Head of Medical Library Services @cam_med_lib, embedded librarian at @THIS_Institute, co-chair of @UHMLG, theme lead (Evidence Synthesis) for @CamPubHealth

Joined April 2008
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24 May 2024
I’m really looking forward to #uhmlg24 in lovely Lancaster - even more so since I’ve arranged a postal vote . Get yours at gov.uk/apply-postal-vote
2 May 2024
Learn Long and Prosper - bookings are now open for our summer conference 2024 uhmlg.org/2024-summer-confer… to be held 4/5 July in Lancaster. Variety of speakers including topics of AI, supporting systematic reviews & career development.
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The Medical Library team are always happy to help, here is how we helped in April. If you need some help please call into the library or you can get in touch via email.

ALT A poster showing Medical Library statistics for April. There were 308 inquiries answered, 339 trainees attended 21 sessions. There were 26 new library memberships.

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April was a busy month for document delivery in the Medical Library.

ALT A poster showing Medical Library statistics for April. There were 187 books borrowed, 283 books returned. 44 new additions to stock. 332 articles were supplied

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2 May 2024
I'm going - hope to see you at this great event. Always a lovely way to catch up with colleagues, and to hear some great speakers. #uhmlg24
2 May 2024
Learn Long and Prosper - bookings are now open for our summer conference 2024 uhmlg.org/2024-summer-confer… to be held 4/5 July in Lancaster. Variety of speakers including topics of AI, supporting systematic reviews & career development.
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29 Apr 2024
join a great team in Cambridge: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/46288/

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28 Feb 2024
terrible news!
@CADTH_ACMTS is turning into the Canadian Drug Agency, and they've laid off half their library staff in the process. I don't even want to think about how big a blow this is going to end up being to the KS community
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22 Feb 2024
very much looking forward to the finished paper. All power you to @LAyiku and colleagues
20 Feb 2024
Very proud to have contributed to this new paper 😊: Validated geographic search filters for bibliographic databases: A scoping review protocol journals.lww.com/jbisrir/ful… @PieperDawid @CatharinaMuente #medlibs #canmedlibs #ukmedlibs #ausmedlibs
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22 Jan 2024
UHMLG events for 2024 - Spring Forum online 21 (pm) /22 (am) March and Summer Conference in Lancaster 4-5 July. Booking open & full details to follow uhmlg.org/events/
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19 Jan 2024
I'll be reading up on this and experimenting
Just published: searchRxiv: A Resource for Sharing Database Search Strategies Almost 500 searches available, and increasing rapidly. Ovid most popular platform, Medline most common database #medlibs #canmedlibs #ukmedlibs @EAHIL @HLInc buff.ly/48QpV46
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17 Jan 2024
Looks hugely useful!! Congratulations @JohnFord1849
Welcome to the Health Equity Evidence Centre We use machine learning technology to map what works to address inequalities in primary care. Check out our new website heec.co.uk #healthinequalities #healthequity
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9 Jan 2024
proud to have done the searches in support of this work. congratulations on publication @_c_hitchcock et al
Our IPD meta-analysis supports CBT with a trauma focus as first-line treatment for PTSD in young ppl, irrespective of age, gender, trauma characteristics or carer involvement in treatment tinyurl.com/bdcn48yw Led by Anke de Haan w @TimDalgleish @RMeiserStedman @child_trauma
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8 Jan 2024
I’ll be reading this today
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18 Dec 2023

18 Dec 2023
Levay P, (@levay_paul) Craven J Systematic Searching in a Post-Pandemic World: New Directions for Methods, Technology, and People Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2023 18(4): 93-104
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12 Dec 2023
Pawliuk C, Cheng S, Zheng A, (Hal) Siden H, Librarian involvement in systematic reviews was associated with higher quality of reported search methods: a cross- sectional survey of authors from Vancouver, BC, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (2024), doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2….

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14 Nov 2023
proud to contribute the searches for this work, and to be part of the fantastic team including
13 Nov 2023
Great to see the World Health Organisation I am a co-author of out today. We conducted an evidence review to consider the contribution of behavioural science in addressing the social and wider determinants of health. 👇 iris.who.int/handle/10665/37…
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October was also a busy month for training delivered by the Medical Library team.

ALT A poster showing Medical Library statistics for October. 332 inquiries answered 408 trainees attended 35 training sessions. There were 71 new memberships in the Medical Library.

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October was a busy month for books borrowed in the Medical Library. Find more information about all Medical Library services on our website. library.medschl.cam.ac.uk/

ALT A poster showing Medical Library statistics for October, there were 436 books borrowed and 303 books returned. There were 38 new additions to stock and 147 articles supplied via the document delivery service

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10 Oct 2023
my reading for today!
Catalogue of bias: racial bias #EBMLearning by @bakedbeanpizza and @dnunan79 Link: bit.ly/3toewsQ
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31 Aug 2023
another one for you @bakedbeanpizza, and anyone else interested in a great summary of the biases in research
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24 Aug 2023
maybe another example to add to your enormous list @bakedbeanpizza?
24 Aug 2023
useful paper to use as example for those running critical appraisal for anti-racism theconversation.com/common-h…. and jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacad…
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