Surf's Up 14 (3)
Caron Hartley, Research
Librarian, King's Fund Information and Library Service
New sites
Be
Evidence Based
http://be-evidence-based.com
The Be
Evidence Based.Com web site is owned and managed by the Centre for
Evidence-Based Social Services, Institute of Health & Social Care Research, in
the Peninsula Medical School at the University of Exeter. It is designed to
provide easy access to key findings from critically appraised research in the
field of Social Care. A new partnership with the Social Care Institute for
Excellence (SCIE) as part of the Electronic Library for Social Care (eLSC)
initiative has meant that this resource is now freely available. The site is
still being developed and new material added.
BioethicsWeb
http://bioethicsweb.ac.uk
BioethicsWeb is a gateway to evaluated, quality Internet resources relating to
biomedical ethics, including ethical, social, legal and public policy questions
arising from advances in medicine and biology, issues relating to the conduct of
biomedical research and approaches to bioethics. BioethicsWeb is affiliated to
the BIOME life sciences hub and the Resource Discovery Network (RDN), but is
developed and managed by the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding
of Medicine at the Wellcome Trust. It can be browsed by category or MESH term
or free text searched.
BMJ
Learning - Appraisal & Learning
http://www.bmjlearning.com/planrecord/index.jsp
An online
guide from the BMA in association with the RCGP, aiming to help medical
practitioners through the maze of appraisal and revalidation. Resources include
needs assessment, planning and recording, appraisal forms and learning events.
Non BMA members have access to a range of the resources.
Chronic Disease Management
http://www.natpact.nhs.uk/chronic_disease_management/
A site
from the National Primary and Care Trust Development Programme (NaTPaCT)
covering two approaches that
PCTs are exploring to chronic disease management. These two US initiatives
(Kaiser and Evercare/United Healthcare) manage patients with chronic conditions
by redesigning integrated services modelled around patients with complex needs.
The aim is to provide alternatives to hospitalisation by building capacity and
developing services in primary and community settings. The site includes
details of the initiatives and a forum for discussion.
HSJ -
Health Improvement microsite
http://www.hsj.co.uk/healthimprovement
This HSJ
microsite is dedicated to their expanded public health and health improvement
coverage. From the sixth of November they have been adding material to the
site. Sections include: comments on policy and practice in the area; a short
list of relevant links and material relating to the recent Wanless review.
Mental
Health and Wellbeing resource
http://www.mentalhealth.harpweb.org.uk/index.php
This web
site from the Health for Asylum Seekers and Refugees Portal (HARP) has been
designed to help health professionals in assisting asylum seekers and refugees
with mental health issues. The web site has provided a range of topics
using a variety of sources and approaches relevant to the overall mental
well-being of asylum-seekers and refugees.
Mental
Health Care
http://www.mentalhealthcare.org.uk/
This is
an information and research news site developed by the Institute of Psychiatry,
the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and mental health charity Rethink. The
web site is aimed at professionals and the friends, relatives and carers of
anyone with a mental illness. Currently it deals with Schizophrenia and Bipolar
Disorder.
Job
Planning
http://www.modern.nhs.uk/scripts/default.asp?site_id=51&id=16263
Job planning is a core element of the new consultant contract.
This site from the Modernisation Agency Consultant Contract Implementation Team
offers various resources aimed at assisting consultants and their managers
establish effective job planning processes.
NHS
jobs
http://www.jobs.nhs.uk
NHS Jobs is the new national
NHS site for jobs and careers, launched in December 2003. Here you can search
and apply for numerous jobs in the NHS. It is designed to run in tandem with
NHS Professionals
http://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/,
the site for temporary health care professional jobs in the NHS. However,
currently the site carries only a range of the vacancies available. The full
service will be rolled out in 2004.
OTseeker
http://www.otseeker.com
OTseeker
is a database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised
controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy. It’s produced by a group of
Occupational Therapists working at a range of Australian academic Institutions,
but has an international focus. Currently under development, new resources are
being added all the time. It is allied to PEDro - the Physiotherapy Evidence
Database
http://www.pedro.fhs.usyd.edu.au
, an initiative of the Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy (CEBP) in Sydney,
Australia.
Out-of-Hours Development & Implementation
http://www.out-of-hours.info/
The Out-of-Hours website aims to be the point of access to up-to-date resources
supporting the modernisation of out-of-hours services in England. It is run in
partnership with the Department of Health and NHS Direct. The project
originated in the Independent Review of GP Out-of-Hours Services commissioned by
the Department of Health in the year 2000 - Raising Standards for Patients. New
Partnerships in Out-of-Hours Care. The site contains a variety of resources
ranging from the history of the review, Out-of-Hours development news and
information on the four projects the implementation team currently have in hand,
provider accreditation, an exemplar programme, provider development and supply
of medicines. An email alert is also available.
Research Tools & Methods
http://www.sosig.ac.uk/research_tools/
This new
subject section of the Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) replaces the
"Social Science General" section, providing more of a focus on generic research
resources applicable across all social science disciplines. Key online tools
and resources to support both quantitative and qualitative social science
research across the disciplines are listed.
Redesigned/Amended sites
Centre
for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD)
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/
The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) was established in January 1994,
and aims to provide research-based information about the effects of
interventions used in health and social care. This includes the DARE and NEED
databases. Recently it has redesigned its web site with the intention of making
it quicker and easier to get to the information that you want. Also, it has
displayed the CRD free enquiry service
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/crdenquiry.htm
more prominently on its pages. Over the next six to twelve months, the
dissemination team will be adding more information to the website and
highlighting new items on a weekly basis.
Chartered Management Institute
http://www.managers.org.uk/
The
Chartered Management Institute redesigned their site this year. There are
several freely available resources of interest in the section on Accessing the
Latest thinking, including the Spotlight series, a feature designed to highlight
particular management techniques or processes, some of their reading lists and
management facts and FAQs. However, most content is limited to members of the
Institute.
Health
Scotland
http://www.hebs.com/healthscotland/
Health Scotland is a special
health board created on 1 April 2003 by bringing together the Public Health
Institute of Scotland (PHIS),
http://www.phis.org.uk,
and the Health Education Board for Scotland (HEBS),
http://www.hebs.org.uk
. These interim Health Scotland pages provide updated information on Health
Scotland and links to the Health Education Board for Scotland (HEBS) and the
Public Health Institute of Scotland (PHIS) websites, which will operate as usual
whilst work on the development of a new Health Scotland site is undertaken.
Some general information about Health Scotland and details of news and events
are already present on the site. At some point in the future, all resources will
be combined on the Health Scotland site.
HPA -
Infections
http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/
The
website of the Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) has now been
decommissioned and information relating to infectious diseases in England is now
to be found in the Infections section of the Health Protection Agency site.
UKOLUG
http://www.ukolug.co.uk
UKOLUG have launched a new
website for the electronic information community, offering a range of new
features, including a new online journal e-lucidate (only available to
members). Resources include news, activities of UKOLUG, factsheets and links
listings.
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