New subscription - UpToDate

UpToDate is a ‘point of care’ evidence-based information resource. It includes original content that is written, reviewed and continually updated by a faculty of more than 5,100 leading clinicians.  Source material includes 460 journals, medical databases, published clinical trial data and conference proceedings.  There are over 9,500 topics in 19 specialties, many with graded treatment recommendations.

Access UpToDate in the following ways:

• Link from the Clinical Systems page of the Intranet (Acute Trust staff only).
• Off site/mobile at http://www.uptodate.com (login with your Athens account). 

The subscription has been funded with kind support from the Medical Education Committees at Alexandra Hospital.

If you have any questions about how to access and make best use of UpToDate please contact your local health library.

Free trial to BMJ Best Practice

 

 

What is Best Practice?

Best Practice is a ‘point of care’ evidence-based information resource.  It combines the latest research evidence (including content from Clinical Evidence), guidelines and expert opinion – presented in a step-by-step approach, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.

According to BMJ “Best Practice provides a second opinion in an instant, without the need for checking multiple resources”.

When and Where?

The trial is running throughout July 2012.

Access (no login needed) from the Clinical Systems page of the Acute Trust Intranet.  (http://nww.worcsacute.nhs.uk/clinical-systems.aspx). 

So, what did you think?

We really need your feedback to help us decide whether this is a useful resource for staff.  You will see a link to our short feedback form (in the right-hand panel) once you have carried out a search.  Please give us your views, it will only take a minute.

Please look out for a similar trial to UpToDate (http://www.uptodate.com) in September 2012.

Point of care evidence-based information resources.

Worcestershire Health Libraries are keen to discover from clinical staff working for the NHS in Worcestershire the existing level of use and preferences for ‘point of care’ evidence-based online resources such as UpToDate and BMJ’s Best Practice.

We are planning to set up free trials over the summer of 2012 to give staff the opportunity to use these resources in clinical settings and give us feedback.  Resources being considered for trial include UpToDate, Dynamed, BMJ Best Practice/Clinical Evidence, OvidMD, MDConsult, Essential Evidence Plus but these will be decided based on feedback from staff.

If this is an area of interest to you please contact lucy.vaux-harvey@worcsacute.nhs.uk with your preferred choice of resources to trial (max. 2 from the list above or alternatives) and brief reasons for recommending them.  It would also be useful to know whether you are willing to be involved in providing some feedback on the resources following the trials.

FY1s - free 12 month subscription to BMJ BestPractice

BMJ Publishing are offering a 12 month free subscription to Best Practice to all FY1s.  To sign up go to
http://bestpractice.bmj.com/best-practice/marketing/f1-sub.html

According to their website,  Best Practice combines "the latest research evidence, guidelines and expert opinion – presented in a step-by-step approach, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Best Practice provides a second opinion in an instant, without the need for checking multiple resources". more information can be found at http://bestpractice.bmj.com/best-practice/welcome.html.