Happy New Year to all our readers
Things we are doing soon
InfoBites next Tuesday on Google searching. All staff welcome - this is an informal session lasting about 20 mins and is a repeat of the one we ran last year (updated). We start promptly at 13:00 in the library on F Floor Stephenson Wing. Please note that this is for general searching that anyone might want to do NOT searching for clinical evidence.
Critical Appraisal Course Sarah has 3 dates planned for running this popular course the first one being Thursday 16 Jan 9am-12:30pm so if you want to understand the principles of critical appraisal and why you should do it; be able to appraise published research and judge its reliability; be able to assess the relevance of published research to your own work this is the course for you. the other planned dates are Monday 10 March, 1pm-4.30pm and
Friday 23 May, 9am-12.30pm. Please note you need to email coursebookings@sch.nhs.uk to book this NOT the library.Journal club there is one more session of the current season on 21 Jan 17:30 to 18:30 the paper being looked at is titled 'Randomised controlled trial of amoxycillin clavulanate in children with chronic wet cough' we will be looking for presenters for the next series starting in Feb 2014 - full details on the Journal Club website here. You can also find previous presentations on the site if you missed any. latest muffin recipe below.
Things you might be interested in
University of Sheffield Medical Humanities Lecture series 2014 - these you are welcome to attend at Firth Hall starting at 18:00 details of the sessions here
NHS Hack days are weekend events that brings together doctors, nurses, developers, designers, and other "geeks who love the NHS" to create disruptive solutions to problems in the health space. NHS Hack Days are ongoing and enjoy the support of prominent international health care and technology leaders.The next NHS Hack Day is in Cardiff on the 25th & 26th of Jan 2014 in the Hadyn Ellis Building, Cardiff University School of Medicine register here
Managing Service Change - Reconfiguring for improvement
A RCPCH full-day workshop-based event to provide clinical leaders and their colleagues with the knowledge, contacts and practical tools to improve child health through service redesign and new ways of working. Building on the RCPCH position statement www.rcpch.ac.uk/positionstatements this event will brings together clinical leads from acute, community and urgent care to share ideas and examples from their own experience alongside high profile national leaders. More details here
Things to use
The Child and Maternal (ChiMat) Health Intelligence Network has published a first version of the Children and Young People’s Health Outcomes Framework .This new resource brings together and builds on health outcomes data from the Public Health Outcomes Framework and the NHS Outcomes Framework. It responds to the Children and Young People’s Health Outcomes Forum’s recommendation that a version of these frameworks be created which highlights areas of particular relevance to improving the health outcomes of children and young people. Access it here
Things from TRIP
No not your summer holiday planning but TRIP database which is a useful free resource for searching for clinical evidence. Recent items that may be of interest:
- Canakinumab for treating systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - Technology Appraisals)
- Peginterferon alfa and ribavirin for treating chronic hepatitis C in children and young people (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - Technology Appraisals)
- Colistimethate sodium powder and tobramycin powder for inhalation for the treatment of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection in cystic fibrosis: systematic review and economic model (NIHR HTA programme)
- Presentation, diagnosis, and medical management of heart failure in children: Canadian cardiovascular society guidelines (CMA Infobase (Canada))
NHS video on YouTube to encourage people to attend A & E for the right reasons here
and of course....
Things to bake
Well received at this week's journal club and very easy to make..I might even have a go myself! Pear and cinnamon muffins recipe here
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