Health Library News

  Are you a foundation year doctor, starting work at UHNM (University Hospitals of North Midlands)? Make sure you get off to a good start by using key resources to support your clinical decisions and help you to practice evidence-based medicine. Key resources for foundation year doctors include: NHS OpenAthens – register for your NHS OpenAthens username. This gives you access to NHS-based online resources such as ebooks, journals and databases. Complete the online form to register – follow these instructions . Oxford Medicine Online – Follow best practice by using Oxford Medicine reference texts. You can access a wide range of handbooks for easy to read information across a range of specialties. For more information about the collection read our blog post . BMJ Best Practice – a wealth of information to help you, including epidemiolgy, history and exam, treatement, patient discussions, complications, patient leaflets and so much more for conditions and diseases. BNF / BNFc

 The Health Library will be closed for the bank holiday Monday 29th August (2022). You can still access online resources via the Health Library web pages .

Working for the NHS? Make sure you make the most of your library services.  We can save you time so you can concentrate on your clinical work. You can: Access key resources to support your clinical decisions Ask us to search the medical literature for the latest evidence for you Sign up for training to develop your digital skills Get regular updates on your key interests Request elusive full-text articles Visit our quiet study space and computer workstations Choose to use the library at Stoke or Stafford or online Join the Library If you are an NHS member of staff working for UHNM, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare, Clinical Commissioning Groups in Staffordshire or GP practices in Staffordshire, then  join our Library Service.  Complete our application form and bring it to the library with your NHS ID badge. Watch the video for a quick overview of our services:

  No time to visit the Health Library to collect books? That’s OK! We’ve got a great range of online titles.   We’ve just updated our eBooks web page, listing the collections that you can access and where you can find them:   NHS Knowledge and Library Hub – wide range of ebooks from the NHS core content purchased collections.   Library search – some ebook titles are available to NHS members via our library catalogue.    Oxford Medicine Online – key collection of essential handbooks from the NHS core content collection; also available via the Hub and Library Search.   Clinical Key ebooks – range of specialty texts for UHNM staff only.   Kortext NHS ebook collection – a wide spread of topics are covered by this NHS core content collection, including management, sustainability and wellbeing; also available via the Hub.   Medical Exam Revision collection – whilst most of these books are in print format, some are also available as ebooks; available via Library Search. Medical Educ

 Learn more about Monkeypox and the resources you can access on Clinical Key, via this 30 minute webinar from elsevier. Register online to book your place . Clinical Key is available to UHNM staff via OpenAthens login. Go to our NHS resources page to log in .

  Have you just started working at UHNM? Join the Library! Why? Complete our short online induction for NHS staff and find out: Who we are and where we are How you can join! How can you register for an NHS OpenAthens username - you'll need it! What essential resources you can access! What apps you can use on your mobile! How to get full-text articles for free! How we can help you develop your skills! How we can do the work for you! How you can stay up to date! What are you waiting for? Complete our online induction now!

Staff working at UHNM can access key resources relating to monkey pox from Clinical Key. Clinical Overview: Monkeypox Clinical Overview  –  updated July 21, 2022 Drug Monographs: Smallpox and Monkeypox Vaccine, Live, Nonreplicating  –  updated July 8, 2022 Smallpox Vaccine, Vaccinia Vaccine –  updated July 13, 2022 Vaccinia Immune Globulin, VIG  -  updated June 9, 2022 Books: Monkeypox at Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine book , 24 th  edition. Monkeypox at Breastfeeding book , 9 th  edition Monkeypox at Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine book , 10 th  edition.   Also, Elsevier created the free  Monkeypox Healthcare Hub  to help healthcare professionals navigate the current outbreak. Here you will find evidence-based clinical resources, including clinical overviews, patient education, and drug monographs. To access Clinical Key - go to the NHS Resources page , select Clinical Key from the A-Z list and log in with your NHS openathens username

  As promoted by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA); the 2022 campaign objectives for World Breastfeeding Week are: Inform - people about their role in strengthening the warm chain of support for breastfeeding Anchor - breastfeeding as part of good nutrition, food security and reduction of inequalities​ Engage - with individuals and organisations along the warm chain of support for breastfeeding​ Galvanise - action on strengthening capacity of actors and systems for transformational change   As in previous years, the target audiences for this annual event include governments, health systems, workplaces and communities in the hope that they will be informed, educated and empowered to strengthen their capacity to provide and sustain breastfeeding-friendly environments for families in the post pandemic world. For more information about breastfeeding, please visit the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action and NHS websites:   http://worldbreastfeedingweek.org