Thanks to TRIP creator Jon Brassey’s Twitter feed, I discovered the following Guide to Biostatistics that explains “important epidemiologic concepts and common biostatistical terms to help clinicians translate medical research into everyday practice”.Produced by MedPage Today, I hope you find it useful. http://www.medpagetoday.com/Medpage-Guide-to-Biostatistics.pdf

Survey: Using information on the move A chance to win an Flip video camera, £30 in book vouchers or membership to the Arts Picturehouse worth £27. I would like to invite you to take part in a survey intended to establish how the majority of Cambridge University students and staff access, or would like to […]

How time flies – it’s March already, and spring is in the air! What better time to brush up on your searching skills in order to get the evidence you need for clinical practice, CPD etc. Full details are available from http://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/library/trainingdates.html The main highlights are: extended sessions: each session now lasts 1.5 hours to […]

British journal of medical and surgical urology 2008 vol.1(1)-Clinical Respiratory journal 2007 vol. 1(1)-Clinical and translational science 2008 vol.1 (1)-Hematology 2008 vol. 13(1)-International journal of rheumatic diseases 2008 vol. 11 (2)- Journal of communication in healthcare 2008 vol. 1(1)-Mucosal immunology 2008 vol.1 (1)-Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology 2008 vol.1 (1)-

“Healthcare professionals need fast and easy access to reliable, up-to-date information when making diagnosis and treatment decisions. This is precisely what Best Practice provides. Best Practice is a completely new concept for information delivered at the point of care. In a single source we have combined the latest research evidence, guidelines and expert opinion – […]

The Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS) are a reliable on-line source of evidence-based information and practical ‘know how’ about the common conditions managed in primary and first-contact care. Eight new and updated topics were issued onto the website in January 2009: New CKS topics depression in children MRSA in primary care sleep_apnoea tuberculosis vaginal_discharge Updated CKS […]

The UK Database of Uncertainties about the Effects of Treatment (UK DUETs) becomes a Specialist Library within the National Library for Health. http://www.library.nhs.uk/duets/ DUETs has been established in the UK to publish uncertainties about the effects of treatments that cannot currently be answered by referring to reliable, up-to-date systematic reviews of existing research evidence. Systematic […]

Congratulations to Anne Jarvis (nee Murray) who takes over the role of University Librarian from Peter Fox in April. Details available from: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2009012601 and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/7851821.stm

The NHS Constitution for England subject to Parliamentary approval, will require all NHS bodies, and private and third-sector providers supplying NHS services in England by law to take account of the Constitution in their decisions and actions. The Government will have a legal duty to renew the Constitution every 10 years. No Government will be […]

We’re delighted to announce that there is now access to the Addenbrooke’s wireless network in the Library. This is in addition to the existing Library wireless network, LibAir. The network is called CUH_WNet and provides access to the Trust network via laptops that have had a certificate installed. As this is currently just giving access […]