The Clinical Librarian service is available at no cost to all staff and learners of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Our aim is to provide best evidence and information skills training to healthcare professionals to support evidence-based practice. We provide a variety of training and services to help you access and utilise the best evidence available.
Literature Search service:
We provide comprehensive literature or evidence search tailored to your clinical questions. Please complete our literature search request form and we will deliver the results directly to your email.
Information Skills sessions
We provide information skills training sessions on literature searching, writing for publication, critically appraising literature to suit individual and team’s needs. Training and booking details can be found on the Information Skills Training
Find out what critical appraisal is, how it can contribute to your evidence-based practice and practical experience on how to critically appraise a research article using CASP checklist
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Month |
Title |
Date |
Start time |
End time |
Registration link |
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July |
Critically Appraising a Systematic review paper |
Tuesday 21 July 2026 |
10:00 |
11:30 |
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September |
Critically Appraising a Randomised Controlled Trial Paper |
Thursday 17 Sept 2026 |
09:30 |
11:00 |
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September |
Critically Appraising a Systematic review paper |
Tuesday 22 Sept 2026 |
09:30 |
11:00 |
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October |
Critical Appraising a Randomised Controlled Trial Paper |
Thursday 29 Oct 2026 |
12:00 |
13:30 |
Training and booking details can be found on Inforrmation Skills Training
Find out tips and tools that can help you get started with the publishing your article.
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Writing for Publication |
Mon 10/08/2026 |
09:30 |
11:00 |
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Writing for publication |
Thu 12/11/2026 |
09:30 |
11:00 |
Training and booking details can be found on the Information skill training
Learn the principles and techniques for effective literature search using healthcare databases.
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Quick access to evidence, e-journals and eBooks |
Tue 04/08/2026 |
10:00 |
10:30 |
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Finding evidence for research or publication |
Wed 21/10/2026 |
10:00 |
11:30 |
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Quick access to evidence, e-journals and eBooks |
Wed 02/12/2026 |
09:30 |
10:00 |
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Quick access to evidence, e-journals and eBooks |
Tue 15/12/2026 |
10:00 |
10:30 |
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Training and booking details can be found on the information skills training
If you are interested in self-paced e-learning, please see elfh's modules on literature searching, critical appraisal and health literacy.
