Surrey and Sussex Library and Knowledge Services: Training

If you need:

• To find articles, guidelines, key documents relevant to your clinical practice
• To gain a better understanding of best care for specific patient groups
• Support in carrying out an audit

The Library can:

• Help you get started
• Discuss your current search with you
• Highlight examples of best practice and provide summaries of clinical evidence
• Support your professional and personal development
• Introduce and assist you with the databases, including Medline, Embase, CINAHL… (and more!)
• Provide essential skills needed to effectively search for evidence and support your research, focusing on keywords and creating a robust search strategy.

Sessions are available both in person and via MS Teams. If you are interested, please complete the online form.

Did you know that within the area local to East Surrey Hospital, the estimated prevalence of combined low health literacy and health numeracy is 50.61%, and around Crawley Hospital, it is even higher at 62.77%? This means a significant percentage of our patients do not understand the information they receive from us, whether spoken, in a letter, or in a patient information leaflet.

That the CQC looks for evidence of people having their communication needs met and that information is shared in a way that can be understood?

That effective communication can be a key factor in patient safety incidents?

The HEE definition of patient-centred care is that care is focused on the needs of the individual, including communications.

And did you know that the SaSH Library and Knowledge Team offer tailored information sessions around health literacy?

• We can arrange a session with your team at a time and place to suit you.
• Our sessions are informative, interactive, and highlight tools to help your team improve their written and spoken communication skills.

Aiding you through an ever-changing digital landscape by:

• Highlighting key benefits
• Raising AI awareness
• Highlighting possible challenges
• Improving your AI detection skills
• A place to share experiences
• Examining useful tools

Are you thinking of publishing a Systematic Review?

This one-hour session will cover what is needed for a systematic review search:

• How to use PRISMA and the PRISMA flowchart
• Screening
• Protocols and where to publish your protocol