Training sessions

Learn more about using MS Teams, MS Forms and OneNote at work with our Breakfast Bites sessions.

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View the training schedule and book on to a specific session via the Eventbrite link below.

Each session is 30 minutes long between 8:30am and 9:00am

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 The September - December 2024 Lunch and Learn schedule is now available.

Please email Kerry.Seelhoff@nhs.net to book your place. 

Topics covered: 

- Evidence searching tips

- Accessing and using electronic resources

- Reflective writing tips

- Academic writing tips

- Critical appraisal tips

- Report writing for apprentices

 

 

Use the Eventbrite link to view the sessions and book a place for Lunch and Learn sessions covering:

 - MS Teams

 - MS Forms

 - OneNote

 

 Contact rosy.bennett@nhs.net for more information.

 

Sessions are delivered 1:1 or in small groups, face-to-face or online via Teams.

Training is discussed and arranged on request. The courses that are currently offered are as follows:

MS Excel and MS PowerPoint Training. Please complete the form to request training: https://forms.office.com/e/0k6MsvT99v

Please contact Rosy.Bennett@nhs.net.

Please complete the online evaluation form after the training session here.

 

 

• Learn about the significance of health literacy
• Gain proficiency in employing various straightforward techniques such asTeachBack, chunk and check, utilising visuals, and plain language to enhance communication and ensure comprehension with others
• Following each segment, you'll have the opportunity to draft an action plan detailing how you'll implement these techniques in your work.

The following dates are available:

• 21 November 2024 10:00am - 11:00am
• 18 December 2024 10:30am -11:30am

   Book to attend via this link: https://shorturl.at/beyV4

•  Learn to search for journal article abstracts/citations using quality healthcare databases, incl. Medline, BNI (British Nursing Index), CINAHL, PsycINFO, or HMIC (Health Management Information Consortium
• Find out how to access over 2,000 full-text journals
• Good for evidence-based practice, research, audit, or guideline writing
• Databases for all disciplines including medical, nursing, psychology and the therapies
• Requires some internet experience
• Duration: 60 minutes for the online sessions and 90 minutes for the face to face sessions.

Dates available:

Face to face: 

• 3 December 2024 13:30-15:00

Online:

• 19 November 2024 10:00am -11:00am
• 18 December 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm

To book to attend training, please use the Eventbrite link.

The most recent training guides are available below;

• Ovid Training Guide 2024
• ProQuest Training Guide 2024
• Ebsco Training Guide 2024
• PubMed Training Guide 2024

Other database searching

Electronic healthcare resources ‘grand tour’

• Take a 'grand tour' of the diverse online resources provided nationally and locally by your health library;

• Gain an overview of which resource specialises in which type of question and subject area;

• Good for confident internet users who want to know what is out there for them;

• Duration: 60 minutes.

A new training guide will be available soon.

Pick up some tips and develop your critical appraisal skills at our critical appraisal sessions.

These can be delivered one-to-one or as a group, such as supporting a session at your journal club.

We can either help you appraise a particular paper or highlight some useful resources, such as the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme.

Email Kerry Seelhoff (Clinical Librarian) at: esth.libraryepsom@nhs.net to find out more.

We now provide digital literacy training via the NHS Digital Learning Solutions platform.

All staff at Epsom and St Helier can register for an account and use the training modules available.

These include:

- Microsoft Office Word

- Excel

- PowerPoint

We are relaunching the Digital Learning Solutions virtual and face-to-face, mediated training. If you would like training on Excel or Powerpoint, please complete the Expressions of Interest form and Rosy will contact you to arrange a session.

Weekly or one-off sessions are available for small groups or indiviuals. Contact Rosy at rosy.bennett@nhs.net if you are interested in this training.  

 

Searching the Cochrane Library

• Learn how use the Cochrane Library, a collection of evidence-based databases

• Search for systematic reviews and current clinical trials

• Good for clinical effectiveness research

• Not ideal for information searching novices;

• Duration: 60 minutes.

Download the Cochrane Training Guide 

Six Ws

• An introduction to healthcare resources available to NHS Staff electronically via the internet, including how and when to access resources

• Have an understanding of what resources to use to access different types of information

• Know who each resource is aimed at, e.g. patient information

• Duration: 40 minutes.

A new training guide will be available soon.

Think you can Google?

• Learn to find quality healthcare information on the internet effectively

• Overview of the search engine Google: tips on how to search Google effectively using the advanced search option, Google Scholar and Google Books search

• Good for literature and information searching novices

• Duration: 40 minutes.

Download the Think you can Google Guide