The Clinical Librarian service is available at no cost to all staff and learners of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Our aim is to provide best evidence and skills to healthcare professionals to support evidence-based practice. We provide a variety of skills and services to help you access and utilise the best evidence available. 

The Clinical Librarian service is available at no cost to all staff and learners of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Our aim is to provide best evidence and skills to healthcare professionals to support evidence-based practice. We provide a variety of skills and services to help you access and utilise the best evidence available. 

Information Skills sessions 

We provide information skills training sessions to suit individual and team’s needs.Training and booking details can be found on the Library's Training and Event Calendar

Find out what critical appraisal is, how it can contribute to your evidence-based practice and practical experience on how to critically appraise a research article using CASP checklist

To book for a training session go to the Information Skills Training section on the Library's Training and Event Calendar

Mon, 24 Feb, 10:00 Critical Appraisal: An introduction, overview and toolkit.  Mon, 24 Feb, 10:00
Tue, 25 Feb, 09:30 Critical Appraisal: Understanding study designs and statistics.  Tue, 25 Feb, 09:30
Thu, 27 Feb, 10:00 Critical Appraisal: Identifying bias and interpreting results.  Thu, 27 Feb, 10:00
Tue, 13 May, 10:00 Critical Appraisal: Introduction, overview and toolkit.  Tue, 13 May, 10:00
Tue, 8 Jul, 10:00 Critical Appraisal: An introduction, overview and toolkit.  Tue, 8 Jul, 10:00

Training and booking details can be found on the Library's Training and Event Calendar

To book on to any of the training sessions, kindly visit the library’s event page 

If you are interested in self-paced e-learning, please see elfh's modules on literature searching, critical appraisal and health literacy below.