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Friday 26 October 2007
I read the news today - keeping up with health news
Wednesday 24 October 2007
Managing your references - RefWorks
If you've ever struggled last minute to sort your references to add as a bibliography to a dissertation or literature review, or organise your references for publication in a journal, or even just wondered how to organise your references without having to type in each one by hand then RefWorks is just what you are looking for.
RefWorks helps to manage your references in the same way that Endnote or Reference Manager would. You can download and import your references (including abstracts) direct from the databases (Medline, Cinahl, Cochrane, PubMed) and import them into Refworks. From there you can;
- organise your references into folders
- delete duplicates
- search for authors
- edit your references
- create a bibliography in an output format of your choosing (Harvard, Vancouver, BMJ, etc).
Tuesday 2 October 2007
Keeping up-to-date with new documents on the www - Document Awareness Bulletin
Keeping up-to-date with new policies, guidelines, consultations, statistics, local and national reports, conferences and events of relevance to PCT staff can be a time-consuming process.
The Document Awareness Bulletin aims to keep NHS staff working primarily in the PCTs up-to-date with new reports etc. The Bulletin is compiled by librarians in Merseyside and Cheshire (including myself!) who scan websites (inclusing Department of Health, Health Protection Agency, Every Child Matters, Kings FUnd, NICE, etc.) for new documents and send out via email on a bi-weekly basis.
Also included in the Bulletin are abstracts of selected research articles (with a PCT focus) published in peer-reviewed journals. Full text can be obtained upon request.
A sample of this week's items include:
Investigating drinking behaviours and alcohol knowledge amongst people resident in the Linacre and Derby wards of Sefton: interim report (17th September 2007)
This reports evaluates the impact of Sefton Primary Care Trust's social marketing campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the negative consequences of excessive alcohol use.
http://www.cph.org.uk/cph_pubs/reports/CH/Sefton Social Marketing Interim Report.pdf
How to put NICE Guidance into practice (24th September 2007)
This guide aims to help organisations: implement NICE guidance and other national policy; comply with core and developmental standards set in Standards for better health; meet the Healthcare Commission’s expectations. This guide is split into three parts – the first two focus on organisations directly responsible for implementation, and the third focuses on commissioning organisations.
http://www.nice.org.uk/download.aspx?o=455522
Why Your Child's Weight Matters (updated 13th September 2007)
The Government has developed a booklet for parents: "Why your child’s weight matters", which includes information on the National Child Measurement Programme, why maintaining a healthy weight is important, and the steps that parents can take to help their family develop a healthy lifestyle.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dID=148513&Rendition=Web
GP Profiles on NHS Choices (13th September 2007)
Letter from Mark Britnell, Director General of Commissioning and System Management, outlining a proposed initiative to enable GPs to directly change online information on the NHS Choices website.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dID=148542&Rendition=Web
To sign-up to the Bulletin email Michelle at madenm@edgehill.ac.uk
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