Skills Training - Northern
The Library teacher-trainers offer training in a number of information-related skills to support clinical, corporate, personal or professional learning and development.
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"The librarian listened to my needs and tailored the session so that I would get the most out of it. They concentrated on what I found most difficult to understand and from that I finally feel able to go forward with my research question independently. Thank you so much!"
"It (the training) was clear and I could ask questions. Having the presentations to use later on was so useful."
"They were great at explaining and answering. The session was relaxed but full of useful info. The session met my needs for my requirements and I felt it was tailored to me specifically. Great service and the librarian was really knowledgeable. Thank you."
"Just wanted to say a massive thank you for all of the help you gave **** with writing and researching her essay for the critical care course.
She passed with an amazing 68%, which is even more amazing when you consider that she has never even written an academic essay in the past, let alone one in English!
I’m super proud of her and I know that she was incredibly grateful for all of your help and support too."
All sessions are available as either face-to-face or online via Teams
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All of our sessions are linked to professional standards and frameworks to support professional development, these are indicated alongside each session where appropriate.
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40 minutes : Evidence searching - What is your question?
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Join this session if:
- You need to find the best evidence to support patient care or service improvement
- You need to search the literature/evidence for your studies, research project or dissertation, or for the purposes of audit
- You are required to do any form of literature review.
- You are embarking on a course of study, are writing an assignment, are returning to study or are researching a CPD topic
| Session Content | Professional Standards |
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What makes an effective question What do you want from your question PICO and other frameworks |
HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics - Sections 2.5, 2.6, 3.3, 3.4, 10.1 GMC Professional Capabilities Framework - Domain 3, 6, 9 NMC Code - Sections 6.1, 6.2, 8.6, 9.4, 22.3 GPhC Standards for Pharmacy Professionals - Sections 1, 4, 5 IHM Code of Practice - Responsibility, Professionalism Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers in England - Sections 3.6, 6.4, 6.6 RCN Nursing Workforce Standards – Standard 10.a Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice- 4.1 , 4.3 , 4.4 |
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Learning Outcomes |
E-learning |
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Understand what makes an effective question Be able to identify what outcomes you are looking for from your question Understand how PICO and other frameworks help you develop your question |
40 minutes : Evidence searching - Create a Search Strategy
Book via our online form
Join this session if:
- You need to find the best evidence to support patient care or service improvement
- You need to search the literature/evidence for your studies, research project or dissertation, or for the purposes of audit
- You are required to do any form of literature review.
- You are embarking on a course of study, are writing an assignment, are returning to study or are researching a CPD topic
| Session Content | Professional Standards |
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How to create a search strategy Boolean, synonyms, phrase searching, truncation The language of searching |
HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics - Sections 2.5, 2.6, 3.3, 3.4, 10.1 GMC Professional Capabilities Framework - Domain 3, 6, 9 NMC Code - Sections 6.1, 6.2, 8.6, 9.4, 22.3 GPhC Standards for Pharmacy Professionals - Sections 1, 4, 5 IHM Code of Practice - Responsibility, Professionalism Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers in England - Sections 3.6, 6.4, 6.6 RCN Nursing Workforce Standards – Standard 10.a Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice- 4.1 , 4.3 , 4.4 |
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Learning Outcomes |
E-learning |
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Understand what makes an effective search strategy Develop understanding of search language, boolean operators and phrase searching |
40 minutes : Evidence searching - Start Searching
Book via our online form
Join this session if:
- You need to find the best evidence to support patient care or service improvement
- You need to search the literature/evidence for your studies, research project or dissertation, or for the purposes of audit
- You are required to do any form of literature review.
- You are embarking on a course of study, are writing an assignment, are returning to study or are researching a CPD topic
| Session Content | Professional Standards |
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Identify the literature/evidence that has been written on your topic Use your scoping searches to help refine your search strategy by identifying different terminology, spellings and alternative terms |
HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics - Sections 2.5, 2.6, 3.3, 3.4, 10.1 GMC Professional Capabilities Framework - Domain 3, 6, 9 NMC Code - Sections 6.1, 6.2, 8.6, 9.4, 22.3 GPhC Standards for Pharmacy Professionals - Sections 1, 4, 5 IHM Code of Practice - Responsibility, Professionalism Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers in England - Sections 3.6, 6.4, 6.6 RCN Nursing Workforce Standards – Standard 10.a Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice- 4.1 , 4.3 , 4.4 |
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Learning Outcomes |
E-learning |
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A scoping search is a brief search for literature to get an understanding of the extent of the research that exists on that topic. It can range from a quick search in Google to help you define your topic for an assignment, to a more thorough initial search for published and unpublished studies to inform a research proposal or an assignment question |
60 minutes: Making Sense of Evidence Searching: Building a Search Strategy and Using the NHS Search Hub
Book via our online form
Join this session if:
- You need to find the best evidence to support patient care or service improvement
- You need to search the literature/evidence for your studies, research project or dissertation, or for the purposes of audit
- You are required to do any form of literature review.
- You are embarking on a course of study, are writing an assignment, are returning to study or are researching a CPD topic
| Session Content | Professional Standards |
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Search for academic literature and evidence on health topics Carry out a search for evidence on a specific topic using the Knowledge & Library Hub Introduces some advanced techniques, focusing specifically on the Knowledge & Library Hub. |
HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics - Sections 2.5, 2.6, 3.3, 3.4, 10.1 GMC Professional Capabilities Framework - Domain 3, 6, 9 NMC Code - Sections 6.1, 6.2, 8.6, 9.4, 22.3 GPhC Standards for Pharmacy Professionals - Sections 1, 4, 5 IHM Code of Practice - Responsibility, Professionalism Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers in England - Sections 3.6, 6.4, 6.6 RCN Nursing Workforce Standards – Standard 10.a Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice- 4.1 , 4.3 , 4.4 |
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Learning Outcomes |
E-learning |
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Understand where to search for academic literature and evidence on health topics Develop a research question into a structured search strategy Carry out a search for evidence on a specific topic using the Knowledge & Library Hub |
60 minutes: Beginners Guide to Critical Appraisal
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| Session Content | Professional Standards |
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Understand what critical appraisal is Understand the difference between research methods and their applicability Have an insight into the process of critical appraisal Understand and begin interpreting commonly used statistics and theoretical frameworks |
HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics - Sections 2.5, 3.3 GMC Professional Capabilities Framework - Domain 2, 3, 6, 9 NMC Code - Sections 6.1, 6.2, 9.4, 19.2, 22.3 GPhC Standards for Pharmacy Professionals - Sections 4, 5, 8, 9 IHM Code of Practice - Openness, Professionalism Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers in England - Sections 2.4, 3.6, 6.4, 6.6 RCN Nursing Workforce Standards – Standard 10.a Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice – 4.3 |
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Learning Outcomes |
E-learning |
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Understand what critical appraisal is and why it is useful Understand the difference between research methods and their applicability Have an insight into the process of critical appraisal as recommended by CASP for different research methods Understand and begin interpreting commonly used statistics and theoretical frameworks Prepare for undertaking critical appraisal of an article |
30 minutes: Health Literacy – an introduction
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| Session Content | Professional Standards |
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What is health literacy? Impact of low health literacy in Devon Impact of low health literacy on patient and population health and outcomes Importance of simple language |
HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics – Sections 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 2.3, 6.1 GMC Professional Capabilities Framework – Domain 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 NMC Code – Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.3, 7.1, 7.4 GPhC Standards for Pharmacy Professionals – Sections 1, 2, 3, 6 IHM Code of Practice - Respect, Openness Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers in England – Sections 2.4, 3.6, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5 RCN Nursing Workforce Standards – Standard 10.a Care Certificate Standards – Standard 6 – communication Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice – 1.5, 3.3 |
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Learning Outcomes |
E-learning |
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Be able to identify and explain health literacy and its connection to health information, communication and patient health and outcomes Understand the benefits of implementing health literacy into everyday practice Understand how good health literacy practice improves health outcomes |
60 minutes: Health Literacy and Health Inequalities
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| Session Content | Professional Standards |
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Understand and recognise the impact of low health literacy and health inequalities Impact on health outcomes Practical skills - teachback and chunk and check Patient experiences and stories |
HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics – Sections 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 2.3, 6.1 GMC Professional Capabilities Framework – Domain 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 NMC Code – Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.3, 7.1, 7.4 GPhC Standards for Pharmacy Professionals – Sections 1, 2, 3, 6 IHM Code of Practice - Respect, Openness Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers in England – Sections 2.4, 3.6, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5 RCN Nursing Workforce Standards – Standard 10.a Care Certificate Standards – Standard 6 – communication Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice – 1.5, 3.3 |
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Learning Outcomes |
E-learning |
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Understand how to use the techniques of teachback and chunk and check Recognise low health literacy Self reflect on own practice |
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45 minutes: Resources for researchers and searchers
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Join this session if:
- You are an experienced searcher
- Want to find out about the latest resources to support your research
| Session Content | Professional Standards |
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This session is for those who are confident and experienced in conducting their own searches but who want to have an overview of what resources are available. Dive into AI and other tools! You would benefit from this session if you haven’t accessed Library or other academic services in the last 2 years |
HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics - Sections 2.5, 2.6, 3.3, 3.4, 10.1 GMC Professional Capabilities Framework - Domain 3, 6, 9 NMC Code - Sections 6.1, 6.2, 8.6, 9.4, 22.3 GPhC Standards for Pharmacy Professionals - Sections 1, 4, 5 IHM Code of Practice - Responsibility, Professionalism Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers in England - Sections 3.6, 6.4, 6.6 RCN Nursing Workforce Standards – Standard 10.a Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice- 4.1 , 4.3 , 4.4 |
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Learning Outcomes |
E-learning |
30 minutes: Introduction to Knowledge & Library Services
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This 30 minute induction into Knowledge and Library Services will show you:
What resources we have and where to find them?
Accessing OpenAthens
Accessing articles and ebooks
Using the library catalogue
The Knowledge & Library Hub
How to contact us
What we do