Search Lightning – The 2026 UHMLG Spring Forum
This review is automatic, systematic, hydromatic!
The 2026 UHMLG Spring Forum will once again bring together a fantasic line-up of speakers from around the UK, across two half-days in April. There are a total of six talks on the overall theme of systematic reviews – some of which do, of course, discuss the use of AI in systematic reviews… but the focus is very much on the practical implementation, not on generalities or background.
Schedule
Wednesday 22 April
- 09.15: Forum opens
- 09.20: Welcome and introductions
- 09.30: Isla Kuhn, Head of Medical Library services, University of Cambridge: The Medical Student Systematic Review Group at Cambridge University.
- 10.20: Break
- 10.30: Pip Divall, Clinical Librarian Service Manager, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: Experiences of UK based health librarians collaborating with clinical research staff on systematic reviews and associated authorship.
- 11.20: Break
- 11.40: Lightning Talk: Manfred Gschwandtner, Librarian, Kent and Medway Medical School (KMMS): Examining Learning Resources Used by Year 5 Medical Students for UKMLA Preparation: A Descriptive Case Study
- 11.50 Carolyn Smith, Horton Library Manager and Outreach Librarian, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford: Systematic review searching – what does being a co-author involve
- 12.40: Closing remarks
Thursday 23 April
- 09.15: Forum opens
- 09.20: Welcome and introductions
- 09.30: Charis Wong, Clinical Fellow in Data-Driven Drug Selection and Consultant Neurologist, University of Edinburgh: AI-enabled systematic review platforms: how well do they perform?
- 10.20: Break
- 10.30: A presentation from the RAISE project: Working towards the responsible use of AI in evidence synthesis: The RAISE project
- 11.20: Break
- 11.40: John Barbrook, Faculty Librarian, Lancaster University: AI Methods within systematic review search strategies
- 12.30: Closing remarks
Tickets
This year, to ensure the continuation of UHMLG’s activities in the absence of a Summer Conference, we do need to charge a small fee for tickets:
- £25 for one person, one day
- £40 for one person, both days
- £100 for an organisation ticket: multiple staff can view both days, and the conference can be streamed in a shared space
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