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Join our workshop led by Sabelo Mapasure, MA, MCLIP, Manager of the Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust Library. Learn how to effectively search clinical databases tailored to your individual needs and interests, plan search strategies using the PICO method, and navigate various databases such as Medline, CINAHL, and EMBASE. Gain practical skills to find relevant information, assess research questions, and export results for your continuing professional development (CPD). Leave with valuable insights for your studies and clinical practice.
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Health Information Databases Sabelo Mapasure, MA, MCLIP SCHT & PCTs Library & Knowledge Services Manager Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust Sabelo.mapasure@shropcom.nhs.uk
Aims and objectives • Introduction to searching clinical databases to find information relevant to individual needs and interests • Plan a search strategy to search for information • Aware of various clinical databases • Carry out a search for information • Display/print/export/save search results • Leave the session with some useful information of occupational interest, CPD or studies.
ATHENS Databases • Have you signed up? • ATHENS list of resources www.athens.nhs.uk
Types of Questions • What causes the problem? AETIOLOGY, RISK FACTORS • What is the frequency of the problem? FREQUENCY • Does this person have the problem? DIAGNOSIS • Who will get the problem? PROGNOSIS, PREDICTION
P.I.C.O. Method P Population/patient I Intervention/indicator C Comparator/control O Outcome In Evidence Based Medicine (EBM), treatments and therapies are called ‘interventions’. http://learntech.physiol.ox.ac.uk/cochrane_tutorial/cochlibd0e84.php
Plan your search • PICO method • Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) • Keywords • Combining Terms (AND, OR, NOT)
Example Question In patients with recurrent furunculosis, do prophylactic antibiotics, compared to no treatment, reduce the recurrence rate?
Example answer P Population/patient = patients with recurrent furunculosis I Intervention/indicator = prophylactic antibiotics C Comparator/control = no treatment O Outcome = reduction in recurrence rate of furunculosis
Boolean Logic • AND • OR • NOT • Wildcards e.g. * • Proximity searching http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.asp
Selecting the databases • AMED (Allied and Complementary Medicine) • BNI (British Nursing Index) • EMBASE • Medline • CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) • PsycINFO • Health Business Elite • HMIC
Searching • Simple Search • Advanced Search • Search using Thesaurus Mapping (recommended)
Search Results • Display or Browse • Save • Print • Export • Alerts
Practical exercise • Plan your search strategy using given question or use your own. • Perform a search (advanced recommended) • Combine sets • Search limits by: adults, English, 2000+ • Display results • E-mail results • Change database and repeat search • Save Search and Create Alerts
Exercise 1 • Clinical question: How effective is hypnotherapy as a form of treatment for irritable bowel syndrome?
Practical exercise 2 • Clinical question: In a 70 year old woman with primary insomnia and a previous adverse reaction to hypnotics, can cognitive behavior therapy improve sleep quality and duration?
Practical exercise 3 • Clinical question I am looking for references on treatment exercises i.e. anterior patellofemoral syndrome in adolescent girls.
Objectives - Recap • Plan a search strategy to search for information • Be aware of various clinical databases • Carry out a search for information • Display/print/export/save search results • Leave the session with some useful information of occupational interest, CPD or studies.
Finally…Thank you for attending! • Impact assessment (please complete online) • https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/post-training_appraisal_PCT_LKS • Other courses are available, please ask Sabelo Mapasure SCHT & PCTs Library and Knowledge Services library@shropcom.nhs.uk