Venue: TR003 IT ¸£ÀûÔÚÏßÃâ·Ñ Building, University of Malta, Msida Campus (DynaMed Workshops) & Online (EBSCO Databases)
The University of Malta , in collaboration with EBSCO, is organising training workshops on DynaMed and EBSCO Databases.
The workshops are going to be held accordingly:
- Tuesday 14 November 2023 at 14:30 - 15:30 - IT Lab TR108
- Wednesday 15 November 2023 at 09:00 - 10:00 – IT Lab TR003
- Tuesday 14 November 2023 at 11:00 - 12:30 – Online
- Wednesday 15 November 2023 at 14:30 - 16:00 – Online
Target audience: Staff and students from the , , and .
Booking can be done .
DynaMed: an overview of clinical decisions support at the point-of-care
Delivered by Rita Alves - NHS clinical pharmacist at EBSCO Health Care
The aim of this workshop is to become familiar with DynaMed as a point-of-care clinical decision support tool and become confident in navigating it. The workshop will include an interactive quiz (Kahoot).
During DynaMed workshop the following aspects will be covered:
- How to search for and access a topic on DynaMed
- How to navigate different sections in a topic including how to launch a MEDLINE search from within a topic
- How to browse specialties
- How to access and use clinical tools under ‘Calculators’
- How to access Drug Topics
- How to use Drug Interactions Checker
- Advantages of a Personal User Account – including how to set up alerts for followed topics and specialties, time-based CPD tracking, free mobile app (iOS/Android)
- The new Evidence-Based Medicine module
Health databases on EBSCOhost: advanced search strategy tips
Delivered by Alisia Poggio - Training Specialist for EBSCO ¸£ÀûÔÚÏßÃâ·Ñ Service
The aim of this workshop is to become familiar with tools to create advanced search strategies on EBSCOhost Health Databases. The workshop will include an exercise session.
This workshop will focus on:
- APA PsycInfo, CINAHL COMPLETE, Cochrane Library, MEDLINE COMPLETE: contents overview
- Advanced Search: using search fields and limiters
- Special limiters (Clinical Queries and EBP)
- How to use a Thesaurus
- How to build a PICO Search Strategy
- MyEBSCO free folder to save and manage results and queries
- E-Learning and Support pages
