Spring Study Day – 8th May

Please save the above date for our Spring Study Day!  This will be a joint day with IFMH and will include the hot topics of change management and business planning for your library.  The event will be from 10am (registration) until 3.30pm. at the Angel Hotel in Cardiff.  Details to be sent out shortly.  The registration fee is at a reasonable £20 for HLG/HLGW/IFMH members!

What would you like for a study day or CPD?

Here is your chance to add the topics you would like to see HLG Wales present in study days or any other CPD activities.  Just click on the Comment link and add your suggestion – these will be gathered to present at the next Committee meeting planning the 2009 training calendar.

Thank you!!

Critical appraisal for healthcare librarians: an interactive workshop

Presented by: the Support Unit for Research Evidence, Cardiff University

 

Where: National Collaborating Centre for Cancer, 2nd Floor, Park House
Greyfriars Road, Cardiff CF10 3AF

 

When:  Thursday, 13^th November, 2008; 10.00am coffee/tea/registration; 10.30-3.30 programme (including lunch)

 

Registration price: £70 members of HLGW; £100 non-members

Please contact Katrina Dalziel, k.dalziel@swan.ac.uk, to register for the day.

 

Healthcare librarians are in the frontline when it comes to the translation of evidence into medical practice. They are responsible both for identifying best available evidence through the application of search and appraisal skills and for developing those skills in healthcare professionals.

 

This workshop has been designed enhance existing appraisal skills and to look at how to facilitate the use of critical appraisal in a range of clinical settings.  The format will be highly interactive, with a mix of presentations, group work and discussions.

By the end of the course participants will:

• have a clear understanding of the following types of research:
  • systematic reviews 
  • randomised controlled trials
  • qualitative studies
• be aware of how these study types add to the evidence base;
• be familiar with the appraisal process for each type;
• understand the fundamentals of statistics* necessary for critical appraisal;
• be able to facilitate the development of critical appraisal skills in others. 

Who should attend: Library and information staff working in a health setting or anyone involved with teaching critical appraisal skills.

 

Workshop attendees will be required to do around 3 hours of pre-work.

 

 

 

* Note: this is not a statistics course.

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HLG Wales Autumn Study Day and Workshop

HLG Wales Autumn Study Day and Workshop

Teaching Critical Appraisal Skills

Presented by members of the Support for Research Evidence Unity (SURE), Cardiff University 

Date: 13th November  Place: National Collaborating Centre for Cancer, Cardiff 

Registration price: £70 members of HLGW; £100 non-members  Full programme and registration details to follow shortly.

HLG Wales Spring Study Day

The Spring Study Day for HLG Wales happened on the 2nd of May at Swansea University’s Library and Information Centre.  We had 14 people in attendance from all sectors of healthcare libraries – it is nice to have such a variety of people there!  The theme was on Web2.0 for health libraries.

The day began with a talk by Rebecca Mogg, Cardiff Univeristy, on podcasting.  Cardiff University Library has a great blog on writing an essay, which can be found at - http://www.xpressradio.co.uk/shows/student-survival-guide-to-writing-a-good-essay .  After the presentation, everyone was given the opportunity to try out podcasting themselves using the Audacity software.  Participants were asked to interview each other on why they have gone into health librarianship and what changes they have seen since their first job. 

After a very large and tasty lunch buffet and AGM, the programme continued with a presentation on Current Awareness.  Unfortunately the original speaker could not make the day, so Katrin and I waffled through the notes and the presentation!  Luckily there were a lot of good suggested sites for people to go to and points to ponder.  All due to the good powerpoint and notes from the creator! 

The day finished with blogging as Jane Perry, Powys Local Health Board, spoke about her blogging experience – http://powyslhblibrary.blogspot.com/ .  Jane, like most of us, has fallen into blogging accidently and has come up with a very informative site for information.  Everyone then was able to break into groups and try blogging out themselves, using WordPress free blogging site.  As usual with every piece of technology, some things didn’t work on the day for everyone!  But at least we got a flavour of what blogging is all about.

Our next study day in the Autumn will be on teaching critical appraisal skills – one that is bound to be very popular!!

HLG Spring Study Day

Welcome to all of you attending the study day.  I hope you find the day fun and informative.  Thanks for your support in HLG Wales!