Reach Out To Primary Care

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Reach Out To Primary Care

• Development of an
• Outreach Library Service for
• Primary Care Staff in Oxfordshire

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Oxfordshire Primary Care

• 5 Primary Care Trusts
• PCTs employ circa 2,200 staff
• Podiatrists, GPs, Occupational Therapists,
  Dietitians, Community Nurses, etc.
• 87 General Practices
• 6 community hospitals

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Library Services in Oxfordshire

• Local Health Care Libraries
• University of Oxford Health Care Libraries
• Horton Hospital, Banbury
• National Strategy
• Local Implementation Strategy

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Aims of the Outreach Service

• To improve the ability of practice and community
  staff to access networked information resources
  available to them, and to act as a named library
  first point of contact for PCT staff, and act as
  a gateway to other library staff and services.

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Outreach Activities

• Training
• Training pack
• Basic Health on the Internet
• Advanced Health Information on the Internet
• Search Skills Training
• Using Library Services
• Full Text Health Information on the Internet
• Ten Minute Training
• Tailor made sessions
• Awareness
• Cold calling
• Primary Focus
• Conference/meeting attendance

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Issues Raised

• Recognition
• Isolation
• DLNet
• Cyber-cafe
• Thames Valley Outreach Librarians Group
• Time
• Literature searching
• Ten Minute Training

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Evaluation

• Internal
• Post-training evaluation form
• Statistics
• External
• School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR),
  University of Sheffield

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Lessons Learnt

• Lack of IT skills - ECDL training
• Insufficient time - Ten Minute Training
• Training is not a priority - Primary Focus
• Overwhelming - Short, concise handouts

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Conclusion

• The future lies with primary care staff and their
  health information needs.

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Further Information

• Miss Caroline Papi MA DipLIS MCLIPcarolinepapi_at_ho
  tmail.com
• University of Health Care Librariespcenquiries_at_ca
  irns-library.ox.ac.uk
• Primary Focus bulletin http//www.medicine.ox.ac.u
  k/cairns/PrimaryCare/Enquiries/PrimaryFocus.htm
• Health Libraries in Oxfordshirehttp//www.oxfords
  hire.nhs.uk/libraries/