We are pleased to provide full details of the forthcoming Workshop to be held on Wednesday 16th June as part of the internationally-renowned iSHIMR Symposium. The Health Libraries Group, in association with the University of Sheffield, has assembled a programme representing many of the major institutions and organisations involved in research into health and social care information. You will be interested in the following programme if you are: * involved in delivering information skills training * involved in supporting clinical guidelines/clinical librarianship * involved in conducting your own research * involved in supporting the research of others * interested in evidence based information practice * interested in developing local mechanisms to improve the uptake of research Cost of the day is £ 100 which includes iSHIMR conference proceedings and attendance at the workshop on Wednesday 16th June, including lunch. The sessions (and accommodation if you register for the whole Symposium) are located at <http://www.shef.ac.uk/conferences/halls/tapton.html> Tapton Hall of Residence, University of Sheffield. [Full symposium package - £230 which includes iSHIMR conference proceedings; conference dinner and all meals from dinner on the night of Tuesday 15th June to breakfast on the morning of Thursday 17th June, inclusive; accommodation in a student bedroom with en-suite in halls of residence for Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th June; attendance at all iSHIMR sessions and workshops // Symposium without accommodation - £180 which includes iSHIMR conference proceedings; conference dinner and lunch on Wednesday 16th June, attendance at all iSHIMR sessions and workshops]. To register go to: http://cisrg.shef.ac.uk/ishimr/registration.asp USING RESEARCH IN PRACTICE PENULTIMATE PROGRAMME WEDNESDAY 16TH JUNE 2004 Developing a Culture of Research - Barriers and Enablers 9:30 Setting the Agenda Andrew Booth, Chair of the Health Libraries Group Research Task Group 9:50 The Role of LIRG in encouraging the use of research in practice [Exact title to be confirmed] Claire Nankivell, University of Central England, Birmingham 10:15 The impact of research governance for healthcare information professionals: results of survey Barbara Sen, Liverpool John Moores University 10:45 Break 11:15 Parallel Sessions Parallel Session 1: Parallel Session 2: Generating the Evidence Applying Research to Teaching & Training Supporting Evidence Based Children's guidelines Sarah Sutton & Karen Jackson, University Hospitals Leicester What is the most effective & cost effective method of providing information for patient care? Alison Brettle, Health Care Practice R&D Unit, University of Salford Using the Slote method to weed a small Medical Library Book Collection Jennie Kelson, Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust Translating recommendations into practice. Graham Walton, Information Management Research Institute, School of Informatics, Northumbria University Can Routinely collected data be used to answer hypothesised research questions? Elizabeth Stenhouse, Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, 12:30 LUNCH 13:45 KEYNOTE: Using research in practice what lessons can we learn? [Exact title to be confirmed] Jeremy Wyatt, Associate Director of Research & Development, NHS National Institute for Clinical Excellence and Adviser on Knowledge Management to the NHS National Knowledge Service 14:30 Views on evidence: different stakeholder perspectives Susan Childs, Information Management Research Institute, School of Informatics, Northumbria University 15:00 BREAK 15:15 Utilising Practitioner Perspectives A research learning set for cardiac rehabilitation practitioners Margaret Boaden, Health R&D NoW, Institute for Public Health Research and Policy, University of Salford Supporting practitioner-led research: qualitative findings from a three-year ‘evaluation clinic’ initiative Alice Moseley & Annie Ellis, Centre for Evidence-Based Social Services, Exeter Translating systematic reviews into practitioner speak Kristin Liabo, Child Health Research and Policy Unit, Institute of Health Sciences, City University 16:20 Summary of the day - and concluding comments Andrew Booth, Chair of the Health Libraries Group Research Group 16:30 CLOSE Andrew Booth Senior Lecturer in Evidence Based Healthcare Information & Director of Information Resources School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) University of Sheffield Tel: 0114 222 0705 Fax: 0114 272 4095 Email: [log in to unmask]