IFM Healthcare News
Maria J Grant
Chair, Information for the Management of Healthcare
(IFMH)
Salford Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Collaborative Research
University of Salford
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Information Literacy – Friday 29th June 2007
IFMH, in collaboration with Libraries for
Nursing, is pleased to be hosting a session on information literacy at
the forthcoming Umbrella 2007 conference. Chaired by Susan Mottram,
IFMH Study Day Coordinator, the speakers are Christine Urquhart,
University of Aberystwyth who will consider "Information literacy:
and what we tend to conveniently forget" whilst Jean Newman and
Emma Farrow will be discussing “Information literacy and
international collaboration work with Partnerships in Health
Information (Phi)". The session, which is part of conference
stream 8 on Information Literacy, will run between 11.15 and 12.30 on
Friday 29th June 2007. We hope to see you there.
For further details of the conference, which is
being held at the De Havilland Campus, University of Hertfordshire,
visit the conference website at
http://www.umbrella2007.org.uk/
New Look for IFMH Inform
As you’ve made it this far into the newsletter
you can’t have missed the fresh new look of IFMH Inform. We’ve been
working with our printer to come up with a design that is modern and
in keeping with the Royal National Institute for the Blind ‘See it
Right’ guidelines (http://www.rnib.co.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicWebsite/public_seeitright.hcsp).
We hope you like the results and welcome any comments you have on the
new look as well as your thoughts and suggestions on topics you’d like
covered in future issues.
Congratulations – Research in the Workplace
Award 2006/2007
IFMH, which
managed and co-funded the latest iteration of the Research in the
Workplace, is pleased to announce that the
winning
proposal is for a multi-site randomised controlled trial to determine
the impact of providing a virtual reference service (Access Specialist
Knowledge - ASK) to the local Primary Care and Mental Health Trusts
within the UK National Health Service.
The project will be led by Rachel Southon, Royal Surrey County
Hospitals NHS Trust, in collaboration with Vicki Veness, also of Royal
Surrey County Hospitals NHS Trust and John Loy, Avon & Wiltshire
Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.
The RIWA assessment panel believe the project, which commenced in
April, will yield measurable outcomes and provide an evidence base for
developing services to primary care. The project is due for completion
by March 2008 and will be followed by a comprehensive programme of
dissemination.
RIWA is a biennial award and details of projects which have previously
been funded, copies of their application forms, and news of future
awards can all be found on the RIWA web site, hosted by IFMH, at:
http://ifmh.org.uk/RIWA.html
IFMH Auditors
IFMH auditors for the 2006 accounts were Richard
Parker, HLG Treasurer and Sara Clarke, Assistant HLG Treasurer. This
formed part of a reciprocal agreement in which Kath Wright, IFMH
Treasurer will be auditing the HLG accounts for 2006. IFMH would like
to register our thanks to Richard and Sara for their contribution to
activities.
Date for Your Diary
28th-30th June 2007 -
Umbrella 2007
This year the biennial conference adopts the theme
of ‘Catalysts for Change: Making a Difference’. Taking place in
Hertfordshire, UK, there are nine special subject tracks – including
the track on ‘Information Literacy’ organised by IFMH – three plenary
sessions and 54 seminars and almost 100 speakers to choose from. It
should be a good event with something for everyone. For further
details see
http://www.umbrella2007.org.uk/
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