The new students arrive today! Hope you are not too overwhelmed on your first day, and we look forward to seeing you at the “Library in your pocket” sessions during the introductory course, and throughout your three years at the Clinical School.

PHE (Public Health England) Data and knowledge gateway gives direct access to analysis tools and resources for public health professionals from one single portal. Over 100 tools are available through the gateway. They cover a wide range of public health areas, including: specific health conditions – such as cancer, mental health, cardiovascular disease lifestyle risk […]

  New evidence updates this month from NICE     Effects of human papillomavirus vaccination Surveillance data from Australia suggests a reduced incidence of genital warts following the introduction of vaccination against human papillomavirus for girls and young women.   Drug treatments for restless legs syndrome A meta-analysis shows that, compared with placebo, pramipexole, ropinirole, […]

Patient safety and quality of care care be significantly improved by better access to information. You can acheive this by taking your iPad onto the ward, but at what cost?    As more clinicians are bringing tablets and smart phones onto the wards (in some cases they’re being given the tablet by the hospital), it’s important […]

Hurrah – it’s arrived at last. Searching PubMed used to be frustrating because the links didn’t reliably tell you whether you’d get access to the paper with University of Cambridge RAVEN logins. Booooo! Now, if you search “on campus” PubMed will display an additional button which will let you click through to check whehter there […]

How to Survive Medical School – Doc2Doc’s top tips for tomorrow’s doctors.

New evidence updates this month from NICE   Improvements in outcomes for extremely preterm babies Cohort studies suggest that outcomes after extremely preterm birth have improved in the UK between 1995 and 2006.   Screening for type 2 diabetes A cluster randomised controlled trial assessing screening for type 2 diabetes in general practices finds no […]

Monday 26th August 2013 – the Library will be closed for the Bank Holiday. Normal service will resume at 8am Tuesday 27th August. Fingers crossed for a sunny day!

Very best of luck in your first weeks of your new post. If you’ve not seen it already, the BMA have tips on  how to survive your first weeks on the wards and the GMC have advice on hot to make the leap: medical student to foundation doctor. If you’re on Twitter, check out #TipsForNewDocs  […]

New data from the NHS Friends and Family survey, which asks patients whether they would recommend A&E and inpatient wards to their nearest and dearest based on their own experience, has been released today. Available from NHS England today – read what CUH has to say, and about the local results in more detail. More about […]