Work continues as we deduplicate journal titles held in other Cambridge University libraries. A list of these can be seen here. Please email us if you have any views on this action. email: library@medschl.cam.ac.uk

The Kings Fund seeks to understand how the health system in England can be improved.One of it’s current projects is The Point of Care Programme which aims to help health care staff in hospitals deliver the quality of care they would want for themselves and their own families. This section includes staff stories, and 2 […]

Owing to changes in the Clinical School building closing procedures, Medical Library patrons please note the following:         Last entry to the Clinical School building and Medical Library:         9.35pm Monday to Friday         4.35pm Saturday Medical Library services will cease:                 9.45pm Monday to Friday                4.45pm Saturday Medical Library will close:                 9.50pm Monday […]

Welcome to the new cohort of Clinical Students 2011.  We hope you’ll have a wonderful 3 years,  and offer you any support we can from the Medical Library.

Do you remember Clinical Knowledge Summaries – a great source of high quality summaries of evidence and “practical know how” about common conditions in primary care. CKS is now rebranded as PRODIGY, and is back, better than ever. Search for a specific topic, or browse the clinical topics. High quality patient information is also available. […]

What are students at University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine expected to be reading?Check out the reading lists now.

Activities in the library this week include: Monday 5th, Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th Re-carpeting of the area between the Reception area and the Books. This will be noisy and disruptive work, and we apologise for the inevitable inconvenience. Thursday and Friday No work scheduled. Calm!

Monday 29th September, 2011 is a Bank Holiday. The library is open from 9.00am till 6.00pm.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013fj22 “On average it takes 17 years between the time a medical discovery is made and the time that it’s put into wide use. Why does it take so long? Some of the reasons include regulatory requirements, established practices, professional jealousy and a fear of failure. A combination of these factors prevented the introduction of […]