{"id":19943,"date":"2022-12-30T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/?p=19943"},"modified":"2022-11-04T08:32:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T08:32:33","slug":"uniskills-focus-on-bmj-best-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/2022\/12\/30\/uniskills-focus-on-bmj-best-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"UniSkills Focus On: BMJ Best Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In our final <strong><em>UniSkills Focus On\u2026 <\/em><\/strong>blog of 2022 we\u2019re going to look at <a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BMJ Best Practice<\/a>. If you\u2019re a student in the <strong>Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine<\/strong> looking for a tool to help you with <strong>clinical decision making<\/strong>, then BMJ Best Practice is the one for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/11\/LS1196-UniSkills-Focus-On-20224-BMJ-Best-Practice.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/11\/LS1196-UniSkills-Focus-On-20224-BMJ-Best-Practice-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"UniSkills Focus On. This month our student blog series explores: BMJ Best Practice. Read the full blog and more: blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\" class=\"wp-image-19946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/11\/LS1196-UniSkills-Focus-On-20224-BMJ-Best-Practice-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/11\/LS1196-UniSkills-Focus-On-20224-BMJ-Best-Practice-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/11\/LS1196-UniSkills-Focus-On-20224-BMJ-Best-Practice-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/11\/LS1196-UniSkills-Focus-On-20224-BMJ-Best-Practice-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/11\/LS1196-UniSkills-Focus-On-20224-BMJ-Best-Practice-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/11\/LS1196-UniSkills-Focus-On-20224-BMJ-Best-Practice.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What does BMJ Best Practice offer?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Information on <strong>30 speciality areas<\/strong>, to help with evidence based clinical decision-making ranging from <a href=\"https:\/\/bestpractice-bmj-com.edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/specialties\/1\/Allergy-and-immunology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Allergy and Immunology<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/bestpractice-bmj-com.edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/specialties\/29\/Vascular-surgery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vascular Surgery<\/a>.<\/li><li><strong>Over<\/strong> <strong>250 evidence-based medical calculators<\/strong><\/li><li>A <strong>comorbidities tool<\/strong> which gives guidance on the treatment of acute conditions in patients with comorbidities<\/li><li><strong>Over 500 patient leaflets<\/strong> on topics ranging from the <a href=\"https:\/\/bestpractice-bmj-com.edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/patient-leaflets\/en-gb\/html\/3000230\/6-in-1%20vaccine%20%28diphtheria%2C%20hepatitis%20B%2C%20Haemophilus%20influenzae%20type%20B%2C%20polio%2C%20tetanus%2C%20whooping%20cough%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">6 in 1 vaccine<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/bestpractice-bmj-com.edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/patient-leaflets\/en-gb\/html\/1455287171144\/Zika%20virus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">zika virus<\/a> giving patient summaries with the aim of helping in informed, shared decision making<\/li><li><strong>Videos<\/strong> explaining over 50 of the most common clinical procedures<\/li><li><strong>Case reports<\/strong>, divided into over 100 categories, exploring rare diseases or unusual presentations of more common ones<\/li><li>The <strong>latest quality assessed evidence for clinical decision making<\/strong>, including evidence tables, an evidence-based evidence toolkit and information from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cochranelibrary.com\/cca\">Cochrane Clinical Answers<\/a><\/li><li>A <strong>drug database<\/strong>, with access to quality information on drugs<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to access BMJ Best Practice<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The easiest way to access <a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BMJ Best Practice<\/a> is to search for it in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/departments\/support\/ls\/discover-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Discover More<\/a>. From here you can navigate through to the website and create your personal account. This is really quick and easy set up following the <a href=\"http:\/\/eshare.edgehill.ac.uk\/id\/document\/42300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BMJ Best Practice User Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have an account you will be able to download the <strong>BMJ Best Practice app<\/strong>, available for Android and Apple devices, giving you access to clinical decision-making tools wherever you happen to be &#8211; whether you are writing an assignment in Catalyst or out on placement dealing with patients in the real world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BMJ Best Practice is the number one clinical decision-making tool, so why not give it a go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Further Help and Support<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember, if you need any further help or support finding, accessing or getting the most out of your resources head over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/departments\/support\/ls\/uni-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UniSkills web pages<\/a>. From here you can access lots more information, toolkits and video tutorials, book on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehu.ac.uk\/workshops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UniSkills workshop<\/a> and even book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/departments\/support\/ls\/uni-skills\/one-to-one-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1-2-1 appointment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, that\u2019s it for 2022 &#8211; we hope you\u2019ve enjoyed exploring your resources with us this term! <strong><em>UniSkills Focus On\u2026<\/em><\/strong> will be back in the new year as we explore <a href=\"https:\/\/edgehill.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/link.gale.com\/apps\/GLS?u=edge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gale Literature<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a lovely winter break and we\u2019ll see you all in January for <strong>New Year, New UniSkills!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our final UniSkills Focus On\u2026 blog of 2022 we\u2019re going to look at BMJ Best Practice. 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