Welcome to the December edition of the CIAP Newsletter
Merry Christmas !
The CIAP Team would like to thank everyone for their support in 2007, and on
behalf of the Knowledge Management Unit and CIAP, we wish you all a very Happy
Christmas, and a most fulfilling year for 2008!
The CIAP Helpdesk will be available during the Christmas and New Year holidays.
CIAP Helpdesk 1800 824 279.
Supporters and previous employees of CIAP
were acknowledged at a celebration on Friday 9th of November at Royal Prince Alfred
to mark CIAP’s 10th year of service An entertaining keynote address by Dr. Diana
Horvath AO ‘Trials & Tribulations of an Early Adopter’ highlighted the journey of CIAP
from its beginning to the success it is today in supporting clinical care.
David White and Dr Roger Traill also provided
insights into CIAP’s evolution and an enthusiastic audience celebrated the achievement
and contribution of key supporters. CIAP was wished every success for the future.
Thanks to everyone who made the afternoon such
a special event and thanks to the Ambulance Band for the entertainment provided on the day.
Dr. Roger Traill, Dr. Diana Horvath, and David White
Di Ayres, Lisa Nelson and Michelle Wensley
‘To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.’
Marilyn Vos Savant
OvidSP Interface
The OvidSP interface, will run concurrently until
the old Ovid Gateway site is discontinued on 1st February 2008.
OvidSP features include the following:
Basic Search - Basic allows you to just enter queries using free text, everyday
natural language, with no need for special syntax.
Find citation - allows users to identify bibliographic entries by digital object
identifier (DOI) or other unique identifiers, such as ISSNs, page numbers, volume
number and issue number.
The OvidSp User Guide
covers fundamental information such as technical requirements and "how-tos" on searching, as well as advice on the best
search strategies.
An online demonstration is available which explains the new features including Natural Language Processing.
‘Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.’
Immanuel Kant
New Version of uSe to be Released 15th December 2007
New features include improvements to:
The CIAP A-Z Full Text Journal List
uSe Search - Separation of the previous category "Drugs/Guidelines" to yield two
new categories"Clinical Guidelines & Tools" and "Drug Information"
Renaming of "Local Resources" - "Local Resources" has been renamed "Your Sites" to more accurately reflect
the nature of resources within this category.
Re-ordering of all categories - Resource categories have been re-ordered alphabetically to facilitate ready
identification by expert and intermittent searchers alike.
The new list of resource categories to
be released:
‘Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.’
Anon
eTG - Therapeutic Guidelines: Analgesic Version 5 released
Acute and chronic pain — a wider coverage of the differences in clinical
presentation, pathophysiology, and approaches to management
Interventional approaches to pain management
Psychological aspects of pain management—including fuller discussion of
the basics of cognitive behaviour therapy
The pain clinic—new content added
Obstetric pain—completely rewritten
Getting to know your drugs
Routes and regimens for analgesic and adjuvant administration
Special considerations of pain in older people
Pain in children
‘The two words "information" and "communication" are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.’
Sydney J. Harris
Managing Injuries by Venomous Sea Creatures in Australia
Managing injuries by venomous sea creatures
in Australia authored by Geoffrey Isbister has been added to CIAP under
Clinical Guidelines.
This informative paper covers treatment for most injuries caused by marine life along
the Australian coast. Includes Blue-ringed octopus bites, treatment of stingray
injuries, venomous fish and jellyfish /box jellyfish envenoming (including Irukandji
Syndrome).
St Vincent’s and Mater Health Sydney - 2007 Nursing Monograph
The 2007 Nursing Monograph is produced by
the St Vincent’s and Mater Health Sydney (SVMHS) Nursing Research Committee and presents
the scholarly works of nursing clinicians across the three facilities. The Nursing
Monograph has increased in reputation over recent years and is widely subscribed by
universities, Area Health Services and hospital libraries. It is also available via
CIAP under Specialty Sites > St
Vincent's Hospital Nursing Monographs.
‘Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside a dog, it’s too dark to read.’
Groucho Marx
K2 Medical System - Training Program
NSW Department of Health has embarked on a new
project that aims to maximise the safety of women and babies utilising public maternity
services across NSW.
As part of this project a Statewide rollout of
K2 Medical System Computerised Training Program for Fetal Welfare assessment and
interpretation of intrapartum FHR will be made available to all hospitals throughout
the NSW responsible for the provision of maternity care.
Access to the K2MS training program is available
on the CIAP site. You will need to be registered with the contact listed to access this program.
December 2007
Comments and Feedback
CIAP welcomes your comments and feedback.
We would like to be informed of your experiences when using the CIAP site. All feedback received is assessed and taken into
account to improve the viability of the site and increase the useability at the point of care.
If you have any comments, suggestions, or feedback, please contact us via the feedback form,
send us an or call us on
1800 824 279.
Did You Know . . . Nursing Consult - Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, 7th ed.
Nursing Consult Journals and Online Books
have a link on the top right hand side of each page pointing to Mosby’s Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions. If you are unsure
of the spelling of a search term click on the link to access the dictionary without leaving the page.
Featuring . . . MIMS Online Training
MIMS are offering online, interactive training
for all users. There are two modules on offer at the moment, eMIMS Training and eMIMS
for Pharmacy Training. You do not need a username or password to access.
CIAP Training News
In November 2007 three librarians from GWAHS, Sandra O'Neill,
Bathurst, Michael Barnes, Dubbo and Don Keast, Broken Hill
distributed CIAP promotional carry bags to 45 Health Service
Managers in health units across GWAHS which covers 68% of the
area of NSW. Thanks for this great effort in GWAHS.
2008 Training Course Bookings
Please get in early and book your preferred dates for
training in 2008. Contact Victoria Gardner – mobile 0411 257 443
Drug Databases Updates
CIAP online resources are updated regularly according to the following schedule:
eTG Complete (Therapeutic Guidelines) is updated every four months, recent update 10/11/2007
Micromedex is updated quarterly, recent update on 27/10/2007
MIMS is updated monthly (usually first Saturday of the month), recent update on 08/12/2007
pAHM (Australian Medicines Handbook for PDA) is updated twice a year (January/July). If you have downloaded this just before the new
version is released (within 1 week) then the validation code that will be emailed to you will not work with the old version. To correct this you will
need to delete the old version and start again with the new version.
CIAP Promotional Material available
Ready for you to print
We have a promotions page on CIAP to enable
you to download the new CIAP brochure and a number of different flyers including Children’s
Hospital at Westmead Handbook, Interactive ECG and MIMS Online.
Please feel free to print
these and place them on noticeboards throughout your workplace. You will find these
resources by clicking on Promotional Material at the bottom
of the front page of CIAP.
We hope that you have enjoyed this newsletter. If you have something that you
would like published in CIAP Newsletter, please send an email to the .
The next issue will be available in February 2007.
