3rd UK Clinical Librarian Conference - social activity!

If you're attending the 3rd UK Clinical Librarian Conference, don't forget that we've arranged a Ghost Walk in historic & haunted York! The cost is £4, payable on the night, and will be run by: http://www.ghosttrail.co.uk/

Health professionals said that clinical decision support was beneficial to their practice.

Clinical decision support helps clinicians take better care of their patients.

The findings of this survey to identify factors that affect the acceptance of clinical decision support (CDS) among primary care physicians, are published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 110 out of 225 physicians responded to the survey, and the majority said that CDS "helps them take better care of their patients." The study asked specific questions relating to acceptance of alerts for different situations, eg elderly patients, multiple medications and multiple chronic clinical conditions. Most of the clinicians said that they were often running behind schedule, and if they were running late, they were less likely to accept the alerts. The conclusions were that they do find CDS beneficial to patient care but they would like more time to use CDS.

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A survey of factors affecting clinician acceptance of clinical decision support
DF Sittig, MA Krall, RH Dykstra, A Russell, HL Chin
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2006, 6:6

Clinicians were more likely to look for information when working with a librarian.

Clinical librarians encourage clinical staff to look for information.

This paper highlights the results of an 18-month evaluation of a clinical librarian project, carried out in North Wales. The purpose of the study was to find out the benefits of using clinical librarians to support clinical teams. The results showed that with a clinical librarian on their team, clinicians were "more willing to spend time searching for information related to patient care."

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Changes in information behavior in clinical teams after introduction of a clinical librarian service
C Urquhart, J Turner, J Durbin, J Ryan
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2007, 95(1), pp14-22

Clinical librarians: a valuable addition to the critical care decision making team.

A new column in the Journal of the Medical Library Association looking at the value of good health information services.

This is a new column looking at the challenges of information service provision in health care. There will be case studies from medical librarianship, health informatics, medicine, and research, focusing on a variety of scenarios to help encourage discussion and development in this area. This first scenario focuses on the involvement and importance of a clinical librarian in the treatment of a patient with respiratory failure and hepatic encephalopathy associated with advanced liver failure. Comments can be made on this case online at http://jmlacasestudies.blogspot.com

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Expert synthesis of the literature to support critical care decision making
RN Jerome, RA Miller
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2006, October, 94(4), pp376-381

Evidence in Practice Award extended AGAIN!

Due to some unforeseen technical issues with the Insiteful Survery submission form, we've taken the decision to extend the closing date for entries to the Evidence in Practice Award to 20th April.

We've now changed the submission form to a Word proforma. All other details remain the same.

Please note that the award is open to UK Librarians & Clinicians only.

Please download an entry form here.

Evidence in Practice Award

We are pleased to announce an opportunity to share great
practice and see the world for the winners of the 2nd Evidence
in Practice Award - now open for entries

In approximately 750 words, can you describe a case study
where your work has influenced clinical practice? We are
looking for examples of good evidence-based librarianship
practice in a healthcare setting, examples of where librarians
and information professionals have influenced clinical practice
and patient outcomes. The competition is open to partnerships
of clinical and health professionals in the UK.

The winning partnership will each receive a Personal Digital Assistant,
£500 each towards attendence at a professional conference or course
of their choice, plus a free delegate place at the 3rd Clinical Librarian
Conference (see link below).
Prizes are jointly sponsored by NLH and BMJ Group.


Click here for our online entry for the competition

http://www.insitefulsurveys.com/Survey.asp?SI=110406111828

Entries can be submitted up to 31ST MARCH 2007 after which
anonymised case studies will be judged by an independent panel
combining clinical and information expertise.
The judges' decision will be final.

The award will be presented at the 3rd UK Clinical Librarian
Conference, 11th & 12th June 2007, St William's College, York
Minster, where the award winners will an opportunity
to share their example of successful practice.



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Conference Early Bird Rate to end

The early bird rate for the Clinical Librarian Conference ends on 31st Jan. If you still would like to take advantage of the lower rate for early registration, we'll need your registration form by tomorrow!