Training and induction
Training sessions available
Who are these training sessions available to?
Where do the training sessions take place?
Book your place on a session or make a training enquiry
What if I need to cancel my booking?
Training session available
The Integrated Library Service (ILS) offers a series of group training sessions to enable you to develop searching and information handling skills.
We also offer some user guides and helpsheets for you to access in the comfort of your own workplace.
Group sessions are listed below and places can be booked for a maximum of 8 people per session.
Finding the Evidence
Do you need to find the evidence (guidelines, journal articles etc.) to support your daily clinical practice, research or audit activities, to prepare for a presentation or teaching, or simply to keep up to date?
Attending a ‘Finding the Evidence’ training session will help you to develop your searching skills and find out which resources to search to make finding the evidence easier and quicker.
Each ‘Finding the Evidence’ session is tailored to suit the requirements of your team, and may include:
• How to develop a research or clinical question into an effective search strategy.
• How to apply search techniques effectively (using AND/OR, wildcards, applying limits, using the thesaurus).
• Searching key health information resources (NHS Evidence, Pubmed, The Cochrane Library, Medline, CINAHL and other health databases).
• Searching Google effectively.
Who are these training sessions available to?
Training sessions are available to all staff employed by or on placement with the following organisations, unless specified otherwise.
* Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH)
* Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (CCC)
* NHS Wirral
* Wirral Community Trust
Where do the training sessions take place?
Sessions take place in the McArdle Library, Education Centre, Arrowe Park Hospital unless otherwise specified. Sessions can also be delivered in the workplace if appropriate facilities are available.
Training pre-requisites
Pre-requisites are required for some of the sessions that we offer (see individual sessions for details). Some training pre-requisites may be satisfied by participating in ICT (information Communications Technology) training delivered by WHIS Training and Competency and Leadership Development Services.
Book your place on a session or make a training enquiry
To book a place on the Statistics Mentoring Clinic please complete the online booking form and submit. The form will then be automatically e-mailed to the ILS where your booking will be made and confirmed.
PLEASE NOTE: If you wish to book a place on a training session less than 48 hours prior to the start of the session, please contact us directly before booking to check that there is a place available.
If you are interested in Finding the Evidence training (for yourself or on behalf of your team) please complete the online booking form and a librarian will be in touch to discuss your requirements.
Before booking on a session please first discuss with your manager. You may wish to also discuss your learning needs with a learner representative. This is to enable you to obtain appropriate advice and guidance and to agree the relevance of the application to your KSF post outline and personal development plan.
All staff should note the Trust’s policy for charging for non attendance or non completion of a course as indicated in the Learning and Development Policy.
Access the application form for ILS Information Literacy and Skills Programme Training sessions.
What if I need to cancel my booking?
If you are unable to attend a session for whatever reason you must contact us as soon as possible. Failure to inform the Integrated Library Service of your non-attendance could result in a charge to your division or department.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Arrowe Park Hospital, Arrowe Park Road, Upton, Wirral, Merseyside CH49 5PE
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