LIBRARY TRAINING AND EVENT CALENDER
These sessions will demonstrate the use of BMJ Best Practice, an online clinical decision support tool, to answer clinical questions and support decision making at the point of care.
This includes our Comorbidities Manager, which supports healthcare professionals to treat the whole patient when managing acute conditions.
The sessions will also cover how you can access BMJ Best Practice via our highly rated app. This will help clinicians to follow best practice, improve patient outcomes and reduce quality variation. FREE TRAINING
| TITLE | DATE | TIME | REGISTER | |
| Getting started with BMJ Best Practice | Wed 08 Jan 2025 | 12:30 - 13:30 | [LINK] | |
| Getting started with BMJ Best Practice | Tue 11 Feb 2025 | 11:30 - 12:00 | [LINK] | |
| Getting started with BMJ Best Practice | Mon 03 Mar 2025 | 13:30 - 14:00 | [LINK] | |
| Getting started with BMJ Best Practice | Thu 03 Apr 2025 | 12:30 - 13:00 | [LINK] | |
|
TRAINING
|
DATE
|
START
|
END
|
Registration link
|
|
Critical Appraisal: An introduction, overview and toolkit.
|
Monday 24/02/2025
|
10:00
|
12:00
|
|
|
Critical Appraisal: Understanding study designs and statistics.
|
Tuesday 25/02/2025
|
09:30
|
13:00
|
|
|
Critical Appraisal: Identifying bias and interpreting results.
|
Thursday 27/02/2025
|
10:00
|
12:30
|
|
|
Critical Appraisal: Introduction, overview and toolkit.
|
Tuesday 13/05/2025
|
10:00
|
12:00
|
|
|
Critical Appraisal: An introduction, overview and toolkit.
|
Tuesday 08/07/2025
|
10:00
|
12:00
|
These training sessions on ClinicalKey are designed to provide an in-depth understanding on how to effectively use ClinicalKey to find the most current and accurate medical information.
Overall, the training session on ClinicalKey is an excellent way to maximise your use of the platform and keep abreast of latest clinical knowledge .
|
DAY |
DATE |
TOPIC |
START TIME - FINISH TIME |
VIRTUAL SESSION |
|
| Wednesday | 29/0125 | ClinicalKey Training | 11:00 am - 12:00am | Online | |
| Wednesday | 19/02/25 | ClinicalKey Training | 10:00 am - 11:00pm | Online | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
During the training session, you will learn how to:
Use the advanced search features to find relevant information
Create and save searches
Access multimedia resources, such as videos, images, and podcasts
Explore topic pages, which provide comprehensive information on specific medical topics
Use the Smart Search function to quickly find answers to clinical questions
Customise their search results and preferences
The training session is interactive to engage in discussion throughout the session.
Click on the link to register for our Power Automate workshop sessions:
| Date | Start Time | Finish Time | Power Automate Workshop Session | Learning objectives | Registration Link |
| Mon 27th January 2025 | 9:30 AM | 10:30 | Start an approval process and send an email on Microsoft Form submission | When a response is submitted to Microsoft Forms, start an approval process, if approved send an email for successful approval else send an rejection email. | [LINK] |
| Mon 21st April 2025 | 9:30 AM | 10:30 | Send an email to responder when response submitted in Microsoft Forms | When a new response is submitted in Microsoft Forms, send an email to the responder about receiving the response. | [LINK] |
| Mon 26th May 2025 | 9:30 AM | 10:30 | Create a task in Planner from Microsoft Forms and post message in Teams | Create task in Planner when a new response is submitted from Microsoft Forms and also post message to my team in Microsoft Teams. | [LINK] |
| Mon 30th June 2025 | 9:30 AM | 10:30 | Post message in Teams when a Planner task is completed | When a task is completed in Planner, post a message to Microsoft Teams. | [LINK] |
| Friday 25th July | 9:30 AM | 10:30 | Track Microsoft Forms response in Excel and notify through Teams and email | Track Microsoft Forms responses in an Excel Online (Business) spreadsheet. Send notification through Microsoft Teams and send an Office 365 Outlook email. | [LINK] |
| Mon 25th August | 9:30 AM | 10:30 | Approve a Microsoft Forms response to add a row to an Excel spreadsheet | When a new response is submitted to Microsoft Forms, start an approval process. If approved, record the response in an Excel spreadsheet and send an email. Otherwise, send an email notifying that the approval was declined. | [LINK] |
| Mon 29th September | 9:30 AM | 10:30 | Sharepoint -Send an email when a new item is created in SharePoint. | Send an email when a new item is created in SharePoint. | [LINK] |
| Friday 24th October | 9:30 AM | 10:30 | Create a daily summary of Planner Tasks by Bucket | On daily basis receive an email containing daily summary of planner tasks by bucket. | [LINK] |
| Mon 24th November | 9:30 AM | 10:30 | Sharepoint - Start an approval for new file to move it to a different folder | If you have a team that is submitting files for review on SharePoint, you can now automate the process. After the file is submitted, an approval request is sent to a selected user, after approval the file will be moved into a different folder you specify. | [LINK] |
| Mon 22nd December | 9:30 AM | 10:30 | Sharepoint -Send approval email when a new item is added | Use this template for processing approvals on SharePoint list items. Once an item is approved, the item creator is sent a confirmation email. | [LINK] |
|
Month |
Title |
Date |
Start time |
End time |
Registration link |
|
January |
Basic literature searching |
Tuesday 28/01/2025 |
12:00 |
13:00 |
|
|
February |
Critical Appraisal: An introduction, overview and toolkit. |
Monday 24/02/2025 |
10:00 |
12:00 |
|
| February | Critical Appraisal: Understanding study designs and statistics | Tuesday 25/02/2025 | 09:30 | 13:00 | LINK |
| February | Critical Appraisal: Identifying bias and interpreting results | Thursday 27/02/2025 | 10:00 | 12:30 | LINK |
|
March |
Literature searching |
Wednesday 26/03/2025 |
10:00 |
11:30 |
|
|
April |
Literature searching |
Wednesday 30/04/2025 |
11:00 |
12:30 |
|
|
May |
Critical Appraisal: Introduction, overview and toolkit. |
Tuesday 13/05/2025 |
10:00 |
12:00 |
|
|
June |
Literature searching |
Wednesday 18/06/2025 |
11:00 |
12:30 |
|
|
July |
Critical Appraisal: An introduction, overview and toolkit. |
Tuesday 08/07/2025 |
10:00 |
12:00 |
|
|
August |
Basic literature search |
Tuesday 19/08/2025 |
11:00 |
12:00 |
|
|
September |
Literature searching |
Thursday 18/09/2025 |
10:30 |
12:00 |
|
|
October |
Writing for publication |
Thursday 09/10/2025 |
11:30 |
13:00 |
|
|
November |
Literature searching |
Monday 10/11/2025 |
10:30 |
12:00 |
|
|
December |
Writing for publication |
Tuesday 16/12/2025 |
11:00 |
12:30 |
Kindly click on the registration link to register for any of the training sessions.
Come and see us when we are on the Mezzanine in the main hospital!
| Date 2025 | Start time | Finish Time | Topic | |
| Wed April 30th | 11:30 | 13:30 | Testicular Cancer Awareness Month | |
| Wed May 28th | 11:30 | 13:30 | ||
| Wed June 25th | 11:30 | 13:30 | Diabetes Awareness Week | |
| Wed July 30th | 11:30 | 13:30 | Sarcoma Awareness Month | |
| Wed Aug 27th | 11:30 | 13:30 | World Breastfeeding Awareness Week | |
| Wed Sept 24th | 11:30 | 13:30 | Urology Awareness Month World Sepsis Day Eye Health Week |
|
| Wed Oct 29th | 11:30 | 13:30 | Stoptober Black History Month AHP day - promoting dynamic health, Clinicalkey, Browzine |
|
| Wed Nov 26th | 11:30 | 13:30 | Knowvember - knowledge mobilisation resources World Pneumonia Day |
|
| Wed Dec 17th | 11:30 | 13:30 | Disability Seasonal Affective Disorder Awareness |
|
Contact us to have a one to one Lunch time session for you or your team. We will be happy to give a quick induction.
Literature Searching
This session introduces principles and techniques for planning and carrying out systematic and effective literature search using healthcare databases. The session will cover how to define search question, identifying key concepts, alternative terms, search techniques, combining searches and handling results.
| Month | Title | Date | Start time | End time | Registration Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January |
Basic literature searching |
Tuesday 28/01/2025 |
12:00 |
13:00 |
|
|
March |
Literature searching |
Wednesday 26/03/2025 |
10:00 |
11:30 |
|
|
April |
Literature searching |
Wednesday 30/04/2025 |
11:00 |
12:30 |
|
|
June |
Literature searching |
Wednesday 18/06/2025 |
11:00 |
12:30 |
|
|
August |
Basic literature search |
Tuesday 19/08/2025 |
11:00 |
12:00 |
|
|
September |
Literature searching |
Thursday 18/09/2025 |
10:30 |
12:00 |
|
|
November |
Literature searching |
Monday 10/11/2025 |
10:30 |
12:00 |
|
TRAINING |
DATE |
START |
END |
Registration link |
|
Critical Appraisal: An introduction, overview and toolkit. |
Monday 24/02/2025 |
10:00 |
12:00 |
|
|
Critical Appraisal: Understanding study designs and statistics. |
Tuesday 25/02/2025 |
09:30 |
13:00 |
|
|
Critical Appraisal: Identifying bias and interpreting results. |
Thursday 27/02/2025 |
10:00 |
12:30 |
Writing for Publication
This session aims to enable participants to have confidence to write an article for publication by providing participants with tools to write and submit articles for publication. Participants will know why we publish; where to begin when deciding to write for publication; know how to structure an article; gain some useful tips and better understanding of the publishing process.
| Month | Title | Date | Start time | End time | Registration link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October |
Writing for publication |
Thursday 09/10/2025 |
11:30 |
13:00 |
|
|
December |
Writing for publication |
Tuesday 16/12/2025 |
11:00 |
12:30 |
April 2025 Cyber Security Registration Link to Follow
