UHBW Library for Apprentices

The library welcomes all our clinical apprentices: we are here to support you on your journey. We can help with everything from your study time, to your work life, to your wellbeing. This page outlines some useful tools you can utilise on the ward and beyond.

For a full overview of the resources available to you at UHBW, check out our Resources page. This page will provide you with an overview of all the books, journals, databases, and other resources at your disposal and how to access them. 

The Cochrane Library: A database of the Cochrane Library's thorough, authoritative, independent systematic reviews.

BNF & BNF for Children: A comprehensive compilation of authoritative, independent guidance and information about drugs.

Clinical Knowledge Summaries: Practical guidance on best practice for over 330 common and/or significant primary care presentations.

Acronym Buster | NHS Confederation
The NHS uses a variety of medical abbreviations that you may be unfamiliar with. This jargon buster can help you to make sense of NHS abbreviations and acronyms:

TLAP Care and Support Jargon Buster (thinklocalactpersonal.org.uk)
TLAP ("Think Local Act Personal" project) also have a jargon guide that you can access above: it is a great directory of Plain English definitions of commonly used words and phrases in health and social care.

Mobile apps

Point of care tools allow you to access overviews of conditions, drugs and much more. These tools are available as an app for your phone. Simply log in to BMJ Best Practice with your Open Athens account, create your own personal account, and download the app to your device.