers you an opportunity to share your work in a concise and visually appealing way.  Complete our presentation How to create and academic poster for tips to help you to create your own poster. You'll learn: What an academic poster is Why you will want one Defining your audience Design tools to use and more For more help with literature searching: Take a look at  more etutorials Book a training session Contact the Health Library

There are many different reasons why you will be writing a paper  - for assignment, dissertation, thesis, research paper and so on. There is a forest of books available - some even in the library - to help you to create the right structure, develop your writing skills and use the correct grammar.  Complete our presentation Writing an Academic Paper for hints and tips on writing your academic paper. Learn more about: Why you should write and publish Identifying your audience Targeting a journal and more It is aimed at students and early career NHS staff who are looking to publish their first paper. For more help with literature searching: Take a look at  more etutorials Book a training session Contact the Health Library

 If you like to search the Internet via Google, then check out our tutorial for tips and tricks to find what you need quickly. Complete our presentation Finding good stuff on the Internet . For more help with literature searching: Take a look at  more etutorials Book a training session Contact the Health Library

 Systematic reviews are a great resource for an overview and assessment of the current research around a particular healthcare issue. The Cochrane Library publishes healthcare-specific systematic reviews. You can get a brief introduction to the features from our etutorial Searching Cochrane Library for systematic reviews . You will be able to read my blog posts and watch Cochrane Library videos to learn: What is the Cochrane Library? What is a systematic review? How can you access the Cochrane Library? Navigating the Cochrane Library home page Browsing for systematic reviews Using the search interface Reading a systematic review Cochrane Library on the go Learn more about the Cochrane Library and how to conduct a systematic review For more help with literature searching: Take a look at  more etutorials Book a training session Contact the Health Library

 Staff working at UHNM can get support from Clinical Key to help them make confident decisions and access full-text resources for in-depth reading. Complete our online tutorial Getting Started with Clinical Key to learn: How to access Clinical Key Searching Clinical Key Clinical focus for clinical decisions Full-text access for in-depth reading Saving content Using presentation maker For more help with literature searching: Take a look at  more etutorials Book a training session Contact the Health Library

 BMJ Best Practice is an evidence-based clinical decision support tool. All NHS staff can access BMJ Best Practice. Healthcare students who have an HE / NHS OpenAthens username can also access BMJ Best Practice. Complete our tutorial Using BMJ Best Practice to learn:  What is BMJ Best Practice?  Who can access it?  Search and Browse  What type of information can you access? Using the Comorbidities Manager  Stay up-to-date  Get started with the App BMJ  Best Practice for Junior Doctors For more help with literature searching: Take a look at  more etutorials Book a training session Contact the Health Library

  Got a reference? Need to find the full-text? You can check for NHS full-text articles and journals by using tools to search NHS resources.  Learn how to quickly find full-text articles from NHS-subscribed journals by completing the tutorial  Find Full-Text Articles and Journals for the NHS . For more help with literature searching: Take a look at  more etutorials Book a training session Contact the Health Library

 Library Search provides the library catalogue which includes all the books in the collections held at the Health Library (CEC), Campus Library and Health Library at County. NHS staff use Library Search differently from Keele University staff and students. Make sure you make the most of your library membership by learning how to use Library Search to get the information you need. Follow our  presentation for NHS staff Library Search for NHS for an introduction to the main features of Library Search. For more help with literature searching: Take a look at  more etutorials Book a training session Contact the Health Library

 Welcome to all Keele University students! Spending time down at the Clinical Education Centre? Come along to the Health Library for study space and access to resources. Find out about everything we can offer you from our new welcome presentation .

 We have a brand new presentation - How to create an academic poster: hints and tips . Showcasing your work, project or research is an important element of your information skill set. An academic poster offers you an opportunity to share your work in a concise and visually appealing way. This presentation will offer some tips to help you to create your own poster.