A  practical, hands-on 121 session looking at how to formulate a search strategy, search databases and find articles and research to support your practice or studies. Please bring a suitable topic with you and we will work through the search together. You will need to have registered for an Open Athens account and password to access online resources.

This session will provide an introduction to critical appraisal for study, research, journal clubs or professional development. It is in two parts and will cover both quantitative and qualitative research and the sessions can be delivered separately. The sessions are interactive and you will be expected to undertake an appraisal, with support, using critical appraisal checklists.

Become confident in how to interpret medical terms. You will discover the origins of medical language; recognise the component parts of medical terms and become familiar with terms for different anatomical structures, functions and systems. An accompanying handbook is available from the Library and must be collected prior to the course. It is also possible to access a narrated powerpoint via the intranet, please ask for details.

Health literacy is a person’s ability to access, understand, appraise and use information and services to make decisions about health. Everyone who works in a healthcare setting, regardless of role, needs to be aware of the barriers and difficulties experienced by many patients to understand information and manage their own health, as this impacts on their wellbeing, their illness and the services they use. This session can be delivered as a short awareness workshop, or expanded into a full day’s workshop. A shorter 30 minute version is delivered with all library inductions.

This is an opportunity to learn how to cite and reference sources of information correctly and how to use quotations and paraphrasing appropriately. The aim of this 1 hour session is to give you the skills to avoid plagiarism.

Inductions are offered on a pre-arranged or ad hoc basis. Group inductions are 1 hour and cover the basics of using the Library plus an introduction to health literacy awareness. 121 inductions are more tailored to your information needs.

To book any course or an induction, please email library@wsh.nhs.uk