Training
The Library offers a range of hands-on, small-group training sessions on using online healthcare databases and other Internet based resources. These courses are free and usually take place in the IT skills training room in the postgraduate centre.
Who are the courses for?
The sessions are open to anyone working in the NHS and will be helpful if you are involved in research, service development or further studies. They will also provide evidence towards your PDR.
Other training options
Our timetabled sessions are generally interdisciplinary but if you would like to organise a session to suit staff from a single discipline, eg physiotherapists, or focusing on a specific subject, eg diabetes, please get in touch. We can also, by appointment, offer support on a one-to-one basis and are happy to visit departments to give brief presentations on online resources.
What courses do we run?
Courses currently on offer from the Library include:
Introduction to healthcare on the internet
An overview of key online resources including Intute and NHS Evidence, and an introduction to search techniques.
Please ask library staff for more information.
Click here to view the course outline
Searching the literature (held in the IT skills training room)
An introduction to Athens, accessing full-text journals
and constructing simple database searches.
Thursday 15th July, 9.30am - 12.30pm
Thursday 2nd September, 9.30am - 12.30pm
Thursday 23rd September, 9.30am - 12.30pm
Wednesday 6th October, 9.30am - 12.30pm
Thursday 11th November, 9.30am - 12.30pm
Friday 10th December, 9.30am - 12.30pm
Click here to view the course outline
Finding the evidence
An introduction to a range of online resources, including The Cochrane Library, and search tools to help you access the most robust evidence.
Please ask library staff for more information.
Click here to view the course outline
How to book a place
Please use this online booking form. If you have any queries before you book please get in touch. We will confirm your place by email and ask you to complete a brief online pre-course questionnaire.
Links
A range of fact sheets on accessing and searching many of the key online healthcare resources can be found under online resources . See our links section for quick links to the major healthcare websites and databases.
You may also find the following e-learning resources helpful:
Database searching tutorials 
Two online tutorials to help you search databases such as Medline and CINAHL via the National Library for Health Search 2.0 interface.
University Hospitals of Leicester
• Principles of searching - introduction to database searching.
• Research methods - types of research methods and hierarchy of evidence.
• Critical reading made easy - introduction to critical appraisal principles and tools.
Intute: virtual training suites
A range of online tutorials on getting the most out of the Internet on medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, allied health, health and social care, nursing, midwifery and health visiting.
