LOCATION: Canberra Hospital - CHS Library Training Room, Building 4, Level 1 

Bringing your own laptop is highly desirable.  

Are you wondering about the best treatment options for your patient?  Would you like to refresh your skills on how to search databases to find quality information? Do you want to learn more about what makes a paper high quality and how to use the findings to guide your practice? If so, this workshop is for you! This session is suitable for healthcare workers from any clinical background and will focus on quantitative research methods investigating the effect of interventions.  

This workshop is a collaboration between the CHS Library and Office of Research and Education, this session will be facilitated by a librarian with expertise in systematic literature searching and Rosalyn Stanton, a clinician, researcher and educator.

By the end of this session you will be able to:  

• Formulate a PICO question and design an effective search strategy  

• Understand how to critically appraise quantitative studies on effect of interventions  

• Interpret results and determine clinical significance 

• Derive clinical implications from the research and apply to practice.

LOCATION: CHS Library - North Canberra Hospital (Lewisham Building)

Bringing your own laptop is highly desirable.  

Are you wondering about patient experiences and perspectives about their healthcare?  Are you interested in staff perspective about their workplace and work practices?  

Would you like to refresh your skills on how to search databases to find quality information? Learn more about what makes a qualitative paper high quality and how to use the findings to guide your practice? If so, this workshop is for you! This session is suitable for healthcare workers from any clinical background and will focus on qualitative research methods.  

This workshop is a collaboration between the CHS Library and Office of Research and Education, this session will be facilitated by a librarian with expertise in systematic literature searching and Rosalyn Stanton, a clinician, researcher and educator. 

By the end of this session you will be able to:    

• Formulate a PICo question and design an effective search strategy    

• Understand how to critically appraise qualitative studies   

• Interpret results and determine clinical significance   

• Derive clinical implications from the research and apply to practice   

This is a hands on session.

What is a database?  Why do I need to use them for my research project? Isn't Google/Google Scholar all I need? 

These questions and more answered in this session, where you will explore the importance of databases to access reliable and peer reviewed sources to inform your research project.  You will have the opportunity to conduct your own search with the support of our librarians.

By the end of this session, you will feel confident in:

• knowing what a database is and why it's better to use these than a Google search for clinical and academic research
• knowing how to locate the databases available on the CHS Library & Multimedia website
• understanding evidence based practice and the use of models like PICO for research
• understanding what a Boolean search is and why we use them in database searches
• refreshing your knowledge of search term and keyword creation and use in database searching
• knowing what a search filter is and how to use these to tailor your search being familiar with Advanced Search options
• knowing how to find your way around a database record and retrieve an item conducting your own searches
• knowing how to request eBooks, journal articles, and other items that our library does not hold.