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Foundation e-learning programme update

Posted on: May 10th, 2019 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

The Foundation elearning programme has been developed by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in partnership with Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) and is approved by UKFPO.

Do you need to complete parts of the curriculum on your e-portfolio which you do not cover in day-to-day practice? If so try some of our free elearning mapped directly to the Foundation Professional Capabilities (Training Outcomes) in the 2016 Foundation Curriculum.

The elfh sessions in Foundation elearning Project – Professional Capability: 7 Works effectively as a team member; the elearning sessions cover working in, and with, teams in different healthcare settings. You will discover how effective teamwork is a determining factor in patient safety and the value of good handover practice and referral. You will think about your role within a multidisciplinary team (MDT). Finally, you will consider team dynamics and how working within and across MDTs can deliver and improve patient services.

Sessions:

  • Team Working and Patient Safety
  • Good Handover Practice
  • Effective Referrals to Other Clinical Teams
  • Primary, Secondary Care Interface
  • Ward and Therapy Services
  • Ward and Social Services
  • Team Dynamics
  • Effective Team Working

You can sign in to the elearning with your login supplied by elfh at the beginning of your foundation training: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/foundation-programme/.

 

e-Dementia e-learning programme updated with new sessions

Posted on: April 10th, 2019 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) has been working with the University of Bradford to review, add new content and update sessions within the e-Dementia elearning Programme.

The programme about dementia care has been designed to enhance the training and education of the health and care workforce. It focuses on the essential knowledge and skills needed to support and enable people living with dementia and their family carers to live as well as possible, wherever they live.

e-Dementia will also be of interest to those responsible for training and educating the health and care workforce. It can be used in a variety of ways including as part of induction; to structure reflective practice with individual staff and teams; for self-paced learning; and to revisit as a form of refresher training.

As part of the e-Dementia update, 14 new sessions have been added and 12 sessions have been retired from the programme.

New sessions added:

Module 1 Dementia awareness

  • Person-centred dementia care

Module 2 Dementia identification, assessment and diagnosis

  • Dementia risk reduction and prevention
  • Communication, interaction and behaviour in dementia care
  • Health and wellbeing in dementia care
  • Pharmacological interventions in dementia care
  • Living well with dementia and promoting independence
  • Families and carers as partners in dementia care
  • Equality, diversity and inclusion in dementia care
  • Law, ethics and safeguarding in dementia care
  • End of life dementia care
  • Research and evidence-based practice in dementia care
  • Leadership in transforming dementia careFor more information about the e-Dementia programme and for details of how to access please visit: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/dementia/.The elearning is also available via the elfh Hub, the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and via AICC links.

Place of Birth e-learning programme now live

Posted on: April 10th, 2019 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

Health Education England elearning for healthcare has worked with Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, the University of Birmingham, the National Institute of Healthcare Research (NIHR) and the Royal College of Midwives, to develop an elearning programme that focuses on the different place of birth options for healthy, pregnant women who are at low risk of complications.

The programme consists of two elearning sessions to support discussions with healthy, low-risk women about the safety, intervention and transfer rates for the different options for place of birth.

‘Discussing Place of Birth Options with Healthy Low-risk Women’, and ‘Becoming a Place of Birth Lead’ are elearning sessions developed by midwives, for midwives, to support women in their birth place decisions. They are also suitable for others working with pregnant women, such as obstetricians, midwifery support workers and GPs.

The first session aims to ensure that midwives (and other professionals) have the essential knowledge about safety, intervention and transfer rates for different birth place options.

The second session is for midwives who have completed the first session and agreed with their manager to become ‘Place of Birth leads’ in their team, to support their colleagues in improving their place of birth discussions with women.

All the supporting materials for this programme have been written by subject specialists and experts in this field. The elearning programme is available on the elfh Hub, the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and via AICC links.

For more information about the elearning programme visit: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/place-of-birth/.

Work and Health programme launched

Posted on: April 10th, 2019 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

The new Work and Health elearning programme, developed by Public Health England and Health Education England elearning for healthcare, helps healthcare professionals to recognise the value in talking to patients about work.

The elearning will support them to make brief interventions such as discussing the health benefits of work with patients, talking about return to work and advising on adjustments at work.

Good work is crucial to good health – in fact, unemployment increases the risk of early death by 63%. Healthcare professionals can play a key role in helping patients to improve their health outcomes by remaining in or returning to work.

In recognition of the impact that work can have on our health, the Association of Medical Royal Colleges, the Royal College of Nursing and the Allied Health Professions Federation have published a Health and Work Consensus Statement for Action – this sets out a commitment to support healthcare professionals in supporting this agenda.

For more information about the elearning programme and details of how to access it visit: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/work-and-health/.

All Our Health e-learning programme now live

Posted on: April 8th, 2019 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

We have worked with Public Health England (PHE) to develop a series of new free elearning sessions to improve the knowledge, confidence and skills of health and care professionals in preventing illness, protecting health and promoting wellbeing.

The new interactive elearning sessions, called “All Our Health”, offer bite-sized information on a range of key public health issues that health and care professionals may face.

The elearning sessions are now available for the following topics: cardiovascular disease prevention, adult obesity, antimicrobial resistance, physical activity, social prescribing, giving children the best start in life and supporting those at risk of, or experiencing, homelessness. A further 15 sessions will be developed throughout 2019 – 2020.

To access the new elearning sessions visit: www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/all-our-health/ .

TEL News March 2019

Posted on: April 5th, 2019 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

This month’s edition includes an update on Health Education England’s new digital platform, The Learning Hub. There is also a feature on the annual HEE elearning for healthcare Network Meeting, news on the launch of the Population Wellbeing Portal plus details of a new Prescribing Simulator tool.

Select the following link to access our full publication of TEL News.

Statutory and Mandatory Programme: Annual Review

Posted on: April 3rd, 2019 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

We continue to update the sessions in line with changes to guidance and policies as well as feedback received from users and subject matter leads.

The following sessions have been reviewed and updated:

  • Fire Safety Level 1
  • Equality and Diversity and Human Rights Level 1
  • Health, Safety and Welfare Level 1
  • Resuscitation Level 1
  • Infection Prevention and Control Level 1
  • Conflict Resolution Level 1
  • Moving and Handling Level 1
  • Safeguarding Adults Level 1
  • Safeguarding Children Level 1 **
  • Resuscitation Adult Level 2
  • Resuscitation Paediatric Level 2
  • Resuscitation Newborn Level 2
  • Infection Prevention and Control Level 2
  • Safeguarding Adults Level 2
  • Safeguarding Children Level 2

** The Safeguarding Children Level 1 and 2 sessions have had minor updates only as they will be reviewed fully when the Core Skills Training Framework is updated with the Intercollegiate document: Safeguarding Children and Young People: Roles and Competencies for Healthcare Staff https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/publications/007-366.

More information about the Statutory and Mandatory Training programme can be found at: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/statutory-and-mandatory-training/

Learning Paths developed for Intensive Care Medicine e-learning programme

Posted on: March 21st, 2019 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

Learning Paths developed for Intensive Care Medicine elearning programme

Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) has recently completed a review of the elearning for Intensive Care Medicine (e-ICM) Programme and as a result have developed two Learning Paths to enable users to quickly and easily access sessions. These are now available within the e-ICM Programme on the elfh Hub.

Hard to reach areas of the curriculum

For all doctors in training either following or planning to follow the Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in ICM.  This new e-ICM learning pathway helps provide a background knowledge for those areas of the curriculum that have been identified as sometimes challenging to address through clinical exposure.  As well as providing this all in one easy to find place, completion of these sessions will be useful when mapping evidence to these curriculum items on the e-portfolio.  Find out more here.

Further information regarding competency signoff can be found here.

New to ICU

This new e-ICM learning pathway brings together sessions that introduce some of the key concepts and terminology regarding the care of critically ill patients.  The aim is to give an initial grounding from which you can explore the many other topics within the e-ICM programme.  The sessions will be of benefit to doctors, advanced critical care practitioners, nurses and Allied Health Professionals.  For doctors in training, this will include those undertaking foundation and core / Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) training in ICM, or doctors who are interested in critical care.

Find out more here.

 

For more information about the e-ICM programme visit: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/intensive-care-medicine/.

HEE e-LfH - 2018 in numbers

Posted on: March 20th, 2019 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

2018 was HEE elfh’s biggest year to date.

This infographic shows the impressive numbers in terms of number of registered users, new programmes launched, number of elearning sessions launched.

elfh infographic March 2019

elfh is a NHS England programme in partnership with the NHS and professional bodies