Things in the library 3 October

Things to sign up for...quick

Ever tried a MOOC? This one has just started but you can still join. A MOOC is a Massively Free Open Online Course (MOOC) and this one is from the University of Sheffield. This course will be of interest to you if you wish to work or study in the fields of psychology, playwork, childhood studies, play therapy, hospital play, teaching, childcare, or if you just want to better understand your relationship with the children in your life and your own play.
Exploring Play: The Importance of Play in Everyday Life
Play can seem to be a spontaneous and natural part of life, taking little effort and requiring little thought. In this course they aim to persuade you that, to the contrary, play is immensely varied, important and complex across the whole span of our lives. This course is free to take and you will be joining over 15,000 other learners in reading articles, watching videos, joining discussions and taking quizzes. Join here

Things demanded

A group of 21 health organisations has set out what it sees as essential elements that politicians must include in their manifestos on the future of the NHS and social care, ahead of the general election next May. These included a commitment to adequate funding, a government-wide approach to keeping people well, and an end to top-down reorganisation of the NHS and social care. You can read the 2015 challenge manifesto here - do you agree?

Things about digital health
The King's Fund recently held an International Digital Health and Care Conference - you can find highlights and more debate around this subject including telehealth, patient generated information and how the data generated could be used here

Things not to miss...but clashing ..you choose
There will be a meeting of the Journal Club on Wednesday 8th Oct 5.30 - 6.30 pm. F Floor, Stephenson Wing The paper will be presented by David King."Effect of Oximetry on Hospitalization in Bronchiolitis "   JAMA. 2014;312(7):712-718
Journal Club is open to all health professionals 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.

The author Kazuo Ishiguro will be make a rare visit to Sheffield where he will read from his novel 'Never Let Me Go', take part in an interview and audience Q & A, and sign books at a special event. Wednesday, 8th October at 6pm (doors open at 5.30pm) St George's Church Lecture Theatre 17 Mappin Street Sheffield S1 4DT Free entry but arrive early to secure a seat!
Never Let Me Go, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2005, has been described as one of the most acclaimed and original novels of recent years. In this haunting, unsettling novel, Ishiguro explores the nature of humanity, the brutal possibilities of science, and the ethics of mortality through the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewered version of contemporary England. More information here This is a University event but open to the public so any SCH staff welcome.

Things a bit different

In October our opening hours are slightly changed so please check them out here particularly if you are planning an evening visit. Don't forget there is a book drop box outside the library for returned items when we are closed

Things to eat
With the weather turning autumnal how about this Chinese braised pork with plums from here

Things in the library 19 Sept

Things back in the library
The library staff were actually all in the library at the same time this week...for the first time in ages due to holidays and other stuff. We can all cover most aspects of the work (just don't ask me to do comb binding..I was traumatised by this in my formative years as a library assistant!) and so the fact that a particular person isn't in on one day shouldn't impinge on the service too much but we do all have specialities and did you know we  have actually catalogued ourselves on our online catalogue..so look us up by searching for 'library staff' and see what we can help you with.

Things not to miss
The first Journal Club of the new season kicks off next Thursday morning 25th Sept at 08.00-09.00

Our Presenter Kavi Aucharaz will be presenting the following paper
'Duration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and illness category impact survival and neurologic outcomes for in-hospital cardiac arrests.' download a copy of the paper here

Journal Club is open to all health professionals 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.

Image: Child feet image via Shutterstock

Things published

This week a NICE quality standard has been published on 'Nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting) in children and young people' full text available here 

Things to attend
If military medicine interests you there is an event on 8th October as part of the Heritage Medical Exhibition series.Admission is free by ticket only. Please confirm your attendance using the online registration form:Speakers: Surgeon Commander Anthony W Lambert OBE and Marine Andy Grant 'Scouse'
Military & medical training for deployment - views of a surgeon and royal marine
When: 6pm, Wed 8 Oct Where:Lecture Theatre 1,B Floor, Medical School, Beech Hill Rd

Anthony Lambert has seen active service in the Iran-Iraq conflict, the first Gulf War, Yugoslavia and Bosnia, and recently in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was awarded the OBE for his charitable work to support our injured servicemen.
Andy Grant, a former Royal Marine Commando, was critically injured in Afghanistan by two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and after many months treatment and rehabilitation had to make the life changing decision to have his leg amputated below the knee. He spends his time travelling the country talking about his life beyond injury and how he continues to overcome adversity.
This lecture completes the Heritage Medical Exhibition series dealing with the evacuation of the wounded from the battlefield and brings us up to date with the advances in the treatment of the severely wounded.

Things to eat
To either cheer you up or to celebrate ....depending on your view point... try this traditional Scottish dessert - summer raspberries folded into cream flavoured with honey, whisky and toasted oatmeal. I think thick Greek yogurt would work too to make it more healthy.

Things in the library 12 Sept

Things published
The WHO Regional Committee for Europe is WHO’s decision-making body in the European Region. Ministers and high-level representatives of the 53 Member States  will take part in a meeting being held in Copenhagen, Denmark on 15–18 September 2014 where the following will be presented: Investing in children: the European child and adolescent health strategy 2015–2020

Department for Education and Department of Health: 0 to 25 SEND code of practice: guide for health professionals
Published 9 September 2014

A guide for health professionals on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. Read it here
This guide should be read alongside the ‘Special education needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25’. Read it here.


Things that were very good

The Library's Infobites Special by Ross Fisher on Presentation Skills.  You can see his blog on the subject here

Ross mentioned a book which he recommended that people read. The Illingworth Library is ordering copies of "Presentation Zen" and "Presentation Zen Design" which will be available for you to borrow.


Things to do whilst asleep!
The brain is still active while we are asleep, say scientists, who found people were able to classify words during their slumber. The sleeping brain can perform complex tasks, particularly if the task is automated, the study says.
Further research will now focus on how to take advantage of our sleeping time. see the BBC news report here

Things to do whilst awake!

An exhibition on art inspired by the National Fairground archive opened on 10th September and runs until the 8th January. Six artists are presented who have interpreted the NFA collections in their own unique and incredible way. This exhibition will include original materials alongside the archival objects that have inspired each work.

to download a flyer click here.






September things - blackberries
If you are out and about this weekend you may want to go blackberry picking.  Use the fruits of your labour in this delicious looking recipe for Blackberry & clotted cream shortcake
Find it here.

Things in the library 5 Sept

Thing not to be missed... InfoBites Special 

‘Presentation Skills’ with guest presenter Mr Ross Fisher (SCH Consultant Paediatric Surgeon) Tuesday 9th Sept 2014 13:00 prompt in the library for a 20 min presentation.Bring your lunch and enjoy our cakey bites. If you haven't seen his blog on the subject find it here

Things integrated

Integrated care plans for children with disabilities will give physios a holistic view of their young clients, said Samantha Old, chair of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in the Community.From 1 September a single education, health and care (EHC) plan for children with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities will replace statements and learning difficulty assessments. Find out more here 

Things published

The PCF has developed a tool to support the commissioning of integrated,community-based, paediatric continence services, called the Paediatric Continence Commissioning Guide.This has been accredited by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), and endorsed by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) and the Community Practitioners’ and Health Visitors’ Association (CPHVA).Ahead of its formal launch in conjunction with the NICE quality standard on nocturnal enuresis on Thursday 18th September, it can be found here.

Things children feel about their lives

The Children's Society have published their Good Childhood Report 2014 which reveals that children in England ranked ninth out of 11 countries surveyed for subjective well-being, ahead of only South Korea and Uganda. In a separate survey, England also fared slightly worse than Scotland and Wales.In addition, around 13% of 10 to 13 year olds are unhappy with the way they look, with girls faring much worse (18%) than boys (9%).Children who are regularly active have higher well-being compared to children who are not. And children who use computers and the internet regularly have higher well-being than children who do not.Around 10% of children living with a severely depressed mother had low well-being, compared to around 6% of children who did not.Children who felt poorer were twice as likely to say they were unhappy and almost three  times more likely to say they had low life satisfaction.

Things to tour

The University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 2RX Friday 12 September, 10am-4pm No booking required

The Medical School is the oldest establishment of higher or professional education in Sheffield, dating back to at least 1828.  They are very proud of the achievements of the students, staff and alumni across nearly 200 years of history.The major £5 million refurbishment of the Medical School in 2012 has been a fantastic opportunity to recognise a selection of the people who have contributed to the reputation of medical education in the city.

Self-guided tours will take place throughout the day and will feature key elements of the Medical School's History including the recently refurbished Heritage Room.  The tour will conclude with the Exhibition titled World War I -Sheffield Cares for the Wounded. This fascinating exhibition covers the help given by Sheffield Medics during World War I

Things FYI

Ever wondered what any particular acronym or abbreviations stands for this site might help. You can search within results by topics including medical, slang, organisations, technology etc

Thing in the library 22 Aug

You will have to forgive us (me)  if the library is a little slower than usual to respond to requests at the moment - there is only me here until the 1st September. Remember we will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday and only open until 17:00 the rest of next week.

Things for Allied Health Professionals

http://www.caresearch.com.au/caresearch/tabid/2115/Default.aspx

The Clinical Academic Training Fellowship for Allied Health Professionals. Registration for the FREE Sheffield fellowship event for AHPs is now open. For AHPs wanting to know more about how to apply for NIHR or MRC fellowships or how to make the transition from allied health into clinical academic research.  Advice on how to develop your CV for applications in the future will also be available.  Thursday 18 September 2014 10:00 – 16:00 ScHARR, The University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield S1 4DA. To book, go to http://goo.gl/2dnlYC and complete the online form. For more information about the RDS YH 'Focus on Fellowships' events or general enquiries, please contact Clare Clarke on 0114 222 0798 or clare.clarke@nihr.ac.uk.

Things we don't have in the library..yet...
The Welsh Government is supporting a pilot scheme that aims to bring 3D printing to front-line NHS staff.The project is looking at how 3D photography and 3D printing could be used in areas such as burns therapy and wound-care.The project is funded by the Welsh Government Health Technology and Telehealth Fund and run by consultancy PDR, which has experience of using 3D printing in medical applications.The funding will pay for five scanners and a 3D printer. The scanners will be used to capture patient data, which will be sent to PDR where the consultancy will use it to design patient-specific devices such as prostheses or cutting and drilling guides.The aim is to enable low-cost access to 3D printing that will allow NHS staff to commission custom-fitting devices.The project is being backed by the Centre for Applied Reconstructive Technologies in Surgery in Wales. Source Design Week

Things we do have....
The library has a colour printer/scanner where you can pdf documents to your hospital email address free of charge - subject to copyright restrictions. Normal printing costs 5p a side b/w & 25p for colour

Things on the hospital intranet
For SCH staff there is a new way to access clinical guidelines on the intranet. Just open the intranet front page and click on the clinical guidelines bear icon.This is located on the bottom left hand side of the intranet front page.  When you click on the icon you will be taken to a page where you can choose to access the medical and laboratory handbooks as single PDF documents or use the new Q-Pulse Clinical Guidelines search link. This will take you to a search terms form. Enter your keyword search term to identify the appropriate guideline. This may result in several guideline titles being displayed that link to your search term. Titles are hyperlinked and clicking on the most appropriate choice will take you directly to the guidelines.

Things about mental health
The National Institute of Health Research recently published this article 'Developing a model of mental health self-care support for children and young people through an integrated evaluation of available types of provision involving systematic review, meta-analysis and case study' Health Serv Deliv Res 2014;2(18)

Thing on Health Information Management
The 17th International Symposium for Health Information Management Research (ISHIMR), will take place on 25-26 June 2015, at York St John University, in York  ISHIMR 2015 is a collaboration between York St John University and the University of Sheffield. ISHIMR 2015 will bring together researchers in the general area of e-health, health informatics and health information management and will provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of their research activities.ISHIMR 2015 will feature oral and poster presentations, a doctoral symposium and invited keynote speakers. ISHIMR 2015 will include a multi-disciplinary audience and the opportunity for discussions and research collaborations between academia, government and industry.The main themes of interest include, but are not restricted to:

• Health Data Management Strategies
• Health Information Management Strategies
• Health Knowledge Management Strategies
• Emerging Trends in Health Informatics
• Health Informatics Systems

 Please see the ISHIMR 2015 web-site (www.ishimr2015.com) for a list of the topics under each theme. You are invited to consider submitting your research contributions or practical experience reports to the conference when the 1st call for papers is made in September 2014. All papers will be blind peer-reviewed by at least two members of the Programme Committee.The deadline for submission of papers and poster abstracts is: 15th January 2015.

Things mapped
NICE Guidelines are mapped with an online tool which provides quick and easy access, topic by topic, to the range of guidance from NICE, including quality standards, technology appraisals, clinical, public health and social care guidelines and NICE implementation tools. NICE Pathways can be accessed here

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Things to do over the Bank Holiday
If you are short of ideas and are not at work this weekend, then check out 'Welcome to Sheffield' ....... alternatively you can help me lay 100 paving slabs at the bottom of my garden!!


Things to cook
Lots of tomatoes around at the moment so how about this savoury tarte tatin with sweet and sour-slow cooked tomatoes on a crisp puff pastry base

Things in the library 8 Aug

Good Things
Overall Good is how Sheffield Children's Hospital was rated by the Care Quality Commission in the report published on 5th August 2014.
You can see the report here
The CQC has also published Getting it right for children & young people (including those transitioning into adult services): a report on the CQC’s new approach to inspection.  Some of the report's recommendations formed the basis of the pilot inspection of our Trust.

Things the Trust is involved in - Genes
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust and Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to be a Genomic Medicine Centre. This is part of the 100,000 Genomes project aiming to provide a resource for research into the genetic basis of disease.
The Clinical Genetics department leads on research into Juvenile Huntington's disease and last week received a visit from a Belgian cyclist who is raising awareness of the disease.

Things you copy

For the next 6 weeks you will see these yellow boxes next to photocopiers in the Trust. The Copyright Licensing Agency is collecting data on what is copied so authors, artists and publishers are correctly remunerated for their work. Instructions next to the boxes will tell you what to do. There will also be a survey of what material is scanned and sent but will be undertaken by an identified number of individuals.







Things to help you 
The Library's Clinical Question Answering Service
If you need help to find the evidence to write guidelines, care plans, make clinical decisions, update your knowledge,  look no further than the library.  Sarah & Gill can do free literature searches for you and send you relevant articles (small charge for these). We  have recently received positive feedback that our work significantly helped a department with their decision making.  To request a literature search fill in this form.

Friday things - FISH
This creamy tart is full of smoky fish and sweet prawns, but less heavy than the usual mash-topped pie

The recipe can be found on the BBC Good Food site here.

Things in the library 1st Aug

Things back in the library..me

Nice B & B location! ©Gill Kaye 2014

..after a lovely holiday in Kefalonia I was straight off to a 2 day conference of Health Librarians in Oxford. There were over 200 delegates from all health sectors: NHS trusts, Primary Care, Professional bodies, Charities, Universities etc. A fantastic if hectic 2 days with lots of good ideas for future service development - a couple of quotes that have stuck with me that summarise for me why our role as librarians is important
[healthcare staff need to spend] "less time finding info & knowledge and more time using it"
"Getting information off the internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant" [you will be swamped]

Things published
NICE have published quality standard guideline on 'Feverish illness in children under 5 years' read it here
Public Health England have published their Annual flu programme information: training slides and publicity matierial available here

©Gill Kaye 2014

Things to remember

We are now into holiday opening hours so will be closing at 17:00 every weekday until 1st September - out of hours books can be left in the book drop box.
Don't forget your holiday reading - or sit on your Kindle like I did!

Things Yorkshire

Today is Yorkshire Day and there is a quiz here..I got 12 out of 15...can you beat me?




Things to do
Learn to Swim for adults - never too late to learn or improve
Sport Sheffield are offering Adult Swimming Lessons to Adults keen to learn to swim. If you are interested please call 0114 222 6999 - places limited - sessions over the summer for:
Swim for Fitness   Beginners 1   Beginners 2   Improvers
Mandarin Summer School  Get your kids to learn Chinese
Organised by the Confucius Institute at the University of Sheffield (SCI), which disseminates Chinese language and culture to the wider communities, Mandarin Summer School provides fun-learning and play care for school-age children (aged 5-16) during summer holiday.Booking via the University online store:
 Activities include:
 - Spoken Mandarin language
 - Pinyin- the phonetic system and Chinese characters
 - Chinese writing and calligraphy
 - Chinese painting
 - Drawing and colouring
 - Arts and Crafts
 - Kung Fu fans and swords
 - Folk dance
 - Storytelling and cultural knowledge
 - Games and plays