What's New

New Library Newsletter

The December Healthcare Library Newsletter has now been added. You can view this on the Newsletters page.

Useful websites for health topics

Useful websites for health topics - Resources guides to clinical topics

New Email Interest Group

Anxiety Disorders has now been added to the topics on which you can receive a monthly bulletin listing the latest research in that area.

To sign up just send an email to: Library.Healthcare@berkshire.nhs.uk

Putting Evidence into Practice (PEP)

A short course opportunity is available for NHS staff who would like to build their knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice and critical appraisal. Due to the highly positive response to the Putting Evidence into Practice (PEP) course, further sessions are being held across NHS South Central in 2009.

This course offers an opportunity for all NHS Allied Healthcare Professionals and Healthcare Scientists (including pharmacists, biomedical scientists and psychologists etc) to take part in a short course on evidence based practice. The course is held over 5 weeks with 5 face-to-face contact days supported by online learning throughout the course.

NO COURSE FEES for NHS staff working in the South Central region. This is great value for NHS staff continuing professional development and in building knowledge in applying relevant evidence to your practice.

Quote from recent participant: "I thought this was an excellent course and I have got a lot from it. I actually did not believe I would ever have the skills to present an article at our professional forum but now I know I can. In five weeks I have come a long way."

To find out more go to www.ebp4nhs.org.uk or contact the Course Administrator, Mrs Gill Glasbey, by email at gill.glasbey@iow.nhs.uk or by phone at 01983 534 178.

Library Management System

The Healthcare Library uses a system called SWIMS (short for South and West Management System). SWIMS is an online database listing details and availability of the books, journals and other items in your local NHS library and other NHS libraries across the south west region.

There are a number of advantages for library users:

It can be accessed anywhere there is an Internet linked computer
Identified items may be requested using our online forms or via the Healthcare Library
One library card that you can use in any library that has the SWIMS system

How do I search SWIMS?

Go to http://www.swims.nhs.uk

On screen instructions are provided for entering details and selecting options
Specific online help is available at the top of the page for each stage of the search

Please ensure that we have your correct details on record. If you feel that your details require updating, please go to the membership page and complete a Registration/Update form.

It is important that you take care of your membership card and remember to take it with you if you change jobs or go on placement or secondment to another Trust.

The Mental Health Email Interest Groups

Email interest groups are an easy way of keeping up to date with what is new in the library. Each month for each subject area a Librarian will scan the journals that we receive in the library and those we have access to electronically for articles of interest. Details of these - plus new books added to library stock, information about conferences and any other nuggets of information will be sent out in a monthly email. We will provide links to information available electronically and supply via email articles only available in the library, books can be sent out in the internal post.

What you need to do – if you are not already a member then you will need to join the library by going to the membership page and then register for the groups you wish to join via this form.

The current groups are:

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Depression
Eating Disorders
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Mental Health Law and Ethics
Mental Health Nursing
Mental Health Services and Policy
NICE and Mental Health
Old Age Psychiatry
Personality Disorders
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Psychopharmacology
Psychotherapy and Counselling
Schizophrenia
Suicide and Self-Harm

We are considering introducing a group to cover Home Treatment/Early Intervention and other community based services. If you would be interested in this group please email Library.Healthcare@berkshire.nhs.uk

Search 2.0

This is the new way of searching the clinical databases. To search the databases we recommend using Advanced Search, you will need to log in using your Athens username and the list of databases to search will then appear. A full guide and a short guide have been produced.

Information skills training courses for Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust staff

For more details please see our training pages or the BHFT Training and Education brochure.

Please note that to book on one of these courses you will need to complete and submit a booking form to BHFT Training Department at Prospect Park Hospital. Places cannot be booked directly with the library.

BMJ Learning

NHS Education South Central has purchased access to BMJ Learning.

This is an independent online learning service designed to support doctors, nurses, medical students and other health care practitioners with their personal development, learning and continuing medical education (CME) needs.

The learning modules cover everyday issues in primary care and hospital medicine to help you stay up to date with your educational needs, whether they be for training, practice, appraisal, revalidation or exam preparation purposes.

BMJ Learning offers:

• Over 440 interactive online clinical scenarios, case studies and topics
• A service which allows you to plan and record learning according to your individual personal development plans
• Video modules giving you a chance to test yourself in simulated environments
• The opportunity to submit a completed module as part of an appraisal at any time.

For more information see the user guide.

To access BMJ Learning go to www.library.nhs.uk/mylibrary and log in using your Athens username and password, it will be listed under 'My Athens Resources'.

Sci59

NHS Education South Central is providing access to this website which provides a tool to help trainee doctors decide which area of medicine to specialise in. More information can be found in this guide to Sci59.

Map of Medicine has moved

The Map of Medicine web site has now moved to a new address. To go to the new site, please click: http://england.mapofmedicine.com

If this doesn’t work, copy and paste it into your browser. Please make sure you update your bookmarks or favourites.

To access the Map of Medicine at the new address you need to input your NHS Athens account details.

If you don’t already have an NHS Athens account, register for one at https://register.athensams.net/nhs/nhseng/, ideally from an NHSnet computer or with an NHS e-mail address (though note that some non-NHS staff are eligible for accounts – see http://www.library.nhs.uk/forlibrarians/content/corecontent/athens/eligibility)

Your new log on will provide you with a range of enhanced benefits including:

Access to the Map from any location and computer with internet access
Ability to add personal notes and see recently viewed pathways
Access to referral forms used by your Local Health Community
See all other views on the Map of Medicine

Leaflets updated and new e-learning page

Various leaflets have been updated and there are two new guides to MyJournals, a quick guide to finding journals and a fuller guide on all the features and functions of MyJournals. Choose leaflets and guides from the menu on the left.

A new page providing links to various e-learning packages has been added for those people who cannot attend our scheduled courses or who find this a more convenient way of learning. Choose Training from the menu on the left.

It is hard work keeping this website up-to-date - if you find something which is out of date or would like something added please let us know by using the feedback form on the left.