The Centre for Evidence Based Medicine http://www.cebm.net/  in Oxford is a great resource, with EBM tools, youtube channel packed with useful films, a reading list to with all the basics, and much more (I particularly love “evidence based medicine and baking“…) Follow @cebmOxford and @cebmblog on Twitter. It’s blog is great too – read the post on “5 […]

“in healthcare, as in health, there is no meaningful accountability to our patients and to the population without ceaseless surveillance and public reporting” David C Goodman, MD MS. The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care. The Wennberg International Collaborative The 2015 NHS Atlas of Variation in Healthcare is published today: PDF version or instant online version […]

The best use of the comfy chairs in the Medical Library’s group study area was going on today : Year 6s teaching the new Year 4s clinical examination skills.      

For publications (peer-reviewed articles and conference proceedings) published after 1st April 2016 to be eligible for the next REF, they must be made available in the University’s institutional repository when accepted for publication, and certainly no later than three months following the acceptance (not publication) date.  https://www.openaccess.cam.ac.uk/ for information on how to do this and we recommend […]

Issue 76 – September 2015 This month in Eyes on Evidence Mortality in people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder A Danish population cohort study reported that children, young people and adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder had a mortality rate double that of the general population, with accidents the most common cause of death. Use […]

Not sure where to start with your literature search? Need any help with your systematic reviews? Is referencing giving you nightmares? The Medical Library is here to help. We have a series of training sessions to support you in your research. Topics include: Systematic Reviews: A ‘How-To’ Guide Managing Your Bibliography The Big 4 Databases […]

New dates are announced for literature searching and critical appraisal sessions designed for Nurses, Doctors, and Allied Health Professionals. Book your space by contacting us Literature Searching NHS ATHENS has always given you access to databases such as Medline and CINAHL, plus a large number of ejournals. But do you feel that you might need […]