Things in the library 20 June

Things published by NICE

New NICE guidance published this week on "The MAGEC system for spinal lengthening in children with scoliosis" it can be read here 

Also "Antibiotics for early-onset neonatal infection" an evidence update can be downloaded here 

Things to read
Trisha Greenhalgh has published an essay in the BMJ this week 'Evidence based medicine: a movement in crisis?" discussing distortion of evidence, too much evidence, marginal improvements and risk assessment, algorithmic rules and multimorbidity are some of the problems she identifies and she calls for a return to 'real evidence based medicine'. It can be read in full here






"Mental health and behaviour in schools" Department for Education advice for school staff published this week can be read here

Things we did

We had our annual library staff away day this week where we had an interesting discussion on our role within the trust as regards education and we set our objectives for future developments...we didn't go very far away but had a good view of the Henderson's factory!

Also this last week journal club was held - the next one is Tuesday 1st July 17:30-18:30...book the date now




Things to BBQ
With fine weather forecast - and the longest day of the year on Saturday it sounds like a good opportunity for a BBQ.  Mackerel with sizzled garlic, ginger & tomatoes is good for something different or perhaps Stuffed peppers and a great BBQ dessert favourite in my family is Pineapple in lime, vanilla and rum syrup

Things in the library 13th June

Things not in the library - the library staff!
A reminder that we will be closed all day Tuesday 17 June for a staff development day. Books may be returned in the book drop box situated outside the library.

A Thing not to miss - Journal Club
Next Thursday 19 June  at 8.00-9.00  in the Clinical Skills Facility F Floor Stephenson Wing there will be a paper presented by Charlie Elder"Subclinical Cerebral Edema in Children With Diabetic Ketoacidosis Randomized to 2 Different Rehydration Protocols". 
Journal Club is open to all health professionals and is a fun, informal way of learning to criticize papers and gather evidence to change practice.At each meeting a speaker presents a critical appraisal of a research paper,  using a recognised appraisal tool such as CASP or the GATE frame.Group members then have an informal discussion to determine whether or not current practice should be altered in light of the presenter's findings.If you do not get a chance to read the paper do not worry just come along.

Muffins and drinks are provided at every meeting.

  Please note:  The paper "Dipstick Screening for Urinary Tract Infection in Febrile Infants will be presented on Tuesday 15th July 17.30 - 18.30

Things to guide

Depts of Education and Health have updated their guidance this week on 'Implementing the 0 to 25 special needs system: advice for local authorities and health partners' the documents can be accessed here
Care Quality Commission have published their report "From the pond into the sea: Children’s transition to adult health services" read it  here
Public Health England issued a press release about the child health flu vaccine pilot - early results suggest a positive impact on levels of flu.

Things to find your way to

Mapping Sheffield 10 June – 14 August 2014

Using historic maps from the University of Sheffield map collection this exhibition examines stories of change within the city. It looks at Western Bank and the development of the University; the lost music halls and theatres of ‘Little Piccadilly’; the training of soldiers in the First World War; and public houses and social class in different areas of Sheffield. Details here
Venue:                                   Opening times:
Western Bank Library             Monday to Thursday 9am-7pm
Exhibition Gallery                     Friday 10am-7pm
Western Bank                          Weekends 12pm-6pm
Sheffield S10 2TN

The Alfred Denny Museum of Zoology

The museum was established in 1905 and named after the department's first professor of biology, Alfred Denny. Many of the specimens have been in the museum since the early 1900s when collecting was at its peak.The Alfred Denny Museum (University of Sheffield) is open to the public on the first Saturday of each month for guided tours at 10am, 11am and 12pm, if you are interested in visiting the museum then please book a place for the 5th July tours by clicking the  link 

Things in the library 6 June

Things happening
The library will be open between 10:30 and 15:30 tomorrow Sat 7 June as part of the recruitment day. You are welcome to come in to use the library as normal during this time if you wish.

Infobites on Tuesday 10 June at 13:00 - how to access full text articles - 20 min session with cakes - all welcome. If you don't understand how to get full text articles and why it sometimes seems so difficult this is the session for you.

Advanced warning that the library will be closed on Tuesday 17 June all day for the library staff annual away day where we will be planning services for the next year. Apologies for any inconvenience - books may be returned in the book-drop box outside the library.

Things to read
Health Education England have published their strategic framework for 2014-2029 Framework 15 covering 'Global drivers of change', 'People and patients of the future', Future workforce' and 'Strategic response'. This is all about improving the quality of care for patients by ensuring there are enough staff with the right skills and attitudes. Report here



Things to use
A Patient and Family-Centred Care toolkit has been produced by the King's Fund. The toolkit is a simple, step-by-step method for understanding what a care experience is like, what needs to change, and which small improvements can make a big difference to patients, families and staff alike. Across the country teams have implemented the approach to improve services, ranging from paediatric accident and emergency to the care of frail older people, with measurable results. Two of the case studies follow the patient experience of children - one with asthma and one with acute abdominal pain. Full details here

Things smelly
Ever wondered why old and new books smell as they do... answer here ...feel free to come and stick your nose into our books anytime! (thanks to Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Libraries for Tweeting this link)

Things to eat

Keeping on the smelly theme...I love this blue cheese pasta

Things in the library 30 May

Things flying about

If you've been watching the University of Sheffield's Peregrines on the webcam you might be interested in this on Thursday 5th June from 7.00-8.00 p.m. there will be a free public talk in St George's Church to review the 2014 story of the Peregrines (no booking required).
The talk will have contributions from Phil Riley and Jim Lonsdale (both EFM) and David Wood (SLC) on various aspects of the project, and will be preceded by a Peregrine watch in the church grounds from 6.00-7.00 p.m., weather permitting.

Things to come along to

Journal Club on F Floor Stephenson Wing will be on Tuesday 3 June at 17:30 to 18:30 as usual there will be interesting discussion in an informal setting ..with cake. The paper being discussed this week is 'Effect of Inhaled Glucocorticoids in Childhood on Adult Height'

Things to help you

You can always check our catalogue here but if you login with your library ticket number and your PIN then you can also reserve items, write reviews, create favourites and lists to refer back to - as well as renewing items if not required by other readers. If you haven't joined the library or need a PIN please contact us

Things to debate - publishing clinical trials

BMJ blog post on the topic "Is the current system for publishing clinical trials fit for purpose?" summing up the recent debate here 

Things in the library 23 May

Things with free access
Take Advantage of the NHS Trial Access to Essential Medical Content.
As a part of a National NHS Pilot the publisher Springer is giving all NHS employees and entitled personnel free access to Springer´s medical and health content until the 31st of October 2014.You can access 1800+ eJournals (post 1997) and 40,000+ eBook titles (post 2005) without charge or obligation
Don't have an Open Athens account yet? Sign up here. 
There are also some resources from Elsevier and Nature Publishing Group included in this pilot. All the journal titles available will be listed via the Journal A-Z list here as normal so it isn't necessary to visit the publishers websites. Any access problems please contact the library.

Things for the family
You are just 30 cm tall, don't know the alphabet and have a really sore tummy....who do you go to?  Teddy Bear Hospital of course!
This Saturday, student doctors and dentists will be welcoming children and their families to the Teddy Bear Hospital in Barker's Pool. Children and their bears will have the opportunity for a one to one consultation with a teddy bear doctor which will include an "MRI scan", a look at an x-ray, having teddy bandaged and getting advice on how to stay healthy. Teddy bear dentists will also be on hand for top tips on dental health.
Teddy Bear Hospital is a Sheffield Students' Union Society which aims to reduce anxiety in children about medical treatment as well as promoting child health.
12pm - 4pm Saturday 24th May Barker's Pool, Sheffield, S1 2JA

Things next week in the library
Closed on Monday for the Bank Holiday and closing at 17:00 on Tuesday but normal hours the rest of the week.

Things in the news
You may have heard on the news today about a possible breakthrough for a vaccine against malaria. Read the scientific abstract here 

If you ever hear a news story on a health or science issue and want to know what it is really about then the NHS Behind the headlines is a good place to start. It will give a summary of what the science/research is, the possible significance and a link to the reference that generated the news.

Things to dig up
Join the Department of Archaeology this Saturday 24 May for a family-friendly afternoon of demonstrations, hands-on activities and talks celebrating 50 years of Archaeology at Sheffield: Northgate House, West Street, any time during 1.30-4.30pm.Find out what the human skeleton can reveal about life and death in industrial Sheffield. Younger children can attempt the cranium jigsaw challenge and put an exploded skeleton back together again. Learn about the Department's work on the relationships between humans, plants and animals from archaeobotany and zooarchaeology specialists.There will be a crash-course in Europe's earliest writing system, talks by some our leading researchers, and an exhibition created by our undergraduate students about a Sheffield-based archaeology and community project.More information is available on the Department of Archaeology's website

Things Greek
Keeping the archaeology theme Sarah is just back from a week in Greece - staying with an archaeologist friend who worked here in the Illingworth library some years ago. So I thought we should have a Greek recipe this week and Sarah has suggested 'Rooster in wine and tomato sauce' or Kokoras Krasatos .....find the recipe here

Things in the library 16 May

Things to read
NICE Quality Standard (QS62) covers the diagnosis and management of idiopathic constipation in children and young people (from birth to 18 years) you can read or download it here

The Department of Health has published its response to the Health Working Group Report on Child Sexual Exploitation read it here

Things we did
Our Infobites session this last week on literature searching and constructing a clinical questions was well attended. Don't forget that if you work here you can book a 1 to 1 session for training on how to conduct a literature search  or you can ask us to search for you, more information here

Things counting down
The King's Fund are counting down to next year's general election with an infographic exploring key facts and figures around public satisfaction with the NHS.


Things from Cochrane
An editorial published this week entitled 'Preventing otitis media with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: more data than certainty?' which can be read here



Things to celebrate



The University of Sheffield, across the road, has been voted 1st in theTimes Higher Student Experience Survey 

Children with co-ordination difficulties learnt to ride a bike for the first time thanks to a remarkable bike riding group set up by physiotherapists at Ryegate Childrens Centre find out more here



...and on a personal note Monday is my (Gill's) 35th wedding anniversary!

Things in the library 9 May

Things to use
Recent paediatric systematic reviews are sent to me via a notification from TRIP Database (see below). Although you don't need to register to use TRIP, if you do it is helps you keep up to date with new research based on your clinical speciality and/or specific topics of interest. Each month, they identify new content focused on your interests and email these to you.
SCH is registered with TRIP so you can easily access your institution’s full-text via TRIP and your OpenAthens account. Many clinicians find it useful to keep a record of their activity  on TRIP. This may be for CPD/CME purposes or simple curiosity. You can also sign in with Twitter or Facebook if you like to link your resources.

Things to read

Recent paediatric systematic reviews (see above) are listed below - if you highlight and copy the title you are interested in and search for it in Google you should find it - please ask us if you need help.

• Developing and evaluating a child-centered intervention for diabetes medicine management using mixed methods and a multicolored randomised controlled trial (2014). NIHR HTA Programme.
• Effect of smoke-free legislation on perinatal and child health: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (2014). DARE.
• Ivacaftor for the treatment of patients with cystic fibrosis and the G551D mutation: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis . (2014). NIHR HTA Programme.
• Nonpharmacological interventions for ADHD: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials of dietary and psychological treatments. (2013). DARE.
• Parents’ experiences and views of caring for a child with a tracheostomy: a literature review. (2013). DARE.
• Structured, intensive education maximising engagement, motivation and long-term change for children and young people with diabetes: a cluster randomised controlled trial with integral process and economic evaluation the CASCADE study. (2014). NIHR HTA Programme.
• The cost-effectiveness of clinic-based chloral hydrate sedation versus general anaesthesia for paediatric ophthalmological procedures. (2014). Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Database.

Things to download

From September 2013 the print version of the BNF will be distributed by NICE annually instead of every 6 months so the next print copy will therefore be distributed in September 2014. The British National Formulary for children (BNFC) will continue to be distributed annually.

Many clinicians are choosing to access the BNF in digital formats. NICE's BNF and BNFC apps and BNF and BNFC content on NICE Evidence are updated monthly, unlike the print version, making them the easiest way to keep up-to-date. The apps available on smartphones and tablets can be used conveniently without an internet connection. In order to access these you need a NHS OpenAthens account available here

Things to come along to
Journal Club is on Thursday 15th May  at 8.00-9.00  in the Clinical Skills Facility F Floor Stephenson Wing  -the paper presented for discussion this week is

"Use of macrolides in mother and child and risk of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis" 

Article accessible here

Journal Club is open to all health professionals in SCH and is a fun, informal way of learning to criticise papers and gather evidence to change practice.At each meeting a speaker presents a critical appraisal of a research paper,  using a recognised appraisal tool such as CASP or the GATE frame.Group members then have an informal discussion to determine whether or not current practice should be altered in light of the presenter's findings. If you do not get a chance to read the paper do not worry just come along.
Muffins and drinks are provided at every meeting.

Things in which to indulge

Yummy cake recipe this week 'Cookies and cream fudge brownies'