Hands-on UpToDate Training 05/08/13

All staff and students on placement with Barts Health NHS Trust are invited to a session where all  the questions you have about UpToDate can be answered. UpToDate is a clinical decision support system that uses current evidence to answer clinical questions quickly and easily at the point of care.

This event will be held in the Library at Newham University Hospital and facilitated by Jennifer Lewis, a representative from UpToDate.

Monday, 05 August 2013

1.00 - 2.00 pm

Come along and learn about essential components on UpToDate as well as tips that will save you time when conducting searches. UpToDate can be linked from the "I want to" panel of the Trust Intranet and the Library Catalogue Homepage. It is also available offsite using your NHS Athens username and password.

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BMJ Learning via Athens

All Barts Health NHS Trust staff and students on placement have access to BMJ Learning via Athens.

BMJ Learning is an independent online learning service designed to support doctors, nurses, paramedics, GPs, midwives, students and other healthcare practitioners with their personal development, learning, and continuing medical education (CME) needs.

It offers hundreds of short, interactive e-learning modules which cover a range of clinical and non-clinical topics to help you stay up to date with your educational needs, whether they be for training, practice, appraisal, revalidation or exam preparation purposes. There are over 70 specialty areas available to browse.

You can also select content tailored to your profession in 10 languages (You can change your language settings at the top right of the page to view the translated modules).

How do I access it?

You will need NHS Athens username and password to access BMJ Learning. Go to the help guide if you need help obtaining an NHS Athens account. Go to the BMJ Learning homepage once you have your NHS Athens account.

Click on the link the "Sign in" on the top right hand side of the page and select "Athens users sign in here" from the drop down.

                          This opens the Athens authentication page.

Enter your NHS Athens details and login. You will be prompted to register if it is your first time logging on to BMJ Learning via Athens. Click on the "Register now" button at the bottom of the page.

You will be led through the registration steps of creating your BMJ Learning account where you can give details about yourself and your profession.

You will only need to go through this process once. Once your account is set up, you can use BMJ Learning from computers with internet access anywhere.

When next you login, use the "Athens users sign in here" option from the "sign in" drop down at the top right hand corner of the home page (Your NHS Athens account and BMJ Learning account would have been linked together during your registration).

Once registered and logged in, you can set up weekly personalised updates on modules relevant to you by signing up for email alerts from BMJ Learning on your home page. You can also access your BMJ portfolio, recommended modules and the most popular modules from your home page.

You can browse also browse all modules by specialty or search.

If you have any problems do not hesitate to contact your local NHS Library.

Knowledge and Library Services                                       Knowledge and Library Services
Newham University Hospital                                             Whipps Cross University Hospital
020 7363 8016                                                                020 8535 6973