Would you like this service to support your department?

Contact the Healthcare Library

Healthcare Library

Quality Directorate

“Excellent service, vital to many aspects of patient care” SDH Central

Salisbury District Hospital

Salisbury, Wiltshire SP2 8BJ

01722 429054

Or 01722 336262 ext 4433

24 hour access with Trust ID card

Staffed 9-5, Monday-Friday

Library.office@salisbury.nhs.uk

Library Website: www.library.salisbury.nhs.uk

Electronic resources: www.library.salisbury.nhs.uk

Click on Electronic Resources

“Responsive, efficient and timely service” Where can I find the evidence……?

to support this change?

to help me with this clinical query?

to see if this has been tried elsewhere?

to solve this management dilemma?

to show if this can be done more effectively?

to see if this development will save money and improve quality?

ask the Clinical Librarian!

May 2018

Clinical Librarian Who can help me find evidence? Ask the Clinical Librarian! Where can I look up journals? I haven’t time to search the databases Helping you find quality research evidence “A great service - timely and supportive and with direct impact on patient care/evidence based practice.” Healthcare Library Salisbury District Hospital

What is a Clinical Librarian Service?

You can invite a Librarian to join your clinical or corporate teams, on ward rounds, at journal clubs, at meetings.

The Librarian can respond to questions that arise in the clinical or corporate setting by:

Carrying out literature searches of the available evidence

Using information retrieval and critical appraisal skills

“Efficient and effective. Saved me clinical time” Contributing to service improvement, quality and productivity targets

The Librarian can provide you with:

A summary of the search results

Abstracts of relevant articles

Full text where appropriate

Details of search strategies and resources

Who is the Clinical Librarian service for?

The Clinical Librarian helps anyone who needs to find the research evidence to support their work and objectives:

“The library service is amazing in support of my clinical work” Doctors

Nurses

Midwives

Nursing Assistants

Allied Health Professionals

Scientists

Managers

Benefits to the patient

Quality patient care

“This will definitely inform our approach to the care of the patient and family” Individualised care on the basis of the best evidence available

Well managed hospitals

Benefits to clinical staff

Saves your time

Identifies the best evidence

Provides quality-assured information at the point of need

Bridges the literature-practice gap, overcoming barriers to getting information into practice

Benefits to Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Helps meet service improvement targets

Contributes to improving quality and productivity

Promotes evidence-based practice, to ensure clinical and corporate decisions are supported by research

Provides a mechanism to support a questioning and learning culture

What sort of questions have been asked?

What is the effect of smoking on wound healing especially in spinal injury?

Is there any evidence that grip strength can be used as an accurate predictor of outcome in patients with rheumatoid arthritis?

Association between multiple myeloma and retinal disease.

Is olive oil safe to use on preterm infants for dry skin?

Current research, practice and management of delirium on wards and post ITU discharge