Things in the library 28 Aug 2015

Things Elfish 

Have you come across The National Elf Service? it is owned and managed by Minervation Ltd; an Oxford University spin-out company founded by information scientists Douglas Badenoch and André Tomlin, who have been building evidence-based healthcare websites since the early 1990s. It aims to "help you engage with the best evidence without bias, misinformation or spin - just what you need"

Things on Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease

Nice are currently inviting comments on their draft quality standard for children and young people - closing date 21 Sept 2015.

Things wintry (sorry)

Nice published a new guideline in May on Bronchiolitis in children

Public Health England have issued a quick reference guide to the childhood flu vaccines for winter 2015/16 available here

Things to keep you up-to-date
I've been by myself all this week and one thing that has kept me busy is our e-prompt current awareness service. This has been running for over 4 years and has over 200 subscribers both from within SCH Trust and further afield. We recently learnt that one of the components we use 'behind the scenes' to deliver this service (Yahoo Pipes) is being discontinued from 31 August. We have found a replacement (Feed Informer) and so this week I have transferred all our feeds over to the new service. If you haven't yet tried out e-prompt do so here. Remember that e-prompt notifies you about new publications but does not automatically give you access to full text. To access full text please contact your workplace Health Care / Hospital library for help and advice (that's us if you work at SCH).


Things for the Bank Holiday
I recently had a trip down to Kent/Sussex for a weekend (can thoroughly recommend a visit to the De La Warr Pavilion at Bexhill on Sea) and whilst in the area took the opportunity to play Pooh Sticks at the original bridge. This week Visit England issued a map of other good Pooh Stick locations and someone with too much time on their hands (in my humble opinion) came up with the formula for picking a good stick. So if you fancy a trip out over the weekend take a look at these locations.

This is me wondering if my stick has sunk






So after that there can really be only one recipe...Honeycomb.... which would have saved Winnie-the-Pooh a lot of time and trouble if only he had known about it! Recipe here and video to help with the technique.

Have a good Bank Holiday

 - sorry if you are working!

Things in the library 14th August

Things to get involved with

Journal Club 
next Thursday 20th Aug 8-9am
Paper: Bolus fluid therapy and sodium homeostasis in paediatric gastroenteritis  J Paeds & child health 

Contact the library for a copy of the paper    

Presenter: Saharwash Jamali

Muffins: of course!

Things for nurses
Mind the gap  is a summary report from Birmingham & Solihull Local Education & Training Council 'Every Student Counts Project'. Using views and information collected through a variety of methods , the conclusions drawn relate to generational differences evident amongst healthcare professionals, and suggest employers need to accommodate generational needs in order to ensure that newly qualified staff of all ages are supported and retained.

Things to do in September
Heritage Open Day: Turner Museum of Glass
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sir Robert Hadfield Building University of Sheffield
Friday 11 September 2015, 10am-4pm (last tour starts at 4pm)
A glass wedding dress including real glass 'slippers', a glass ship in a bottle, and some glass pieces from the earliest known Egyptian glassworks are some of the items that can be seen at the Turner Museum of Glass
Museum Tours at: 10 and 11am, 12 noon, 2, 3 and 4pm.
Hot glass demonstrations at: 1pm and 3pm
Places on both tours and demos must be booked in advance.
Booking at: www.sheffield.ac.uk/whatson/heritageopenday

Things about medical education and training
Promoting excellence: standards for medical education and training - these standards from the GMC come into effect on 1 January 2016 and set out requirements for the management and delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and training

Things about figures
In a new editorial series, the editors of BMC Biology explore how figures and illustrations can mislead. This blog explains how well-designed figures contribute to reproducibility, and how the series fits in with the launch of BioMed Central's Minimum Standards of Reporting Checklist.

Things about Britain's first female surgeon 
The medical achievements of Dame Louisa Aldrich-Blake, Britain’s first female surgeon, come under the spotlight in a new display at the Science Museum. If her name isn’t familiar then it certainly deserves to be. One hundred years ago she was busy writing to every woman on the medical register to enlist their help in setting up hospitals to treat soldiers injured on the eastern battlefields of the First World War.

Things about drug allergy
NICE have published 'Drug allergy: diagnosis and management'. This quality standard covers the diagnosis and management of drug allergy in adults, young people and children. It does not cover treatment of the acute phase, including anaphylaxis, because this will be covered by a separate quality standard

Things that are new
New books on the shelves this week include these shown below. If you haven't yet joined the library it is very easy to do so either in person or online. You can search our online catalogue here