December is a holiday period that many of us look forward to – we have a chance to connect with friends and family and have fun, but for those who haven’t got family and friends to spend the time with, Read More …
Category: 12 Days of Christmas
Day 9: Wellbeing Collection: Hidden disabilities
“i am human/ the shape of my body/ exists within space” (Sluman, 2017) an extract from the poem shove ten pounds of sugar in a seven pound bag in Stairs and Whispers: D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back December holds Read More …
Day 12: Stories to make you smile
As part of World Book Night 2021, Knowledge and Library Services received several print copies of Stories To Make You Smile to give away to staff in the organisation. To request your paperback copy, please email libraries@phe.gov.uk About the book Read More …
Day 11: KLS Randomised Coffee Trial
In December 2021, the Knowledge and Library Services team at UKHSA conducted a virtual Randomised Coffee Trial across the library team. The aim of this event was to have an opportunity to meet more members of the team – library Read More …
Day 10: What is Critical Appraisal?
Watch this six minute video for a brief overview of what critical appraisal is. The transcript will appear here soon. Would you like to share your feedback on our advent calendar and contents? Please complete this short, three question Read More …
Day 8: Research Methods Reading List
Research methods for public health (general books) Follow this link to view these items in the catalogue and request a copy: https://ukhsa.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-shelves.pl?op=view&shelfnumber=218&sortfield=author BURKE, J. G. & ALBERT, S. M. 2014. Methods for community public health research: integrated and engaged approaches, Read More …
Day 7: Knowledge Management Tools
Would you like to find out more about Knowledge Management Tools? Follow this link to access five videos from Chris Collison, KM consultant and author. Please note this is only available internally via the PHE / UKHSA intranet: https://web.microsoftstream.com/channel/ba632e2c-fc26-45d5-b717-7aba759855c7 Read More …
Day 6: BrowZine Demo
Watch this three minute video for a demo of BrowZine. For more information on this resource, please visit our BrowZine page: https://ukhsalibrary.koha-ptfs.co.uk/browzine/ The transcript will appear here soon. Would you like to share your feedback on our advent calendar and contents? Read More …
Day 5: Clinical Key: Infectious Diseases
Are you interested in infectious diseases? Why not have a look at ClinicalKey: https://www.clinicalkey.com/ ClinicalKey is a resource that holds all of Elsevier’s medical and surgical content in one place and its Infectious Diseases module encompasses the contents of 31 Read More …
Day 4: Our favourite Knowledge Management tools
Within KLS we have a few Knowledge Management (KM) tools that we’re really keen on. Take a look at the postcards below to find out more! If you’d like more information on how to use any of the tools described, Read More …