Library News: September 2024

NEWS

Librarians on site at Manunda Place and Palmerston Regional Hospital

Need research help? can't find articles to support policy or guideline writing? Our librarians on site can assist you. 

Marg Purnell will be visiting Manunda Place and Lisa Capps will be visiting PRH tomorrow Wednesday 11^th September.

Make an appointment with Marg Purnell or Lisa Capps, or drop in and say hi!

eMIMSelite App

The eMIMSelite (for Android and Apple) apps are the mobile version of eMIMSelite Online and provide offline access to medicines information - abbreviated product information, full product information, drug interactions and the pill identifiers module.

This app replaces the old MIMS (iMMS and MIMS android). You must request a new token in the new desktop site in order to connect to the new apps.

Enhance your learning experience with Access Medicine

Whether prepping for exams or curating the best materials for your courses, the Access App makes it easier to find reliable information and enhance your learning experience. 

Search across a number of medical resources such as videos, podcasts, images, infographics, and textbooks, including Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine or Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine, so that you can learn in a way that suits your style and time constraints.

Utilise tools to make your learning more engaging:

• Create collections of resources to revisit throughout the semester
• Save favourites to their personal dashboard for quick reference
• Highlight content within chapters and make annotate along the way
• Download items to revisit when offline

UPCOMING TRAINING

Upcoming training: advanced literature searching

This session will benefit staff who need to undertake a structured systematic search for background articles as part of a departmental research project or for writing a literature review for postgraduate study.

Delivered via MS Teams
Tuesday 17th September 2024, 10-11am

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander attitudes to organ donation in central Australia: a qualitative pilot study

Explores perceived barriers and enablers for the involvement of Indigenous peoples in the OD process. Qualitative methodology centered around focus groups was used to capture the experiences and perspectives of Indigenous people regarding OD.

Secombe P et al. Commun Dis Intell (2018).2024 Aug 21:48

Altered epidemiological patterns of RespiratorySyncytial Virus and influenza detections in a tropical Australian setting 2020 to 2023

This retrospective analysis of patients presenting with respiratory diseases utilised a multiplex viral nucleic acid detection assay for RSV, influenza and SARS Cov2 (COVID-19) to determine the relative frequency of non-COVID-19 respiratory viral detections by age and month during the study period.

Nixon JC, Freeman K, Baired RW. Aust N Z J Public Health.2024 Aug;48(4):100172

Mycoplasma genitalium retrospective audit of Northern Territory isolates from 2022

The Northern Territory (NT) has the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in Australia; however, the local prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium (M. genitalium) has not been previously determined. This study was designed to review M. genitalium detection, to determine the regional NT prevalence and macrolide resistance rates.

Proudmore K et al.Commun Dis Intell (2018).2024 Aug 21:48

SPOTLIGHT

LATEST HEALTH PUBLICATIONS

Policy for the responsible use of AI in government

For government, the benefits of adopting AI include more efficient and accurate agency operations, better data analysis and evidence-based decisions, and improved service delivery for people and business. Many areas of the Australian Public Service (APS) already use AI to improve their work and engagement with the public.

Digital Transformation Agency (Australia), 15 August 2024

Priorities for planetary health equity in Australia

The authors of this article argue that the health sector must take on a leadership role in championing climate action from a health perspective, to combat the growing health inequities Australians are facing in a changing climate.

Medical Journal of Australia, 19 August 2024

The health of Australia's females

Australian females experience more of their total disease burden due to living with disease rather than from dying early from disease and injury. 

This report summarises the health of females in Australia including health behaviours and risk factors, the impact of COVID-19 on health, chronic conditions, sexual and reproductive health, leading causes of disease burden and how females access health care.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), 27 June 2023

NEW BOOKS

Check out the range of new books this month 
Read new eBooks from any device using your NTG LAN login.
New books can be sent to you via internal mail or you can pick them up from your nearest library.