National Medicines Information

Training Course

University of Leicester

Wednesday 6th - Friday 8th January 2016

Programme

Course Chairs:Paula Russell and Graham Cox

Wednesday 6th January

Time / Topic/Session / Tutors (T) Facilitators(F) / Venue/Room
11.30 / Registration and issue of car parking permits (for those requiring on-site parking)
Refreshments will be available / John Foster Hall Bar
(leave luggage in John Foster Hall Bar until room keysavailable)
12.00 / Welcome & Introduction
  • Ice Breaker
  • CPD
/ Tilton and Swithland Suite
13.00 / Lunch (Buffet) / John Foster Hall Dining Room
13.45 / UKMi – today and the future / Tilton and Swithland Suite
14.30 / GROUP ONE:
Searching Medline and workshop / Oakham Suite (personal laptops allowed)
14.30 / GROUP TWO:
Legal and Ethical, and workshop / Tilton and Swithland Suite
16.15 / Refreshments / John Foster Hall Bar
16.45 / GROUP ONE:
Legal and Ethical, and workshop / Tilton and Swithland Suite
16.45 / GROUP TWO:
Searching Medline and workshop / Oakham Suite (personal laptops allowed)
18.30 / Free time
19.30 / Dinner / John Foster Hall Dining Room
Before & after dinner bar available at John Foster Hall Bar

Thursday 7th January

Time / Topic/Session / Tutors (T) Facilitators (F) / Venue/Room
08.00 / Breakfast / John Foster Hall Dining Room
09.00 / GROUP ONE:
Searching EMBASE and Cochrane, and workshop / Oakham Suite (personal laptops allowed)
09.00 / GROUP TWO:
Clinical Governance within MI / Tilton and Swithland Suite
11.00 / Refreshments / John Foster Hall Bar
11.30 / GROUP ONE:
Clinical Governance within MI / Tilton and Swithland Suite
11.30 / GROUP TWO:
Searching EMBASE and Cochrane, and workshop / Oakham Suite (personal laptops allowed)
13.30 / Lunch (Buffet) / John Foster Hall Dining Room
14.30 / Developing and promoting your MI service workshop (incl. considering the role of research in MI). / Tilton and Swithland Suite
16.00 / Workshop:
Enquiry sharing in small groups
(refreshments provided by venue) /
  1. Swithland Suite
  2. Tilton Suite
  3. Rothley Suite
  4. Oakham Suite
  5. John Foster Hall Senior Common Room
  6. Quenby

17.30 / Free time
18.00 / Dinner / John Foster Hall Dining Room
19.30 / Writing skills / Tilton and Swithland Suite

Friday 8th January

Time / Topic/Session / Tutors (T) Facilitators (F) / Venue/Room
08.00 / Breakfast / John Foster Hall Dining Room
09.00 / Introducing new medicines into practice / Tilton and Swithland Suite
10.00 / Critical Appraisal / Tilton and Swithland Suite
11.00 / Refreshments / John Foster Hall Bar
11.30 / Critical Appraisal, including workshop / Tilton and Swithland Suite
13.15 / Course closure & evaluation / Tilton and Swithland Suite
13.30 / Optional lunch (Buffet)
Departure / John Foster Hall Dining Room

*See current T&C for confirmed room names

Tutors and Facilitators:

TBC