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Staying up-to-date made easy

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 Feeling overwhelmed with the flurry of new healthcare information being published every day? Not sure how you can stay on top of all the new research? Fear not! The library is here to help.

What is Current Awareness?

Why do you need to stay up-to-date? Not sure whether it applies to you? Over the lifetime of your career you’ll need to make sure you get the latest information that will affect your work, career and patients. Whether it’s being aware of the latest healthcare news, staying up-to-date with your professional responsibilities or keeping track of the latest research in your speciality.

Complete our Current Awareness tutorial to learn more.

What is current awareness? images of newspapers, professionals and research papers

KnowledgeShare from the Library

You can sign up to our KnowledgeShare bulletin service to receive the latest high-level evidence, such as guidelines, reviews and reports, straight to your inbox.

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Complete our registration form to let us know your specialist or professional interests and we’ll set up your profile. Watch the video for a short overview.


Bulletins

We offer you a number of specialist bulletins, providing you with a snap-shot of published material from a number of key healthcare organisations.

Clinical Effectiveness Bulletin

Produced for primary care staff in Staffordshire. This aims to draw attention to key documents, guidance and evidence-based reviews on clinical effectiveness.

Health Inequalities Bulletin

Produced for primary care staff in Staffordshire. This aims to draw attention to key documents, guidance and evidence-based reviews on health inequalities.

Mental Health & Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin

Produced by the Essex Public Health Resource Unit Library on behalf of the East of England Health Libraries Group (EoEHLG). This highlights the latest evidence published in the following specialist areas: social work ** anxiety ** dementia ** depression ** dual diagnosis ** eating disorders ** learning disabilities ** O/C disorders ** occupational therapy ** post-traumatic stress ** psychology ** schizophrenia.

Please contact our NHS Outreach Team if you want to sign-up to these bulletins.

Covid-19 Evidence Bulletin

Latest research published on coronavirus / covid-19. Please contact Mathew, the clinical effectiveness librarian if you want to sign-up to receive this bulletin directly.

Ask us

If you  are looking for a bulletin on a particular topic, we’ll investigate for you to check what is available. Just get in touch.

Journal eToCs

Do you have a favourite journal you like to read, or is there a key title you want to stay up-to-date with? Then you need eToCs to make sure you don’t miss an issue. Learn more about eToCs from my blog post – Using Journal eToCs to stay up-to-date.

Database Alerts

To get the latest published research on a specific topic that you are interested – for example for your dissertation or research project, then take a look at creating databases alerts. You’ll need to create a search strategy on a bibliographic database, then set an alert so that you are notified when new items are added that match your search criteria. Talk to our training team and they’ll help you to set up an alert.

Social Media

You can use social to stay in touch with the Library. We post information about library changes as well as information about healthcare resources and latest news articles.

Follow the Health Library on Twitter :: Find us on Facebook.

Use Current Awareness Tools

Need a reminder of the current awareness tools available – you can always do a quick review via our Current Awareness Tools tutorial.

Menu to tools available in the tutorial

More help

If you ever need any help finding the right information – contact the Health Library, we’re here to help.

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