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COVID19 - a guide to information resources
- About this guide
- Current Research
- Evidence Summaries
- Guidelines
- Statistics and Datasets
- eLearning
- Toolkits for Clinicians
- Information for Patients
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Aerosol Generating Procedures (AGPs) and Resuscitation
- Health and Wellbeing
- Tests and Testing
- Vaccines
- BAME and COVID19
- Second Phase Response / Impact of C-19 on services
- International Organisations, Government and Health websites
- Social Media and Media
- Guides to Resources
- Regular Updates
- Search Aids
Social Media and Media
This page is a guide to some of the content on social media relating to COVID19. Be aware that the content of some sources can be disturbing or distressing. If you want advice on how to evaluate media content there are guides to the CRAAP test at the end of this page
Magazines and Trade Press
- Health Services Journal (HSJ)Publisher: Health Services Journal
Broadcast Media
Twitter - Hashtags
Twitter hashtags are constantly evolving and changing. Treat the links on this list as indicative of the possible content on Twitter. You can see a snapshot of what is currently trending on Twitter in the UK from the Tweeplers website. Links to content via Twitter hashtags are not mediated. Please be aware that some of the content may be distressing or disturbing.
Twitter Accounts
These accounts are from organisations that post frequently on COVID19.
- @AACE_orgThe Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE) brings together skills, expertise and shared knowledge in ambulance services.
- @CDCgovCDC's official Twitter source for daily credible health & safety updates from Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
- @CebmOxfordThe Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine in Oxford - Develops, promotes and disseminates better evidence for healthcare
- @CMO_EnglandProfessor Chris Whitty - England's Chief Medical Officer and the Department of Health and Social Care's Chief Scientific Adviser
- @DHSCgovukWe support ministers in leading the nation’s health and social care to help people live more independent, healthier lives for longer.
- @NARU_orgNARU ensures all UK ambulance teams are properly trained, equipped & prepared for hazardous situations & mass casualty events.
- @ParamedicsUKThis is the official Twitter presence for the College of Paramedics in the United Kingdom.
- @PHE_ukPublic Health England - Official feed of Public Health England (PHE) providing regular news updates on the work of the organisation.
- @WHOWe are the UnitedNations’ health agency. We are committed to achieving better health for everyone, everywhere.
Guides to evaluating media
If you need advice on evaluating Internet resources you can apply the CRAAP test. There are a number of guides on the web that take you through the test. Links to some of them are listed below.
- Evaluating the information that you find using the CRAAP TestPublisher: CILIP
- Evaluating Resources: CRAAP TestPublisher: Institute of Education (London)
- https://libguides.bournemouth.ac.uk/socialsciences/evaluatePublisher: Bournemouth University
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