Advanced Practice: Minor Illness/Injury
Library Access
Library Locations: OHFT Libraries are located on 3 sites at Warneford Hospital, Littlemore Mental Health Centre and The Whiteleaf Centre in Aylesbury. Libraries are open 24/7. For further details see Library Locations
However if you can’t get to one of our sites you can still access most of our services and resources remotely. For some of the key resources available see below or email library.enquiries@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk for further information.
For further support including the Module Handbook, see the L&D Portal resources via the Learning and development portal
Library Services
Access to Resources
Resources Lists
Minor Injury 2023
Minor Illness 2023
For information about borrowing books go to: Book loans and interlibrary loans
Need to know
To request books for loan
- first check the SWIMS catalogue
- if available you can email the library to request loans, or visit in person if the book is available at one of our library sites
- books can be sent out to your place of work and returned via internal mail.
Online books, databases and journals
Access is available to all students on the Advanced Practice in Minor Illness Course via NHS OpenAthens accounts (also see below*)
To register for an NHS OpenAthens account see our OpenAthens guide
*SCAS employees may choose preferred employer – there are some differences in resources available :
- If employed by SCAS you may choose to register for an OpenAthens Account under SCAS as employer. This would give you access to more emergency care resources, and you could continue to use this account after you have finished your course. However, resources that have been purchased for your course may only be accessible under an Oxford Health Athens account.
If you are a SCAS trainee (with a SCAS Athens account) and you have any queries about your accounts/resources, please see below:
- Please see https://ambulance.libguides.com/ and Contact us – Welcome to LKS ASE – LibGuides at Library & Knowledge Services for NHS Ambulance Services in England for additional services and to address any queries about resources.Matt Holland can also be contacted: Matt.Holland@nwas.nhs.uk
Others (and SCAS employees may also choose this option) should register for an NHS OpenAthens account under OHFT as an employer.
Information skills support
The Library can help support you to locate and evaluate relevant evidence for your assignments, by offering information skills training. See our webpage for a full list of courses (including online courses for those based at a distance): Information skills advice/resources/training
Need to know
OHFT Librarians offer
- advice on constructing a search strategy to enable you to carry out literature searches
- group and individual training in person and via MS Teams.
- a suite of e-learning modules to complete as needed, from basic to advanced literature searching available here
- advice/support for Harvard referencing available here
Keeping up to date
We offer expertly tailored services to help you keep up to date in your areas of interest, including News Bulletins, Journals Tables of Contents Alerts and KnowledgeShare. To find out more/sign up see our Keeping up to date page
Page last reviewed: 1 May, 2024