New e-book - Harrison's online

The library has subscribed to Harrison's online for a year, which covers the complete contents of "Harrison's principles and practice of medicine" 18th ed.

It allows printing and mobile downloading in a format optimised for handheld devices such as smartphones. Also incorporated are more than 90 videos, 1000 self assessment questions and answers, plus expert presentations.

See http://ezproxy.lib.cam.ac.uk:2048/login?url=http://www.accessmedicine.com

It is accessible using the library computers, or remotely using a university RAVEN username and password.

Other major e-books to which the library subscribes include:-

Oxford textbook of medicine

http://otm.oxfordmedicine.com/contents.dtl

Oxford textbook of palliative care http://otpallm.oxfordmedicine.com/

Library closed over Christmas

The Medical Library will be closed over the Christmas period, from 12.30pm Friday 23rd December.

We reopen in the New Year: 8am on Tuesday 3rd January 2012.

We wish Library Users a very merry Christmas,

with all best wishes for the New Year.

2011 BMA Book Award

Congratulations to Dr Peter Baxter, Consultant Physician in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for winning a BMA book award: medicine category. He is an editor of "Hunter's diseases of occupations" 10th edition.

This is held in the Library as a reference book at WA 400.62

Deduplication of Journals

Work continues with the deduplication of journal titles which are found in other Cambridge University libraries. One set will continue to be housed in one of the University libraries.

The list of the journals involved is:

Title	Start	vol		End	vol	Retained copy
MIMS magazine	1974		to	1987		UL
Monthly Bulletin of the Ministry of Health and the (Emergency) Public Health Laboratory Service	1951	10	to	1967	26	UL
Nursing Mirror	1980	151	to	1985	161	UL
Science	1946	103	to	1999	286	CSL

Please email library@medschl.cam.ac.uk if you wish to comment on this.

Kings Fund - The point of care: accepting death & illness

The Kings Fund seeks to understand how the health system in England can be improved.
One of it's current projects is The Point of Care Programme which aims to help health care staff in hospitals deliver the quality of care they would want for themselves and their own families.

This section includes staff stories, and 2 have come recently from a 2nd year medical student who considers Accepting death and illness as a doctor and as a patient and Patients: just a tool for medical learning?
 

Changes to Library closing time

Owing to changes in the Clinical School building closing procedures, Medical Library patrons please note the following:

        Last entry to the Clinical School building and Medical Library:

        9.35pm Monday to Friday

        4.35pm Saturday

Medical Library services will cease:

                9.45pm Monday to Friday
                4.45pm Saturday

Medical Library will close:

                9.50pm Monday to Friday

                4.50pm Saturday

Effective from Monday 3^rd October 2011

We apologise for any inconvenience these changes may cause.

Welcome to New Clinical Students

Welcome to the new cohort of Clinical Students 2011. 

We hope you'll have a wonderful 3 years, 

and offer you any support we can from the Medical Library.

Prodigy - the new face of Clinical Knowlege Summaries (CKS)

Do you remember Clinical Knowledge Summaries - a great source of high quality summaries of evidence and "practical know how" about common conditions in primary care.

CKS is now rebranded as PRODIGY, and is back, better than ever. Search for a specific topic, or browse the clinical topics. High quality patient information is also available.

http://www.prodigy.clarity.co.uk

PRODIGY is an accredited  provider for NHS Evidence, and its content is also retrievable when you search TRIP.

A leaflet about Prodigy is available too.

Reading Lists

What are students at University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine expected to be reading?
Check out the reading lists now.

Library redevelopment - work in week beginning 5th September

Activities in the library this week include:

• Monday 5th, Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th

Re-carpeting of the area between the Reception area and the Books.

This will be noisy and disruptive work, and we apologise for the inevitable inconvenience.

• Thursday and Friday

No work scheduled. Calm!

Bank Holiday Monday - Library is open

Monday 29th September, 2011 is a Bank Holiday.

The library is open from 9.00am till 6.00pm.

Library redevelopment - work in week beginning 22nd Aug

Activities in the library this week include: 

• Monday 22nd 
• Disposal of old metal shelving and furniture into a skip
  This will be noisy work, and we apologise for the inevitable disruption. 

• Tuesday 
•  Calm! 

• Wednesday, Thursday 
• Disposal of old metal shelving and furniture into a skip.
  This will be noisy work, and we apologise for the inevitable disruption.

• Friday 
• No work scheduled - calm!

Click here for a reminder of the "grand plan" 

Changes in the Medical Library – August 2011 onwards

We are always striving to improve the services and environment in the Medical Library.
In 2009 we underwent a significant refurbishment in the library reception area, upper floor and staff offices.
 
From August till the end of 2011, with financial support from the Clinical School, we shall be extending this modernisation to some other parts of the library.

What changes are planned?
What improvements do we hope this will achieve?

Change 1
*    shelving of all but the current issue of all journals upstairs (level 4)
Improvement
*    simplification of our journal holdings, making them easier to find   
Achieved: 5th August 2011

Change 2
*    relocating current issue of journals to new shelving units near the book collection
Improvement
*    better use of space so that more is available for study spaces   
In progress: 16th August 2011
Journals relocated, but yet to be reshelved: temporarily arranged in boxes near the books.
Hope to be complete: late September 2011 (or when new shelves arrive!)

Change 3
*    installation of water fountain
Improvement
*    better quality water and refreshment for library users    
Achieved: 12th August 2011

Change 4
*    installation new carpeting in from reception area through towards the books
Improvement
*    better aesthetics and improved noise muffling   
To be completed by mid-September 2011

Change 5
*    installation of group study pods
Improvement
*    enables small group work and promotes quiet discussion in the library    
To be completed by end of 2011

We are aware that any changes of this nature will cause disruption in the library while they’re being implemented. We’ll keep you posted via notices in the library and the website.
 
We're sorry about this, but hope you'll bear with us, and find that the changes we're making are worth-while.

Deduplication and Cancellation of Journals

We continue to deduplicate print journals and move towards electronic journal access. 
One copy of the print will continue to be held in one of the University libraries, but not in the Medical Library.
A list of these titles which we propose to remove from the Medical Library can be seen here. 
Please contact us if you have any views on this proposed action.
Email: library@medschl.cam.ac.uk or phone 01223 336750

CLOSING EARLY!

The Library will be closing
Tuesday 19th to Friday 22nd July, 2011 at 19:45

This is due to staff sickness

Many apologies for the inconvenience.

Local Health Profiles - availabel via PHO

Who is the local population? How deprived are they? How much more healthy are they this year in comparison with last year?

Health Profiles is the Department of Health’s programme to improve availability and accessibility to heath and health-related information in England. They give a snapshot overview of health for each local authority in England. Health Profiles are produced annually by the Public Health Observatories in England working in partnership and are commissioned by the Department of Health.

Data is available for Cambridge and also Cambridgeshire, as well as all the other regions and counties of England.

SIGN guidelines app

Do you have a smart phone?
Do you use SIGN guidelines? 

Then the SIGN Guidelines app is for you

SIGN (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network) guideline recommendations are now available on the move with theSIGN Guidelines app for iPhone, iPad and Android phones and tablets

(apparently it's the third most popular free medical app - according to the BBC)

 

http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/apps/index.html  

The SIGN Guidelines app has recently been updated and now includes the 2011 edition of SIGN 101 The British Guideline on the Management of Asthma featuring a new section on asthma in adolescents.

Also included is SIGN 124 Management of adult testicular germ cell tumours and SIGN 125 Management of atopic eczema in primary care/

Developed by the SIGN Executive in collaboration with Root Creative, Glasgow, the app contains Quick Reference Guides (QRGs) of these recently published SIGN guidelines:

• Management of atopic eczema in primary care
• Management of adult testicular germ cell tumours
• Early rheumatoid arthritis
• Venous thromboembolism
• Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in adults
• Chronic venous leg ulcers 
• Stroke: identification and management of dysphagia
• Stroke: rehabilitation, prevention and management of complications, and discharge planning
• Management of sore throat and indications for tonsillectomy
• Management of diabetes
• Management of obesity
• Non-pharmaceutical management of depression
• Diagnosis and pharmacological management of Parkinson’s disease
• British guideline on the management of asthma