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Professional development and reflections from a medical librarian

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The librarian will see you now: bookable literature search clinics

After a pilot last academic year, we’ve decided to roll out bookable literature search clinics for students in medicine &…

Academic libraries, Information Literacy

New Century Students and culturally relevant pedagogy #MHAnnualLecture19

I recently attended the Moray House School of Education Annual Lecture, given by Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings, titled “Going Global: Teaching…

#MHAnnualLecture19

Snow, sauna, and little ideas: International Staff Exchange Week in Finland

Hyvää päivää! I spent the first week of April in Finland, thanks to an Erasmus+-funded trip to Oulu University of…

Designing a guide to study resources for medical students entering a dissertation project

The undergraduate Medicine degree at the University of Edinburgh is six years long, and includes an ‘intercalated’ year where students…

Information Literacy, literature review guidance, study skills, training

Literacy in all its forms – digital, academic, information, health, and more at #UHMLG19

The theme of the UHMLG (University Health & Medical Librarians Group) Spring forum was ‘literacy in all its forms’. The…

Train at a station platform with a pedestrian bridge overhead

Before Departure: preparing to visit Finland with Erasmus+ staff mobility

In roughly one month, I’ll be jetting off to Finland thanks to Erasmus+ funding. I’ll be spending just under a…

cpd, erasmus staff mobility, ITSEW2019, library visits

ARLGS TeachMeet

I took part in my first TeachMeet this month. It was organised by the Academic & Research Libraries Group Scotland, on…

cpd, learning and teaching, presentations, Teaching, teaching and learning, teachmeet

Wales and Wikipedia – The EAHIL Conference in Cardiff

In July I had two new conference experiences; I attended my first European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL))…

conferences, EAHIL, eahil2018, editathon, reflection, Wikipedia

Reflections on the inaugural Learning & Teaching Conference at the University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh held it’s first Learning & Teaching Conference in June. It was a full, impressive programme, showcasing good…

#uoeltconf18, Academic libraries, conferences, learning and teaching, teaching and learning

Mentoring for CILIP registration

Last week I attended training on Mentoring for CILIP Professional Registration, run by CILIP Scotland at their Glasgow office. A…

Chartership, CILIP, cpd, mentoring, reflection, training

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A blog about my professional development and activities as a healthcare librarian. See more about my background on the About Me page.

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