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Searching Ovid Medline: Techniques for optimising search results (Online)

12/06/26
Imperial College NHS and Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Trusts Libraries
Microsoft Teams
11:00am - 12:30pm
Finding the strongest evidence requires searching beyond Google and PubMed and using medical databases such as Medline and Embase. This session introduces participants to the principles of database searching and introduces some advanced techniques, focusing specifically on Medline via Ovid. This session will be delivered online via Microsoft Teams. Once you have booked through KnowledgeShare you will be sent a link to the Teams meeting by email.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Understand where to search for academic literature and evidence on health topics Develop a research question into a structured search strategy Carry out a search for literature on a specific topic using Ovid Medline This session supports standards from the GMC Professional Capabilities Framework; NMC Code; GPhC Professional Standards; HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics, PSA Standards for Members, SfH Code of Conduct, GDC Standards and GOC Standards of Practice
HCPC - 2.5, 2.6, 3.3, 3.4, 10.1; GMC - Domain 3, 6, 9; NMC - 6.1, 6.2, 8.6, 9.4, 22.3; GPhC -1, 4, 5; PSA – Standard 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; SfH - 3.6, 6.4, 6.6; GDC - 7.1.1, 7.3.2; GOC - 5.3, 6.1, 7.6; ACHCA - Expectation 1, 2, 4; CIPD - 1.1, 4.1, 4.2
This skills session has no organisation restrictions
This skills session has no job role restrictions