We’re very pleased to introduce you to Don Lickley, who joined our LKS team in March.
Read moreNew Learning Technologist for BSMS
23rd March 2019We’re pleased to announce a new Learning Technologist for Brighton & Sussex Medical School. Although new to BSMS, Nicola Walters is a familiar face to BSUH NHS Trust staff from her work supporting iris and creating Departmental videos. “I have recently joined BSMS as a Learning Technologist. I come to BSMS from a technical and education background. From a …
Read moreWelcome Iain – our new iris expert!
19th March 2019We are delighted to welcome Iain O’Neill to our LKS team. Find out more about Iain and his role below: “I have joined the Trust as a Senior Learning Technologist which means I will be helping the clinical and non-clinical staff access iris. Alongside that I will be helping to promote learning technology in the trust, helping solve the daily …
Read moreNew year and new role for Kevin!
19th January 2019As you may recall, Kevin Burgoyne became our Specialist Primary Care Librarian in 2017. Despite the best efforts of everyone concerned, funding for the post ceased in late 2018, but the phoenix has risen from its ashes into a brand new role of Clinical Librarian for BSUH NHS Trust, focusing on Quality and Patient Safety. Here is what Kevin has …
Read moreFarewell to Matthew “iris” Taylor!
12th January 2019We’re sad to say Matthew Taylor, our Senior Learning Technologist, is leaving us for pastures new. Matthew joined our team and BSUH in February 2015 to work on the BSUH Virtual Learning Environment project. Iris launched at the end of 2015 and has grown ever since, helping BSUH to achieve 90% compliance in Mandatory Training in 2018. Matthew is moving …
Read moreStar of the Month award for our Clinical Librarian!
17th December 2018BSUH Library and Knowledge Service is one of the most active NHS library services in the country. It works to facilitate evidence-based decision-making for staff at RSCH, PRH and Mill View hospitals, public health in the local authority and everybody else in the local health economy. With over 15 years working as a library professional, Igor Brbre is a real …
Read moreClinical librarians enabling BSUH improvement
17th August 2018Tom Roper and Igor Brbre are our clinical librarians and work closely with management teams to ensure evidence is integrated into service improvement. Nick Groves, Associate Director (3Ts/Service Modernisation), has this to say in acknowledgement of their contribution: “We’ve used the BSUH Clinical Librarian service to support 15+ management projects (in particular workforce/pathway/service redesign) and have hugely benefitted. It’s made …
Read moreBack in the days when…..
15th August 2018This piece of working ephemera gives an insight into how the Brighton and Sussex NHS librarians used to catalogue material, and the time and processes involved. Handwritten completed forms were passed on to the South East Thames Regional Library & Information Service, based at Brighton General Hospital, for their cataloguing department to add to the regional catalogue. Who would have …
Read moreHealth Education England visit our Clinical Librarian service
3rd July 2018Tim Swanwick (HEE Dean for Education and Leadership), Sue Lacey-Bryant ( HEE Programme Manager and Senior Advisor on Knowledge for Healthcare) and Louise Goswami (Head of Library and Knowledge Services and Technology-Enhanced Learning for London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex) are coming to the Royal Sussex County Hospital today (Tuesday) to learn more about our clinical librarian service. Two clinical librarians, …
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