As is traditional at this time of year, the Medical Library has a temporary period of Sunday opening:So from Sunday May 6th till Sunday June 10th (inclusive), we’ll be open 2pm till 6pm. Best of luck to all students with exams coming up.

Oxford Itunes U Podcasts on Evidence-Based Medicine The podcasts include talks from Prof Paul Glasziou and Sir Muir Gray, and cover topics such as “Interpreting Results – Stats in Small Doses“, “Appraisal of Clinical Trials” and “Introduction to Evidence Based Medicine“ Access all the podcasts here

 A new Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Cambridge has been approved by Her Majesty The Queen to succeed Professor Sir Patrick Sissons who will retire on 30 September 2012. Professor Patrick Maxwell is currently Professor of Medicine and Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at University College London. He is a […]

The Medical Library will be open, with reduced hours, on all three forthcoming holidays: Bank Holiday Monday: 7th May Bank Holiday Monday: 4th June Diamond Jubliee Holiday: Tuesday 5th June The library will be open 9.00am till 6.00pm.

The BNF is a fundamental tool for healthcare staff.You can access it using your NHS ATHENS login login to MyATHENS, click “resources”, and “local resources”, and scroll down to “Medicines Complete” or www.medicinescomplete.com and sign in with NHS ATHENS login

The Medical Library will be shut Friday 6th April – Monday 9th April inclusive. Library services will resume at 8.00am, Tuesday 10th April 2012.

“Jim Al-Khalili talks to the pioneering health services researcher, Iain Chalmers, who was one of the founders of the Cochrane Collaboration. Once described by one writer as ‘The Maverick Master of Medical Evidence’. Iain Chalmers trained as a doctor, eventually specialising in obstetrics. But early in his career, he started to question the basis of […]

Books returned or renewed late have a fine levied at 25p per book per day. No one likes having to pay a library fine for returning books late, but at least we can make it easy for you. Now we accept payment by debit or credit card, as well as cash.  Pay Fines Online Please […]

Clinical trials are the gold standard method of testing the effectiveness of an intervention. When done well (ie randomised, crossed over, blinded, with sufficient power, and appropriate outcome measures) they can provide a very solid basis for evidence based practice. But what’s it like to be a patient in a trial?– not knowing whether you’re […]

The library has subscribed to :- Circulation:arrhythmia and electrophysiology – link Circulation:Cardiovascular quality and outcomes – link Both are available from university computers or remotely by using RAVEN, (for university readers). Regional anesthesia and pain medicine – uni link or nhs link Current opinion in critical care – uni link or nhs link Both are […]