“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 […]

With a glowing review from iMedicalApps, (“Podmedics brings superb medical education podcasts to junior doctors and med students”) it might be worth exploring PodMedics: http://podmedics.com/ Created by UK foundation doctor Ed Wallitt (@PodmedicsEd) these podcasts cover an excellent range of specialties available ranging from Cardiology to Rheumatology, with extra sections dedicated to Surgery, Clinical Specialties […]

Want to keep up to date with new Cochrane Systematic reviews, but no time?Then try podcasts:The latest issue (January 2012) has podcasts on such diverse topics as Disposable surgical face masks for preventing surgical wound infection in clean surgery Exercise interventions for smoking cessation Self-monitoring of blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus […]

books@cambridge are pleased to announce that trial access is now available to eight important medical e-textbooks on the Elsevier E-Textbooks platform. Titles include those such as Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology (7th edition), Kumar and Clark’s Clinical Medicine, and Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease. Medical students, particularly those on placement, may find these e-textbooks […]

The NHS Right Care programme (http://www.rightcare.nhs.uk) is focussed on increasing value – value for patients and value for commissioners. The programme is targeted at clinicians, commissioners and patients and has five workstreams:    Population Planning and Programme Budgeting     Clinical Networks and Systems of Care     Better Value Clinical Practice     Shared Decision Making     […]

The NHS Right Care programme is focussed on increasing value – value for patients and value for commissioners. The programme is targeted at clinicians, commissioners and patients and has five workstreams:     Population Planning and Programme Budgeting    Clinical Networks and Systems of Care    Better Value Clinical Practice    Shared Decision Making    Population Medicine The right care […]

The library has subscribed to Harrison’s online for a year, which covers the complete contents of “Harrison’s principles and practice of medicine” 18th ed. It allows printing and mobile downloading in a format optimised for handheld devices such as smartphones. Also incorporated are more than 90 videos, 1000 self assessment questions and answers, plus expert […]