Mersey Care Centre for Perfect Care and Library Services offer a variety of training opportunities. 

All training requests can be accessed by complete the Training Request Form or accessing Training – Evidently Better. Once you have submitted your request, a member of the team will contact you to arrnage booking this in. This usually takes place at Indigo, Maghull Health Park or via Microsoft Teams. Training can be devliered on a 1:1 or small group basis. In some cases, the trainer can travel to your work base.

If you have online training, you will require both headphones and a microphone and be in a quiet, uninterrupted environment. 

Training offers include: 

  • Introduction to the Evidence and Library Service
    Learn how to create and/or refine your search strategy
  • ​​​​​​​Literature Search Support 
    Learn how to search the databases
  • Systematic Review Support
    A more in-depth session for people who already know how to search
  • Creating alerts 
    Learn how to create alerts from your search strategies (Before attending this session you will need to have a search strategy set up)
  • Critical appraisal 
    Learn how to critically appraise an article or other type of research
  • Search Strategy Support ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

The below links may also be useful in supporting training:

NHS England have provided information on the basics of searching: ​​​​​
These modules are designed to help the healthcare workforce (clinical and non-clinical) build confidence to search published literature for articles and evidence relevant to their work, study and research. The modules are short (each taking no more than 20 minutes to complete) and may be ‘dipped into’ for reference, or completed to obtain a certificate. There are seven modules suitable for novice searchers and those wishing to refresh their knowledge.

Building the foundations

Developing the skills

Applying the skills