Resources

You can access BMJ Best Practice with an NHS OpenAthens account.  Visit our OpenAthens webpage to create an account. 

To access BMJ Best Practice: 

• Visit BMJ Best Practice website (link below). 
• Select the "Access through your institution" button in the top right hand corner and sign in with your OpenAthens account credentials. 
• You will also be encouraged to create a personal BMJ Best Practice account. If the create a login page does not initially appear, once you have signed in with your OpenAthens details, click "Create Account."
• A personal account will allow you to access BMJ Best Practice via the App.  Search for BMJ Best Practice if the Google Play or App store.

Health Education England (HEE) has extended their national subscription to BMJ Best Practice to include the Comorbidities Manager for all NHS staff and learners in England.

In the UK alone, one in three patients admitted to hospital as an emergency has five or more conditions. Clinical guidelines only focus on single conditions; the Comorbidities Manager supports the management of the whole patient by including guidance on the treatment of a patient’s acute condition alongside their pre-existing comorbidities.

You can access ClinicalKey with an NHS OpenAthens account.  Visit our OpenAthens webpage to create an account. 

To access ClinicalKey:

• Click on the link (below).
• Press 'login' in the top-right hand corner.
• Choose 'Login with OpenAthens.' 
• Enter your OpenAthens account details.

You can find more access information below.  If you need help please contact the library. 

You can access UptoDate on-site via a networked trust PC without an UptoDate account.  Simply visit the UptoDate website (link above) to get started.

To access UpToDate off-site, and also access via the app, you need to create a personal account.

To Register (This must be done on an ESNEFT computer): 

• Go to UpToDate (link above) - on a Trust computer, you will be logged in (top right) as East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
• Click register and fill in the online form, creating your own username and password.

Use a personal email address that you check regularly.

• You can use this username and password to login off site at www.uptodate.com

App Access:

• Download the app from your usual app store onto your mobile device and login. You may download the app on a maximum of 2 mobile devices
• Login with the username and password created

Note:

To retain access, you must log in to UpToDate on a hospital PC every 90 days. You will receive an email reminder to do this.

As you use UpToDate via your account, you will accrue CME (Continuing Medical Education) credits.

These can then be redeemed, and a personalised certificate downloaded that you can use to demonstrate your CME.

To set up UK based CME: 

• When you first log into UpToDate, click on CME at the top right corner.
• Go to settings and choose "Time-Based Tracking" - this is the recommended setting for UK staff.
• UpToDate will now record the time you spend. 
• You will see how much time you have built up next to CME (top right) and once ready to download a certificate click CME again and then "Redeem CME". 
• Your CME will accrue on both the desktop and app versions, as long as you are signed in with the same account details.

Follow this example when citing an UpToDate topic:

Marion DW. Pacing the diaphragm: Patient selection, evaluation, implantation, and complications. In: UpToDate, Shefner JM (Ed), UpToDate, Waltham, MA. (Accessed on June 23, 2022.)

Need more help with referencing, please take a look at our referencing training page