Things in the library 26 June

Things in and around the library

Opening hours - advanced warning that there will be some disruption coming up as Gill is away on holiday. We will be closed for the next 2  Monday and Wednesday evenings.
The library will be closed all day on friday 10th July

Journal Club next Thursday 2nd July  8-9 am
Paper: Complete & incomplete Kawasaki disease: two sides of the same coin. 
Presenter: Mekhala Ayya
Muffins: of course!

If you work for SCH please email the library if you want a copy of the article.

Critical Appraisal Course
This excellent course will be running on 2 July 9.30 - 13:00  in Education and Skills Centre, F Floor Stephenson Wing for SCH staff. We are often asked for help on this topic and previous attendees speak highly of it. Sadly the June course was cancelled due to lack of participants.  This course needs 6 people in order to go ahead.If you need to learn how to read journal articles and draw conclusions about whether to use the evidence in your practice this course is for you. The course is a mixture of taught and practical sessions including an introduction to statistics.

Inactive things

The Generation Inactive report is an analysis of the UK's childhood inactivity epidemic and tangible solutions to get children moving.
In response to the report, Prof Russell Viner from the RCPCH said
“At a time where children should be at their most active, it’s concerning that half of seven year olds are not doing the recommended one hour of physical activity that’s advised each day – the Generation Inactive report is a welcome reminder that more must be done to improve the health of our nation’s children.   The report can be read here

Things branded as healthy

"Healthy snacks could do more harm than good" say researchers from universities in Munich & Pennsylvania.

This research was a series of randomised controlled trials to investigate the effect of fitness branding on restrained eaters’ food consumption and post-consumption exercise.

The report showed that while some may have restrained from eating, say, 500 calories in the shape of crisps, they could then end up consuming a similar amount in muesli. Read about this on NHS Choices

Protective things for summer

Do you know your UVB from your UVA and what exactly is SPF?A Royal Pharmaceutical Society survey into sunscreen use has revealed a worrying lack of understanding about the degree of sun protection different products provide.
In particular, many are unaware that the SPF rating alone displayed in sunscreen labelling does not guarantee good all round protection from potential sun damage. see here for an explanation

Safe things - our children?

"The most comprehensive overview of child protection in the UK."

This report from the NSPCC compiles and analyses the most robust and up-to-date child protection data that exists across the 4 nations in the UK for 2015  Read the report here

Feel good things - Muffins!

This muffin recipe contain fibre-packed prunes and oats - enjoy them without guilt!

I will certainly be trying them for Journal Club!

Things in the library 12 June

Things happening in and around the library
InfoBites next Tuesday at 13:00 a 20 min session on 'How do you get full text articles?". In the library - cakey bites supplied and you can bring your lunch to eat if you wish.
Journal Club next Thursday 8.00 - 9.00 am will be looking at "Evidenced-based, practical food portion sizes for preschool children and how they fit into a well balanced, nutritionally adequate diet" ....however muffins will still be served! If you work in SCH please email the library if you want a copy of the article.
Opening hours - advanced warning that there will be some disruption coming up as we will be closed on the Tuesday 23 June for our Staff  Development Day and then I am away on my holidays (yippee) so we will be closed for some Monday and Wednesday evenings. If you are making a special journey to the library please contact us to check the situation.
Critical Appraisal Course
This excellent course will be running on 2 July 9.30 - 13:00  in Education and Skills Centre, F Floor Stephenson Wing for SCH staff. We are often asked for help on this topic and previous attendees speak highly of it. Sadly the June course was cancelled due to lack of participants.  This course needs 6 people in order to go ahead.If you need to learn how to read journal articles and draw conclusions about whether to use the evidence in your practice this course is for you. The course is a mixture of taught and practical sessions including an introduction to statistics.
Book Sale
We know have a large number of books for sale - mostly ones we have replaced with older editions. Please ask at the library counter if you wish to see them and note we cannot sell books within 30 mins of closing time.

Things from NICE
New guideline on Bronchiolitis in children
Bronchiolitis is the most common disease of the lower respiratory tract during the first year of life. The management of bronchiolitis depends on the severity of the illness. The guideline covers children with bronchiolitis but not those with other respiratory conditions, such as recurrent viral induced wheeze or asthma.

Costs of autism spectrum disorders
From NICE Eyes on Evidence comes this analysis of data in existing literature estimated that the lifetime direct and indirect costs associated with a person with an autism spectrum disorder in the UK was £1.5 million for those who also had an intellectual disability and £0.92 million for those without intellectual disability, although the range of costs was considerable. Pdf available here


Depression in children and young people:
Identification and management in primary, community and secondary care using clinical audit tool found here. Clinical audit tools are Excel spreadsheets developed to help with clinical audit. They contain clinical audit standards, data collection sheets, a clinical audit report an action plan template and a printable data collection form.  When data is entered into the data collection sheets the audit results are automatically displayed in the audit report.

Things about Social Care 
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has published a report from a Round table event in March more information and the full report can be accessed here.


Summer picnic?

This brief spell of nice weather feels like summer at last - although the forecast for the weekend is not so good. If forced to stay indoors I can recommend making these Raspberry & pine nut bars..and they must be healthy as they have fresh fruit and porridge oats in them..yes?