UpToDate training sessions Monday 31 March

Are you currently using UpToDate to inform patient care decisions? Have you heard of UpToDate, but have never used it? Would you like to find out how you can use UpToDate more effectively?

UpToDate is a clinical decision support resource providing point of care access to the latest evidence in a wide range of medical specialties.

An expert UpToDate trainer will be leading three training sessions on Monday 31 March 2014. The training will take place at Whitechapel Library, Queen Mary, University of London, on the Royal London Hospital site. Sessions will run for about 30 minutes at 10am, 11am and 12 noon

Join a session on the day or guarantee a place by emailing: angharad.roberts@bartshealth.nhs.uk.

UpToDate access restored

Links to UpToDate from the Barts Health Library Catalogue and Intranet are now working. We would like to thank all our users for their patience while this issue was being resolved. Access is still available using your Athens logins (which also gives you access to a lot of other great resources subscribed to by the Knowledge and Library Service). Go to the UpToDate website and click on the Log in button on the right hand side of the page. This will take you to a login page and you can enter your details in the Log in via Athens option. You may be prompted to set up a linked account but you can skip this if you are not planning to use UpToDate regularly offsite.

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For those not already familiar with UpToDate, it is a point of care tool to help you answer clinical questions quickly. It has a straightforward search box and offers topic reviews that include a synthesis of the literature, recent evidence and specific recommendations for patient care.

Athens access means you can use it at the location of your convenience and although it is not mobile optimised, it is possible to open the system on the device of your choice. You can self register for Athens from any Barts Health computer and once registered you can use it from any PC.

If you already have an Athens login but have forgotten your details or just need some help, contact the Library Team.

DynaMed – try it today!

Barts Health NHS Trust Knowledge and Library Services (KLS) have arranged a three-month trial, from August to October 2013, of DynaMed, a point of care resource tool similar to UpToDate. DynaMed provides clinically organised summaries for over 3,000 disease and condition topics, incorporating over 1,000 drug topics, and was recently chosen by NHS Scotland as its resource of choice.

• Updated daily making it the most current point of care tool on the market. 
• Aims to answer clinical questions during practice.
• Offers direct reference links to more than 2,000 full-text journal titles.  
• Provides targeted support for nurses and allied health professionals through the Nursing and Rehabilitation Reference Centres.
  
• Offers a facility to obtain CPD points.
• CME form can be used to register online learning which can then be submitted as part of a Doctors CPD portfolio.
• Available as a mobile application via smartphones including PDA, Blackberry or iPhone.              

How to access DynaMed

From the Trust intranet, go to the ‘I want to’ menu and select “Try DynaMed – a new point of care tool” OR go to the 'access a systems and applications' page and select “DynaMed - a new clincial reference tool on trial at Barts Health.” 

Click here to access it using your NHS Athens username and password.

You can also download the DynaMed app to use on your mobile device.  Contact the library for an individual logon.

All clinicians are encouraged to take advantage of the trial and put DynaMed through its paces as it has received extremely good reviews and is considerably more affordable than UpToDate. Please feedback your thoughts by completing a brief online survey.

Hands-on UpToDate Training 05/08/13

All staff and students on placement with Barts Health NHS Trust are invited to a session where all  the questions you have about UpToDate can be answered. UpToDate is a clinical decision support system that uses current evidence to answer clinical questions quickly and easily at the point of care.

This event will be held in the Library at Newham University Hospital and facilitated by Jennifer Lewis, a representative from UpToDate.

Monday, 05 August 2013

1.00 - 2.00 pm

Come along and learn about essential components on UpToDate as well as tips that will save you time when conducting searches. UpToDate can be linked from the "I want to" panel of the Trust Intranet and the Library Catalogue Homepage. It is also available offsite using your NHS Athens username and password.

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Training to support evidence based practice

The Knowledge and Library Services at Barts Health NHS Trust runs training sessions which are freely available on request to all Barts Health NHS Trust staff and students on placement. These sessions aim to help users learn more about finding information to support evidence based practice.

You may request for a session tailored specifically to your professional group or a one-to-one session by simply contacting the Library at your preferred site. The session can be delivered in your workplace or in a training area at a time to suit you.

We currently run sessions on the following:

Literature Searching (requires an NHS Athens username and password)

Learn to search for journal articles for patient care, research and study using quality health literature databases, including Medline, CINAHL and EMBASE. It covers search preparation, how to perform in-depth literature searches and access to full articles.

Critical Appraisal (requires reading a supplied research paper prior to the session)
Learn the pros, cons and principles of Critical Appraisal. Learn the different levels of evidence and differences between quantitative and qualitative research. Find out about appraisal tools available to help you critically appraise a research paper.

Searching UpToDate effectively (requires an NHS Athens username and password)
Learn about the clinical topics and specialities of UpToDate and how to search its content to answer clinical questions quickly and easily at the point of care. 

Making the most of Athens and the Library
Learn about the resources and facilities the Library has and how to use them. This is a quick course that will save you time as you use the Library. Join the library, learn how to find and borrow books, use the Library Catalogue, set up an Athens account and access full articles quickly.

Discovering The Cochrane Library
Learn how to use The Cochrane Library and its six databases to search for systematic reviews and current clinical trials. Find out about the levels of evidence and where Cochrane reviews fit in.

NHS Evidence
Learn how to find quality evaluated health information from NICE by searching NHS Evidence. Learn how to browse the A-Z Topics and medicines, find guidelines, information and uncertainties on treatments, patients' information and NICE pathways.

Health Information on the Internet
Learn about the variety of databases available for locating and downloading quality health information. It identifies those that are freely accessible and those that require an NHS Athens username and password. It also covers searching and accessing the content of these databases. 

Searching the Trip database
Learn how to search multiple evidence-based medicine resources on the Trip database for quick answers to clinical questions.

The power to Google
Learn how to use tips and tricks to find quality healthcare information on the internet effectively and solve everyday problems. Find out how to focus Google searches for better quality results and locate different types of content such as Books, Images, News etc.

                  Feel free to contact the Library if you want training on some other topic.

email: library.enquiry@bartshealth.nhs.uk

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                                                        02073638016 Ext. 8016

WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

02085356973 Ext. 5311

BARTS AND THE LONDON

        02073638016 OR 02085356973           
                                          

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UpToDate access restored!

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Resolved 28 May 2013

Links to UpToDate from the Barts Health Intranet are now working again.  The link on the Barts Health Catalogue will be restored shortly.

Access is still available using your Athens login (which also gets you into all our great ejournals).  Follow your usual link > click Log in > Athens Log in and enter your Athens details.  You may be prompted to set up a linked account but you can skip this if you are not planning to use UpToDate regularly offsite. 

For those not already familiar with UpToDate it is a point of care tool to help you answer clinical questions quickly. It has a straightforward search box and offers topic reviews that include a synthesis of the literature, recent evidence and specific recommendations for patient care.

Athens access means you can use at the location of your convenience.  While not mobile optimised it is also possible to open the system on the device of your choice.

You can self register for Athens from any Barts Health PC and once registered you can use it from any PC.  

If you already have an Athens login but have forgotten your details or just need some help contact the teams at library.newham@bartshealth.nhs.uk and library.whippsx@bartshealth.nhs.uk.  

Two opportunities to get online training for UpToDate

 

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If you are already a user of UpToDate or want to learn more about this great resource then why not sign up for a free online training session?

Explore the Powerful Features of UpToDate, on Tuesday, February 26:

To register, click on the time that works best for you: 

11:00am ET(-5 GMT) 

 

9:00pm ET (-5 GMT)

Learn tips that will save you time when conducting searches. In Explore the Powerful Features of UpToDate, they will cover essential components such as “What’s New” & Practice Changing UpDates, the Drug Interactions Database, Medical Calculators, Patient Information Resources, and more.   

UpToDate is linked from your Intranet and available offsite using a Barts Health NHS Athens username and password.

Health Information on the Internet Training Session

Would you like to know more about the coverage and content of the core healthcare databases available to you? Then join a hands-on training session and learn how to locate health information.


This session will teach you:
-   When to choose databases such as Cochrane and Trip
-   How to access the databases
-   The coverage and content of the healthcare databases
-   How to use search techniques

Newham University Hospital

Monday 21 January 2013 10 - 12pm

Tuesday 26 February 2013 3 - 5pm

These events will be held in the Cyber Room. Book on ESR or contact the library on x8016 or at library.newham@bartshealth.nhs.uk

Whipps Cross University Hospital 

Monday 28 January 2013 10:30 - 12:30pm

Contact the library on x5311 or at library.whippsx@bartshealth.nhs.uk   

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UpToDate now available anywhere

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We are happy to report that UpToDate is now available without a login and password via links on the Intranet.

You will find it linked from the bottom right hand corner of the Barts Health Intranet and all of the intranet links you may previously have used are now up and running again.

The very good news is that we have also been able to Athens enable UpToDate.
  For those not already familiar with UpToDate it is a point of care tool to help you answer clinical questions quickly. It has a straightforward search box and offers topic reviews that include a synthesis of the literature, recent evidence and specific recommendations for patient care.

Athens access means you can use at the location of your convience.  While not mobile optimised it is also possible to open the system on the device of your choice.

You can self register for Athens from any Barts Health PC and once registered you can use it from any PC.  The same login will give you access to all our electronic resources (more announcements to come on these).  If you already have an Athens login but have forgotten your details or just need some help contact the teams at library.newham@bartshealth.nhs.uk and library.whippsx@bartshealth.nhs.uk.