TRAINING DATES

To enable you to plan ahead, here are our training dates for the next several months. Note there are no training dates in August
Bite Size Option : Internet for Beginners
AIM: To gain awareness of the range of Internet sites which contain quality health information and to feel confident navigating these sites.
07 September 2009 Monday 12 – 1pm

Bite Size Option : Electronic Books
AIM: How to access and use e-books efficiently from home. Some time will be spent exploring the library catalogue.
22 October 2009 Thursday 12 – 1pm

BITE SIZED OPTION Finding Journal Articles
AIM: To be able to access the full text of a journal article from a known reference
14 July 2009 Tuesday 12 – 1 pm
16 September 2009 Wednesday 8.30 – 9.30am
12 October 2009 Monday 4 -5pm

BITE SIZED OPTION Literature Searching
AIM: To introduce the clinical databases and learn how to conduct a quick but effective search.
29 July 2009 Wednesday 9 -10am
25 September 2009 Friday 9 – 10am
27 October 2009 Tuesday 4 – 5pm

Bite Sized Option: ATHENS It’s all Greek to me!
AIM: To provide an overview of the Athens authentication system and electronic resources via NHS Evidence (National Library for Health)
23 July 2009 Thursday 4 - 5pm
05 October 2009 Monday 9 – 10am

Critically Reviewing Research Evidence - Qualitative and Quantitative
Currently we have no facilitator for these sessions

Evidence Based Resources : The Cochrane Library and More
AIM: To understand the purpose and explore the use of prime sources of evidence-based information.
10 July 2009 Friday 9 – 12pm
14 October 2009 Wednesday 1.30 – 4.30pm

IN DEPTH Literature Searching
AIM: To be able to formulate your search strategy by using the PICO method. To provide a comprehensive overview of the NHS clinical databases and to be able to search these effectively using advanced techniques.
16 July 2009 Thursday 1.30 - 4.30pm
30 September 2009 Wednesday 9am - 12 *
30 October 2009 Friday 1.30 - 4.30pm

Using PubMed Effectively
AIM: To provide an introduction to using PubMed for finding journal articles, including the full text of articles where available
06 July 2009 Monday 9.30 - 12am
04 September 2009 Friday 9.30 -12am