Taking place in Ireland for the first time from the 9th to the 11th of November, the HSE/RCSI Education Centre at Waterford Regional Hospital saw a significant gathering of medical specialties, nursing, midwifery, primary care and allied health professionals – together with HSE librarians – to focus on empowering healthcare professionals with skills necessary to deliver evidence-based practice at the point of patient care.

The 3-day workshop entitled “Evidence-Based Practice Skills for Healthcare Professionals” was co-hosted by the HSE’s Nursing and Midwifery Planning and Development Unit in the South East, HSE library services, medical colleagues in Waterford Regional Hospital, in collaboration with the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Oxford University.

ACCESS LENUS

Taking its name from Lenus Mars, the Celtic god of healing and well-being, LENUS is Ireland’s most comprehensive online repository of health-related reports, research and official publications. Spanning a period from the 1960s to the present day, LENUS makes available a wealth of material from former Irish health boards, the Health Service Executive, the Department of Health and Children and many other organisations active in the field of Irish health.

HSE Librarians are now offering a free search service to HSE staff - we do the searching for you and provide you with the results of the most up to date information available in your subject area.
To avail of this tell us more about the subject you are researching by using the "Ask A HSE Librarian" feature on the left hand side of the homepage. Make sure you choose the county you are working in so that the search is directed to the nearest HSE Librarian in your area.

Welcome to HSE Libraries Online.

Our website provides access for all HSE staff to a comprehensive range of evidence-based, up-to-date knowledge resources for the purposes of:

• research into specific clinical questions, conditions or treatments relevant to the care of individual patients;
• keeping up to date with developments in a specific area of the health sciences, or the professional literature of a given specialty;
• and continuing professional education.

Health services staff now have access to a range of business and management resources through the IMI Knowledge Centre.

Please note that access to the IMI Knowledge Centre is intended solely for the purposes of your personal learning and development, as a staff member. The Knowledge Centre is available only to staff of the HSE and of those health sector organisations agreed between the IMI and the HSE. To register for access please fill in the IMI Library registration form IMI Library registration form

The HSE Libraries Online (www.hselibrary.ie) project has won the Health Sector eGovernment Award for 2007. It was short listed for both

• Best Project Management Irish eGovernment Award
• Best Health Sector eGovernment Award

The Irish Health Sector eGovernment Award is awarded to the organisation who has succeeded in harnessing ICT to deliver better services, information and efficiencies to its target audience (both internal and external). Key factors include:

• innovation
• enhanced customer service

Please note that you will be prompted for your Athens username and password to access the following electronic books:

• Medical E-Books
• Nursing E-Books (Only available in some regions)

Medical E-Books
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