Information skills training 2013

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All our training dates for 2013 are now available on the Library web site.

Our courses are free to access for NHS staff and attached students and can be booked directly via any of our library sites.

Our courses are aimed at both clinicians and managers who want to be able to use the best possible evidence to support their decision making.

They are run at a variety of locations, including the Berrywood and Northampton General Hospitals and Bevan House in Kettering.

Our Evidence for Health course is a great introduction to finding healthcare related information on the Internet. This course is totally hands on and uses sites like NHS Evidence and TRIP, and even includes the advance searching option in Google.

If you need to find journal articles we have a literature searching course. You'll learn how to effectively search healthcare databases like Medline, the British Nursing Index or HMIC (Health Management) to find the information you need and access full text electronic journal articles.

Of course, once you've found the information, you'll need to know how to assess it, and our Critical Appraisal Skills programme can help. Our Introduction to Critical Appraisal will give you a basic understanding of the terminology and process, whilst our highly interactive Critical Appraisal in Action session gives you the opportunity to appraise a piece of research in a group facilitated by a librarian.

We can also create a tailored session for your department and can also do one to one sessions if you can't make any of our dates, and we can even come to you.