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Information Skills eTutorials to support healthcare staff and students

 Looking for the best evidence? Have you got the right skills?

Complete our online information skills etutorials to develop the right skills to find the best evidence. They can help you to make confident healthcare decisions, start your research on the right foot, or complete your assignments with the best evidence.

group of 4 young healthcare staff walking down a corridor discussing evidence

We have developed online tutorials especially for healthcare staff and students to help you to find the right information at the right time from the right resources. You can:

  • Watch a video
  • Complete an interactive tutorial
  • Take a quiz
  • Follow a presentation
  • Download a worksheet

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.

We’ll be blogging about the different tutorials over the next few weeks. Check in with our news blog to learn more about how they can help you.

Please make sure you let us know what you think of our tutorials by completing the feedback form.

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Need more help?

Please contact the Health Library if you need any help.

Check our Information Skills for Health blog for more news about our etutorials.

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