Month: April 2017

Evidence-Informed-Healthcare

Evidence Informed Healthcare

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The National Health Library & Knowledge Service of the HSE is leading a national communications campaign in partnership with the HSLG.  The aim of the campaign is to highlight the role of librarians and library staff in enabling evidence informed healthcare in the context of the broader patient safety agenda.

The key message for the campaign is ‘Libraries and library staff enable evidence informed healthcare’.  The hashtag on Twitter for the campaign is #EvidenceInformedHealthcare.

evidenceinformedhealthcareA logo has been designed for the campaign and is free for all libraries to use to promote the campaign.  Please include the hashtag on any promotional material.

The campaign will run for 6 months and is in line with the key recommendations of the SHeLLI report, namely to raise the profile of the library services and promote their value more widely.

The campaign team includes representatives from the HSE, Department of Health, HSLG, National Cancer Control Programme as well as healthcare professionals across Ireland.

More information will be made available in the coming weeks.  Please get involved.  This is an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of the work that you do to enable evidence informed healthcare.

Courses

Competencies for Health Librarians

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As you know competencies and education and training for librarians, including health librarians, is a topic of growing interest and concern.  Below are some recent developments HSLG members may be interested in. Kate Kelly (Director of Library Services, RCSI) was a member of the task force to review and update the competencies and HSLG EAHIL, UHMLG and CILIP representatives were invited to provide feedback to the task force.

  1. The US Medical Library Association has updated “Competencies for Life-Long Learning and Professional Success” which defines competencies and performance indicators for health information professionals.  This is now available on MLAnet http://www.mlanet.org/p/cm/ld/fid=1217 .  From May 15 a free self-assessment tool will also be available on MLAnet. Kate Kelly (RSCI
  2. The Spring Forum of the University Health & Medical Librarians Group focused on knowledge, skills and competencies and the presentations are available at https://uhmlg.wordpress.com/2017/04/12/spring-forum-2017-tooling-up-knowledge-skills-competencies/  the Summer Forum will follow up on some of this, programme coming soon.
  3. LAI members will be aware that LAI licensed CILIP’s PKSB (Professional Knowledge and Skills Base) as a benefit to LAI members.  A PKSB for Health is also available to CILIP members.
Events

HSLG AGM & Networking Event

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The HSLG Committee would like to invite all members of the HSLG to join us for our AGM on Wednesday, 14 June from 5 – 6pm.

This year, due to the kind offer of the ICML/EAHIL 2017 conference organisers, we are holding the AGM in the historic surroundings of Dublin Castle.

The meeting will be followed by a drinks reception at Trinity College Dining Hall, where we will join our colleagues from the conference. This is a great opporutinity to chat with fellow librarians and and share ideas and experiences.

To attend the AGM please register with Eventbrite here:

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/hslg-annual-general-meeting-tickets-33395052501

[You don’t have to attend the conference to go to the AGM or reception but it’s shaping up to be a very interesting event. See more at http://eahil2017.net/]

We looking forward to seeing you there.

Kindest regards

The HSLG Committee

Michael, Louise F, Bennery, Louise B, Marie, Shauna, Maura, and Mary