MHIKNET: Home

MHIKNET offers regular education sessions in-person and via webinar. See recordings of recent webinars below. If you would like a copy of the slides or handout for this presentation, please contact us for copies.

*Please note that you will need to provide your name and email address to view this recording.

• CADTH, Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (recorded February 13, 2019)
• Critical Appraisal: The Basics (recorded February 12, 2020)
• Googling for Good Evidence (recorded November 22, 2019)
• Keeping Current (recorded October 16, 2019)
• Hands on With Maps (recorded April 11, 2019)
• Healthcare Apps (recorded August 23, 2018) 
• How to Search PubMed (recorded November 20, 2018)
• Introduction to GIS in the Health Sciences (recorded October 22, 2018)
• Introduction to MHIKNET and UpToDate (recorded September 18, 2018)
• Introduction to Searching for Online Government Information (recorded August 28, 2019)
• Maximizing Evidence Based Practice in your Healthcare Practice (recorded March 11, 2019)
• Perils of Predatory Journals (recorded November 22, 2017) 
• Reference Management (recorded March 2018) 
• Searching for Health Information (recorded September 24, 2019)
• Searching for Images (recorded January 20, 2020)
• Social Media in your Healthcare Practice (recorded January 23, 2019)
• UpToDate from Start to Finish (recorded July 31, 2019)

You may also be interested in the following online course by the U.S. National Library of Medicine:

• Finding and Using Health Statistics (announced April 3, 2019)

What's New

UpToDate

MHIKNET has a new web address.  Though the site looks the same as the old one, your old links may not be working.

Please update any bookmark you've saved in your browser (Chrome, Internet Explorer, FireFox, etc.) for MHIKNET's website.

You can still access our website by typing  www.mhiknet.ca into the address bar of your web browser.

Contact us if you have any questions.

2020 Winter Education Series

All MHIKNET education events are online and free to attend.  We encourage you to circulate these events with your colleagues.

All education events are recorded and available for viewing at www.mhiknet.ca.

Critical Appraisal

February 12, 10h00 - 11h00
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Working with evidence means assessing its quality – learn techniques to critically appraise the information you use everyday.

Perils of Predatory Publishing
March 17, 14h00 - 15h00
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Predatory journals and fake news cloud the literature with poor-quality information. Guest host Maureen Babb will demonstrate how to spot predatory journals, identify fake news, and how to avoid falling for their scams.

The New PubMed
May 1, 11h00 - 12h00
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PubMed is free to search and is the largest collection of health literature. This session will demonstrate how to search PubMed, including its new interface and new search features.

UpToDate Now Available for Health Care Providers in Manitoba!

UpToDate is now available to all healthcare providers and students at Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living, the University of Manitoba, the Regional Health Authorities of Manitoba, CancerCare Manitoba, Diagnostic Services of Manitoba, and Doctors Manitoba.

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Visit our FAQ page for information on how you can access UpToDate!

Manitoba's Health Information and Knowledge Network (MHIKNET)

Pronounced "my net", MHIKNET is Manitoba's Health Information and Knowledge Network, and is a service provided by the University of Manitoba's Health Sciences Libraries to staff of Manitoba Health, Seniors & Active Living, staff of participating Regional Health Authorities, and fee-for-service physicians in Manitoba.

MHIKNET provides quality information for patient care, evidence-based practice, health promotion, program planning and evaluation, continuing education, and staff development.

Remote access to online texts, journals and databases subscribed to by the University of Manitoba Libraries is not available to MHIKNET clients at this time. Existing vendor licences prohibit such access to library card holders who are not faculty, staff or students of the University of Manitoba.

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mhiknet@umanitoba.ca

Tel: 1-877-789-3804

Fax: (204) 789-3923

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