Buried Treasure: rediscovering the York County Hospital Medical Library

York County Hospital opened in 1740, and established a library in the early 1800s. 

The York Medical Society rare books collection at the University of York contains a number of titles which originated from the York County Hospital Medical Library (YCHML).  An exhibition based around the history of the YCHML, its holdings, and its link with the York Medical Society and the development of the York Medical School is currently available in the Harry Fairhurst corridor at the University of York Library until the end of June.

You can find out more at http://informationdirectorate.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/mortal-remains-life-death-and-medical.html.

Image: original in the Borthwick Institute,  University of York, RET/8/6 under Creative Commons licence (CC-BY-NC). Taken from http://informationdirectorate.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/mortal-remains-life-death-and-medical.html

Improved access to the internet at York Hospital

As of 28 October 2013, students and staff at York Hospital are enjoying faster access to the Internet.

The HYMS IT team working in partnership with the York Hospital Trust IT and colleagues from University of York IT Services have completed a substantial upgrade to the network bandwidth between HYMS and York Hospital, from 10Mbps to 1Gbps. This will give much faster login times at PCs, access to files, blackboard, email and other web-based resources.

This is part of a programme of connectivity and infrastructure upgrades to all our trust-based study facilities to give an 'on-campus' IT experience for our hospital-based students. This programme includes plans for video-conferencing and wireless developments across the HYMS patch.

York: additional book spend

A list, as promised, of the books purchased, this time at York Teaching Hospital, against HYMS SIFT underspend:

Author	Title	Publication Year	Copies
Aaronson, Philip I.	The Cardiovascular System at a Glance	2012	2
Ahmad, Irfan	Prosthodontics at a Glance	2012	2
Armstrong, Peter	Diagnostic Imaging	2009	1
Bannister, Barbara	Infection Microbiology and Management	2006	1
Beachey, Will	Respiratory Care Anatomy and Physiology	2012	1
Ben-Shlomo, Yoav	Lecture Notes: Epidemiology, Evidence-based Medicine and Public Health	2012	2
Booton, P.	General Practice at a Glance	2012	2
Bourke, Julius	Psychiatry	2008	1
Bowers, David	Medical Statistics from Scratch	2008	1
Bowker, Lesley	Oxford Handbook of Geriatric Medicine	2012	1
Bowman, Deborah	The Worried Student's Guide to Medical Ethics and Law	2011	1
Bradley, John R.	Lecture Notes: Clinical Medicine	2012	2
Burton, Christopher	ABC of Medically Unexplained Symptoms	2013	2
Burton, David Rose	Clinical Physiology of Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disorders	2014	1
Cameron, Angus C.	Paediatric Dentistry at a Glance	2012	2
Campbell, Michael J.	Statistics at Square One	2009	1
Chan, Otto	ABC of Emergency Radiology	2013	2
Chowdhury, Mahbub	Dermatology at a Glance	2013	2
Clark, Rachel	A Long Walk Home	2002	1
Collier, Judith	Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties	2013	2
Cornelius, L.E.	Psychiatry at a Glance	2012	2
Desai, Sajal	Thoracic Imaging	2012	1
Dhamija, Dr Bhoresh	Succeeding in Your Medical School OSCEs	2012	1
Driscoll, Peter	ABC of Major Trauma	2013	2
Epstein, Owen	Clinical Examination	2008	2
Finlayson, Alexander	Endocrine and Reproductive Systems	2007	1
Gada, Srinivas	Community Paediatrics	2012	1
Gawkrodger, David	Dermatology	2012	1
Ghodse, Hamid	Ghodse's Drugs and Addictive Behaviour	2010	1
Goldsmith, D.	ABC of Kidney Disease	2013	2
Grey, Joseph E.	ABC of Wound Healing	2013	2
Guest, Charles	Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice	2013	2
Hall, John E.	Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology	2010	2
Johnson, G	The minor illness manual	2012	2
Johnson, Martin H.	Essential Reproduction	2013	1
Johnstone, Eve C.	Companion to Psychiatric Studies	2010	1
Kelly, Barry E.	Crash course: imaging	2007	1
Keshav, Satish	The Gastrointestinal System at a Glance	2012	2
Khan, Hamed	OSCEs for Medical Finals	2012	1
Lote, Christopher J.	Principles of Renal Physiology	2012	1
Ludman, Harold S.	ABC of Ear, Nose and Throat	2012	2
MacAuley, Domhnall	Oxford Handbook of Sport and Exercise Medicine	2012	2
McLatchie, Greg	Oxford Handbook of Clinical Surgery	2013	2
Miall, Lawrence	Paediatrics at a Glance	2012	1
Moore, Keith L.	Clinically Oriented Anatomy	2009	1
Munir, Nazia	Ear, Nose and Throat at a Glance	2012	2
Olver, Jane	Ophthalmology at a Glance	2013	2
Palmieri, Carlo	ABC of Cancer Care	2013	2
Petrie, Aviva	Medical Statistics at a Glance Workbook	2013	2
Puri, Bassant K.	Textbook of Psychiatry	2011	1
Raftery, Andrew T.	Churchill's Pocketbook of Differential Diagnosis	2009	1
Reading, Paul	ABC of Sleep Medicine	2013	2
Reynard, John	Oxford Handbook of Urology	2013	2
Sadler, Thomas W.	Langman's Medical Embryology	2011	2
Semple, David	Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry	2013	2
Smedley, Julia	Oxford Handbook of Occupational Health	2013	2
Spickett, Gavin	Oxford Handbook of Clinical Immunology and Allergy	2013	2
Springhouse	Clinical Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy!	2008	1
Springhouse Publishing	ECG Interpretation: An Incredibly Easy! Pocket Guide	2009	1
Stahl, Stephen	Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology	2013	1
Tasker, Robert C.	Oxford Handbook of Paediatrics and Emergencies in Paediatrics and Neonatology	2013	2
Torok, Estee	Oxford Handbook of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology	2009	1
Webster, S.	Embryology at a Glance	2012	2
West, John B.	Respiratory Physiology	2011	2
West, John B.	Pulmonary Pathophysiology	2012	1
Wilkins, Dr Robert	Oxford Handbook of Medical Sciences and Oxford Assess and Progress: Medical	2013	2
Wyatt, Jonathan P.	Oxford Handbook of Emergency Medicine and Oxford Assess and Progress:	2013	2