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Have you got the right digital skills?

 You are living in a digital society. Do you have the right digital skills and information skills to study and work to your best?

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Complete our tutorials to find out:

Watch our video What are digital skills? to find out what skills you need and how the Health Library can help you get them

Watch our video Introduction to Information Skills to learn more about the skills you need to find information efficiently and effectively

Take our quiz Check Your Skills to find out what skills you have. Get your action plan to find out how you can improve them

All our tutorials are freely available, no login required. Complete them at your own pace, whenever you want to. Download the reflection document to keep a record of your learning.

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