Past
Study Days
IFMH/LfN Information Literacy Session at
Umbrella 2007
IFMH, in collaboration with Libraries for Nursing, hosted a session on
information literacy at the Umbrella 2007 conference. Chaired by
Susan Mottram, IFMH Study Day Coordinator, the speakers were:
- Christine Urquhart, University of Aberystwyth -
"Information literacy: and what we tend to conveniently forget"
- Jean Newman and Emma Farrow - "Information literacy and
international collaboration work with Partnerships in Health
Information (Phi)"
(download presentation)
For further details of the conference, which was held at the De
Havilland Campus, University of Hertfordshire, visit the conference
web site at:
http://www.umbrella2007.org.uk/.
Meeting the challenge of
evidence-based health management: the information professional's role
19 April 2005
King's Fund, London
This study day contained a mix
of presentations, group discussions and practical workshops, looking at:
- how health managers make decisions
- their use of the evidence base to influence
practice – an example of a “real life” approach
- the challenges faced by information professionals
providing information services for managers
- how can information professionals better
communicate with managers: taking a professional approach
- can information professionals’ experience of
supporting clinicians in evidence-based practice be transferred to
managers? If so, how?
The day was chaired by Lynette Cawthra, Manager,
Information and Library Service, Kings Fund
and Joint Project Manager, NLH Specialist Library for Health Management.
Two parallel workshops were held in the
morning:
Workshop 1 led by Andrew Booth - We take a bad example
of written communication/information to managers and then work as a group to
improve it. [Download workshop 1 materials:
The
fictional
bad example of a written communication to managers which the workshop
group worked on to improve
&
Ten Tips for
Reaching Managers]
Workshop 2 led by Sue Lacey Bryant - An opportunity for
participants to review, or begin to plan how to market, the library/information
service to managers – with reference to the FOLIO MAXIM course on MAXIMising
the impact of the service.
[Download workshop 2 materials:
Workshop
Introduction,
Workshop exercise,
Marketing Examples]
The following speakers presented at this study
day:
Papers based on the presentations were published in
Inform 16 (1).
The study day will concluded
with a plenary/panel discussion in order to draw together the ideas stimulated by the presentations and workshops.
The day was well received, with delegates giving positive feedback,
including:
"Very well organised - worth travelling to London for"
"Very topical and current. Practical mix with presentations.
Good surroundings and venue"
"Very interesting. I feel more equipped to approach management
now"
"Very informative, well organised, knowledgeable speakers"
"It was excellent. Highly relevant, timely, very well organised"
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Quality research-based information and the
new public health agenda
22 November 2004
Centre for
Reviews and Dissemination, University of York
In the light
of the new white paper for England on public health, published in the autumn of 2004, IFMH
organised a study day,
jointly with the Information Service at CRD, on the theme of good
quality research information for public health.
Presentations given at the
study day were as follows:
-
Public health
policy: the issues, the future
(Keynote Presentation) -
Professor David Hunter, Professor of Health Policy and Management,
Durham University and Chair of the UK Public Health Association
-
Health Development Agency: the role of the HDA in making the
evidence base in public health available on line
-
Professor Mike Kelly, Health Development Agency (HDA)
-
Demonstration of HDA online resources: Public Health Electronic
Library, Evidence Base, Health Promis and the Public Health
Information Thesaurus -
Heidi Livingstone, Marta Calonge-Contrera & Teresa Stevenson, HDA
-
Public health in the media: patterns of health reporting in the
media and public attitudes to public health policy
-
Ruth
Thorlby, King’s Fund
- Increasing
access to public health research: the work of the ESRC Centre for
Evidence-Based Public Health -
Mark Petticrew, ESRC Centre for Evidence-Based Public Health
-
Evidence
from systematic reviews in public health and the work of the Centre for Reviews
and Dissemination (CRD) -
Kath Wright, CRD
There was also a series of
short presentations from exhibitors at the study day:
Papers based on the presentations were published in
Inform 15 (3).
49 delegates attended the
study day. Some of the comments from the evaluation form
were:
"Very good overview of the public health agenda and very timely"
"The study day was excellent and very timely. It introduced me
to new sources of information which I can now evaluate for inclusion
in literature review projects I am working on and illuminated some of
the strategies used for dissemination."
"Excellent range of speakers, a lot packed into one day but
didn't feel overloaded"
"IFMH always
put on an informative study day"
"Good value for money compared with a lot of other study days -
congratulations to IFMH"
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Quality Information for Social Care
23 February 2004
King's Fund, London
A wide range of organisations and agencies provide information
related to social care. This study aimed to help participants find
their way through the maze of policy, information, and resources
available by:
- providing an overview and an update of the policy issues relating to information for social care
- giving an insight into issues affecting the quality of social care information
- highlighting and demonstrating the resources available for social care information
Lynette Cawthra and Valerie Wildridge, from the
King's Fund
Information and Library Service, chaired the day. Speakers
included those responsible for social care and information policy,
experts in information for social care and those responsible for
improving the social care evidence base.
Presentations included:
This study day also included workshop sessions on finding and
appraising the evidence for social care.
Papers based on the presentations were published in
Inform 15 (1).
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Measuring Up: Exploring Performance Management
Health Libraries Group & IFM Healthcare
Study Day
14 November 2003
Birmingham Women's Health Care NHS Trust, Birmingham
Performance management is concerned with improving the quality
of organisations. A wide range of measures and initiatives are used
within health and social care organisations and their libraries
allowing them to measure their own performance and compare it with
that of others.
This study day aimed to:
- Present an overview of current issues and performance initiatives
in health and social care
- Outline performance management issues for libraries
- Provide a workshop to work through some of the practical issues
raised
Speakers included:
- Max Moullin - Centre for TQM and Organisational
Excellence, Sheffield Hallam University
- Edward Colgan - NHS Benchmarking Club
- Linda Butler - Birmingham Libraries
- Dorothy Halfhide - Peterborough Hospitals
- Pat Dixon - Northumbria University
Inform 14 (3) also focused on the topic of performance
management.
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Service Level Agreements: straitjacket or positive
management tool?
28 January 2003
Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds
Many support services are required to set
up agreements to clarify the mutual expectations of customers
and library and information providers. These agreements will change
customer perspectives about library and information services and
provide greater accountability for library and information units,
whether they are linked to the payment of income or the value
of the budget received by the library provider.
This study day clarified issues involved in drawing up Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
and set out the steps required in developing an agreement appropriate
to the stage of development of the library unit. It aimed to assist
participants in anticipating further expectations of accountability
from organisations or customers
The study day was presented by:
- Shane Godbolt - Head of London Library
and Information Development Unit
- Larraine Cooper - The Larian Consultancy
Topics covered included:
Why Service Level Agreements?, monitoring and managing mechanisms,
aspects of costing, and linking SLAs to business planning processes.
Papers based on the presentations were published in
Inform
13 (3).
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First things first! - Information to meet changing needs of primary
care (2)
27 February 2002
Skipton House, Department of Health, London
This study day was
a repeat of the popular study day held November 2001. Papers based
on the presentations were published in
Inform 13 (1). Its aims were to provide an overview of recent changes in primary care, examine the information
needs of primary health care staff and to highlight how librarians and information professionals can meet these information needs.
Presentations were given by:
- Diane
Jones - National Primary Care R&D Centre, University of
Manchester
- Steve Rose - Library
and Information Service Manager, HSMC, University of Birmingham
- Dr Simon de Lusignan
- St George's Medical School
- Liz Farrell
- Librarian, Salford Primary Care Trust, Libraries Manager Salford
and Trafford Health Authority
- Sue Lacey Bryant
- Knowledge Manager, Vale of Aylesbury PCT & Independent
Information Specialist
Annette Thain, Cancer
Information Librarian at the North Glasgow University Hospitals
NHS Trust, and winner of the 2001 Research in the Workplace Award,
gave a presentation on 'Information needs
of managed clinical networks for cancer'.
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First
things first! - Information to Meet the Changing Needs of Primary
Care
6 November 2001
Nuffield Institute for Health, Leeds
Papers based on the presentations were published in
Inform 12 (3).
Primary care is a key focus of the Government's strategy for modernising the NHS. In
recent years in England, PCGs and PCTs have been introduced as
key components for transferring resources from secondary to primary
care with the responsibility of improving the health of the local
community and co-ordinating and integrating the planning and delivery
of services. But how has this affected information professionals
and the information needs of primary health care professionals? This study day aimed to provide an overview of recent changes in primary care, examine
the information needs of primary health care staff and highlight
how librarians and information professionals can meet these information
needs. Presentations were given by Liz Farrell (Salford and Trafford
HA) on From health authority
to PCT and Simon Aldridge (Project Director Salford PCT/Department
of Health) on Developing a teaching
and learning Primary Care Trust (click on links for full
PowerPoint presentation).
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Umbrella
6: Information for Health and Social Care Partnerships
6 July 2001
Umist (Library Association Umbrella 6 Conference)
Norma Blackburn (Library
Services Manager, Blackpool Victoria NHS Trust), Anne Fletcher
(NHS Information Policy Advisor, Department of Health) and Mark
Watson (Director of Information, National Institute of Social
Work) all gave presentations at the last Umbrella conference on
their work and ideas in relation to potential and actual information-based
partnerships between health and social care professionals.
The topics which they covered ranged from integrated library and
information services for health and social services professionals
working with people with mental health needs, National Service
Frameworks, the Social Care
Institute for Excellence (SCIE) and the Electronic
Library for Social Care (ELSC).
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From
Information for Health to Building the Information Core: the NHS
information strategy and its impact on health libraries
25 April 2001
Health Services Management Centre, Birmingham
This study day provided an opportunity for delegates to find out more about (Full) Local
Implementation Strategies, Information for Health and the NHS
information strategy. It went on to look at the effects of this
government policy on health libraries.
The day was chaired by Steve Rose, Library and
Information Services Manager from Health Services Management
Centre, University of Birmingham. The speakers were:
- David Yates - Head of Information Development, NHS Executive
South East
- Ben Toth - Information and Knowledge Specialist, NHS
Information Authority
- Paul Kingston - Consortium Librarian, Herefordshire and
Worcestershire Education and Training Consortium
- David Peacock - Regional Librarian, IM&T, North and
Yorkshire
- Helen Thompson - Librarian, Leeds Health Authority
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Clinical Governance - More than just washing your
hands?
A practical guide for information professionals.
24 October 2000
BMA Library, British Medical Association,
Tavistock Square, London
This study day was a joint initiative between IFM Healthcare and its parent body,
the Health Libraries Group
of CILIP. It was very
well attended, indeed over-subscribed, and provided the
delegates with a good overview of the issues in clinical
governance of which information professionals should be aware.
The speakers were:
- Veronica Fraser, NHS Libraries Advisor on 'A brief
overview of clinical governance'
- Pam Prior, Regional Librarian, Regional Library West
Midlands on 'Challenges to information professionals within
clinical governance'
- Lucy Reid, Clinical Librarian and Dr William Hopkins,
Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Psychiatry, Barnet Community
Healthcare NHS Trust on 'The impact of clinical governance on
LIS: clinical librarian case study'
- Lesley Glassington, Library Project Officer, UCL Hospitals
NHS Trust on 'Library and information support for clinical
governance'
The afternoon workshop worked through case studies to
highlight information issues and how they might be solved. It
was facilitated by Alan O'Rourke, Information officer, Wisdom
Centre for Networked Learning.
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Up to standard? The NHS Performance Assessment Framework
15 June 2000
University of York, Heslington, York
A full review of this study day was published in
Inform 12 (1). The NHS Performance
Assessment Framework was introduced in April 1999 as part of the
move towards assessing performance in the NHS. It aims to
assist the NHS in improving the health of the population, and
providing better care and outcomes by encouraging quality and
efficiency across six areas. It will also be used to assess
how the NHS is carrying out this work, and encourage benchmarking
between similar organisations.
Aimed at health service managers, health care
professionals and health information professionals, this study
day provided a greater understanding on the use and
implementation of the Performance Assessment Framework from a
range of perspectives. It was chaired by Merlin Wilce from
Leeds Metropolitan University. The speakers were:
- Giles Wilmore from the NHS Executive, Leeds on 'An NHS
Executive perspective of the Performance Assessment Framework'
- John Sargent from the NHS Executive, North West and Chorley
and South Ribble NHS Trust on 'Implementing the Performance
Assessment Framework'
- Elaine Rodger from Sunderland North Primary Care Group on
'The Performance Assessment Framework in Primary Care'
- Russell Manion from the Centre for Health Economics,
University of York on 'A research perspective of the
Performance Assessment Framework'
An afternoon workshop was led by John Sargent on developing
indicators on the six areas of the framework.
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Up to standard? The NHS Performance
Assessment Framework 19 January 2000
BMA Library, British Medical Association, Tavistock Square, London
This study day, later repeated in June 2000 due to high demand,
aimed to provide a greater understanding of the use and
implementation of the Performance Assessment Framework from a
range of perspectives. It was
chaired by John Appleby from the Kings Fund. The speakers were:
- James Paton - NHS Executive, Leeds
- John Sargent - NHS Executive, North West and Chorley and
South Ribble NHS Trust
- Elaine Rodger - Sunderland North Primary Care Group
- Maria Goddard - Centre for Health Economics, University of
York.
John Sargent also led the afternoon workshop on identifying
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Under One Umbrella: 'Creating an accreditation tool for
health libraries'
3 July 1999
A full review of this study day was published in
Inform
10 (2).
On Saturday 3rd July, Valerie Trinder
and Stephen Sharp led an IFM Healthcare session at the Umbrella 5 conference
in Manchester. They discussed the LINC Health Panel Accreditation Toolkit
and Checklist, followed by a question and answer session.
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Database
query?
A full review of this study day was published in
Inform
10 (1). This study day took
place on 20th January 1999 in the Edward Boyle Library in the
University of Leeds. It offered the opportunity to see several
key health care databases demonstrated and evaluated. It
was designed to help answer questions such as: what subject area(s)
does the database cover? What audience is the database targeted
at? What functionality does the database have? What overlap is
there with other products? The databases covered were:
- Ovid Full Text
- Evidence-Based Medicine
Reviews
- HMIC (Health Management
Information Consortium)
- Health-CD
- BNI (British Nursing
Index)
- AMED (Allied and
Alternative Medicine)
In the afternoon there was the opportunity for hands-on experience,
with the database producers and information providers available
to provide support in the use of the databases and to answer questions.
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Filtering the evidence: a practical approach
1 May 1995
South Thames Regional Health Authority, London
This study day provided an introduction to systematic reviews and relevant
information sources for those interested in supporting the critical appraisal
process. It was chaired by Sheila Padden, Assistant Librarian at John Rylands
University Library, University of Manchester. The speakers were:
- Terry Stacey - Director of Research and Development, South
Thames Health Authority
- Nick Freemantle - Centre for Health Economics and Department
of Health Sciences, University of York on
'Making sense of systematic reviews'
- Andrew Booth - Centre for Health and Related Research,
University of Sheffield on 'panning for gold:
staking a claim
The afternoon workshop was lead by Ruirdhe Milne, Consultant in Public
Health Medicine/Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) and Steven Evans,
Professor of Medical Statistics, London Hospital Medical College and Coordinator
of the North Thames Research Appraisal Group.
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Information for the management of healthcare: outcomes
measurement
15 November 1994
Muriel Stott Conference Centre, John Rylands University Library
This study day provided an overview of outcome measurement, describing a
description of sources of information outcomes. The speakers were
Andrew Long and Alison Warburton on 'Sources of information for
outcomes information', both from the Outcomes Clearing House,
Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds.
The afternoon workshops were lead by Claire Gudex, Centre for
Health Economics, University of York on Quality of life
measurement' and Vikki Entwistle, Centre for Reviews and
Dissemination, University of York on 'Sharing outcomes information
with consumers'.
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Purchasing intelligence: experiences and
challenges
14 April 1994
Westminster Central Hall, London
This study day reviewed the developments of the Purchasing
Intelligences function over the past two years.
The speakers were:
- David Bates, South East London Health Authority on 'Making
it up as you go along: the development of the Purchasing
Intelligence function'
- Dorothy Husband, North West Anglia Health Authority on
'Supporting purchasers through organisational change'
- Gill Needham, Bucks Purchasing Agency on 'Region-wide
cooperation in Purchasing Intelligence'
The afternoon workshops were lead by:
- Alan Jamieson, Common Services Agency, Scotland on 'Managing
health statistics'
- Nick Freemantle, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination,
University of York on 'Critical reading of published
studies'
- Dorothy Husband, North West Anglia Health Authority on
'Organisational development'.
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Health Services Research
28 October 1993
Department of Health, Quarry House, Leeds
This study day was for librarians and information workers who wanted to find out
more about information sources for current and completed health service projects
and health service researchers. Sources represented included 'The NHS Project
Registers System' (given by Simon Kirk, R&D Information Manager of Yorkshire
Health), and 'Best Expertise in Science and Technology (BEST), 'Current Research
in Britain (CRIB)', RAPID: The Research Register of the ESRC, and DHSS-Data.
The afternoon included an opportunity to explore the various databases in a
hands-on session.
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Community Care: Coping with the Reforms
29 April
1993
University of York
The morning sessions were chaired by Peter Griffiths, Library Manager,
Department of Health. The afternoon sessions were chaired by Sheila Padden,
Management Librarian, North Western Regional Health Authority.
Presentations were given by:
- Ken Wright (Centre for Health Economics, York) on 'The community care
changes and their implications for researchers'
- Colin Stroud (General Secretary, York Council for Voluntary Services,
York) on 'Community care and the voluntary sector'
- Steve Rose (Information Resource Centre, Nuffield Institute for Health,
Leeds) on 'Community care: information sources and strategies'
- Lawrence Ashelford (Assistant Director of Social Services, London Borough
of Barking and Dagenham) on 'The new market in information'
- Annabel Davies (London Research Centre) on 'Community care information on
Acompline and Urbaline'
- Michael Mandelstam (Social Services Inspectorate, Department of Health,
London - formerly of the Disabled Living Foundation) on 'Information needs of
community care professionals: review of a recent British Library project'
This study day was also venue for the IFMH Annual General Meeting. Top of page
Statistically Speaking
27 November 1992
King's Fund Centre, London
This study day was designed to teach NHS librarians how to access the range of
statistical sources generated by health authorities, government departments and
other statutory bodies. Presentations were given by Alan Jamieson, Manager,
Information Services for the NHS in Scotland on 'External data sources: sources
of statistical information from publications, libraries and government bodies',
Sean Boyle, Information Analyst, King's Fund on 'Health service indicators' and
Robin Morphet, Regional Head of Information, South West Thames Regional Health
Authority on 'Organisational intelligence: how the use of information affects
organisations'.
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Knowing Your Patch
13 May 1992
North Western Regional Health Authority Headquarters, Manchester
The NHS Reforms have emphasised the importance of understanding local needs in
order to provide the best possible health and social services to the population.
The role of the information specialist in crucial in helping to identify
relevant information about local populations, about the environment in which
they live, about other services which need to be considered along side health
services. Presentations were given by Stephen Watkins, Director of Public
Health, Stockport Health Authority on 'Influencing the agenda: using information
to improve health in local communities', Denise Schulte, Information Officer,
North Herts. Health Authority on 'Mapping local information resources: a
strategy for purchasing intelligence' and Martin Rathfelder, Welfare Rights
Office, Manchester Central Hospitals Trust on 'Interdisciplinary networking for
improved patient information dissemination'. Delegates could choose to attend
two of three afternoon workshops on mapping (led by Sheila Padden), networking
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Purchasing Intelligence
26 September 1991
Department of Health, London
This study day was designed to introduce information professionals and managers
in the NHS to several projects on health needs assessment and purchasing
intelligence units funded by Project 26 of the Department of Health. It was
chaired by Jane Holdsworth, IFMH Chair. The speakers were Andrew Stevens, DHA
Project Team who provided 'An introduction to Project 26', Pam Prior, Torbay
health Authority on 'A needs assessment grey literature database' and meg
Holland, Cambridge Health authority and Diana Gorton, North Herts. Health
Authority on 'Developing DHA intelligence units'. The afternoon provide three
forum for discussion of the impact of this area on training needs and
organisational development within the NHS. They were 'The impact on
organisational structures in the NHS' led by South East London Commissioning
Agency, 'The impact of NHS management training' led by John McClenahan, King's
Fund and 'The impact of information and library skills training' led by John
Hepworth, University College of Wales.
This study day was also venue for the IFMH Annual General Meeting.
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Statistically Speaking
5 July 1991
Nuffield Institute, University of Leeds
This study day was designed to teach NHS librarians how to access the range of
statistical data sources generated by health authorities, government departments
and other statutory bodies. Both published and unpublished sources of
statistics were reviewed. The speakers were David Symes, Lecturer - Management
of Information, Nuffield Institute, Leeds (formerly Director of Information,
Leicester Health Authority) on 'Internal data sources: the health authority's
role in the generation an dissemination of information' and Alan Jamieson,
Librarian, Scottish Common Services Agency, Edinburgh on 'External data sources:
sources of statistical information from publications, libraries and government
bodies'.
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Information for Effective Management
22 November
1990
South West Thames Regional Health Authority, London
The first IFMH study day encouraged a dialogue between NHS managers and
librarians on the need for quality information services to support effective
management decision-making in the health service. Speakers included Peter Coe,
General Manager of the North Herts. Health Authority, Peter Griffiths, Library
Management, Department of Health, Jonathan Secker-Walker, Consultant in Medical
Audit, School of Medicine, University College, London, Sheila Padden, Management
Librarian, North Western Regional Health Authority, Lorraine Bate, Information
Resource Centre Manager, Nuffield Institute and Margaret Haines, Manager,
Library and Information Services, King's Fund.
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