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Paramedic Science: Specialist resources

Library resources for paramedic science

Anatomy and Physiology

Visible Body: Human Anatomy Atlas

 Subscription access provided.  System views, layering function, quizzes and notecards.

 

 

KenHub  KenHub

An anatomy online resource requiring individual registration. 

A mixture of free and subscription content.

NHS England OpenAthens

NHS England OpenAthens

These accounts are available to Nursing and Allied Health courses which have an NHS placement compulsory for course completion.

Accounts are setup during the first semester of a course by the Library.  Look out for a registration completion email; there is an expiry on the registration email but you can contact the Library to have it resent.

Your UoG Athens administrators are Kamila Niekoraniec -  kniekoraniec@glos.ac.uk and Allison Davis - adavis@glos.ac.uk. Email them with any account and resource enquiries.

 The NHS OpenAthens resources are to supplement the UoG provided resources.  They include a number of clinical resources including BMJ Best Practice and ELfH, as well as access to additional subscription databases that UoG does not subscribe to including Trip Pro, EMBASE and EMCARE. See the Specialist Resources and Journals tabs for more information.

You may also have an NHS OpenAthens account through your work place.  NHS OpenAthens is an authentication platform, so the available resources will vary depending on which account you use to log in.  Check your log in details carefully as the log in details, IP addresses and cookies can sometimes get muddled.  Using a different internet browser can help differentiate between logins.

Health Literacy

The Health Literacy Place The Health Literacy Place

NHS Education for Scotland website with support materials for health practitioners about patient communication.

Legislation

Legislation.gov.uk

An authoritative source for UK legislation. It provides primary UK legislation from 1988 onwards (Acts of Parliament) and Acts still in force from before 1988. Also, secondary legislation eg Statutory Instruments. Plus EU directives up to the end of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU.

Audio-Visual Resources

Planet eStream

Planet eStream is the UoG Media platform.  Content includes recorded lectures and off-air recordings.  Most resources are made available to you via links from Moodle sites and Talis Resource lists, but you can also search the database direct.

Copyright

Copyright support

For assistance with understanding how and when you can reused the intellectual property and copyright materials from a variety of creators, details are on these information pages.

For additional support contact your academic liaison librarian.

Professional and Clinical Resources

BMJ Best Practice

 

eLearning for HealthcareeLearning for Healthcare 

An elearning platform for clinical skills development and assessment.

 

Prescribing

British National Formulary and British National Formulary for Children 

Available online through NICE. 

British National Formulary

British National Formulary for Children

Key information on prescribing and dispensing medicines.

Print copies also available through the Library.

Professional Bodies and Guidance

NICE: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence NICE: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence 

Clinical care guidance and standards.

 

Care Quality Commission Care Quality Commission

The independent regulator for health and social care in England.

 

Professional Standards Authority Professional Standards Authority

Regulation and registration body for healthcare professionals in the UK.

 

The NHS NHS

Main general public access point for NHS service information and health guidance.

Useful for introductory information and a general public perspective on health information.

 

Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) hcpc

Professional body for the different allied health professions in the UK, including the standards of proficiency.

 

College of Paramedics  

UK professional body for paramedics.