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UCL has trial access to  Ovid Emcare  until 10th December 2016. To access off-site please use  Desktop@UCL Anywhere Ovid Emcare  is a nursing database that provides: 3,700+ international journals indexed – more than any other nursing database – More scholarly, peer-reviewed and indexed journals than any other nursing database 1,800+ titles not available on other leading nursing databases Nearly 5 million records dating back to 1995 Up to 250,000 records/citations added each year Broadest scope of international content—more than any other nursing database: 50% of journals are from North America, 40% are from Europe; 10% are from Rest of World. 9% of all records are for articles not in English, most have English-language abstracts. 70% of records have online abstracts More than 70,000 preferred terms in EMTREE, expanded with nursing and allied health terms. All mapped to MEDLINE’s MeSH. Please send any feedback on this resource to ich.library@ucl.ac.uk...

We though this article might be of interest- Health Apps, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Importance of information

We though this article might be of interest- Health Apps, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Importance of information

Health Education England’s e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH) programme and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have developed an e-learning resource focusing on NICE Guidance. The e-learning offers practical advice about how to use evidence based medicine in daily practice.  The e-learning resource includes content that has been adapted from NICE guidelines and illustrates application of the guidance using practical examples.   There are eight sessions of e-learning that cover: ·          Evidence-based medicine ·          Principles of decision making in healthcare ·          Changing clinical practice ·          Audit and feedback. The e-learning, which has been developed in conjunction with Leeds and St George’s medical schools, is designed to improve the under...