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Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare's Foundation e-Learning Programme: Professional Capability: 18 Recognises and works within limits of personal competence

Posted on: October 15th, 2018 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.

An essential part of modern medicine is about recognising the limits of personal competence and when to call for help. The elearning sessions explain that protocol and guidelines are there to help you.

Sessions:

*** NEW SESSION – Oxygen Therapy ***

Competency in Practice

Senior Advice Who, When and Why?

Senior Advice: When to Stop for Help

Explaining Evidence/Guidelines/Protocols to Patients

Guidelines in Clinical Practice.

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 why not try some of our free elearning mapped directly to the Foundation Professional Capabilities (Training Outcomes) in the 2016 Foundation Curriculum.

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/.

New courses added to Shared Decision Making e-learning programme

Posted on: October 12th, 2018 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) has worked with the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) and the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication at the University of Cambridge to add new content to the Shared Decision Making elearning programme.

The Shared Decision Making elearning programme is aimed at healthcare professionals, health improvement personnel and patient engagement representatives to inform and educate them on Shared Decision Making in order to embed it in day to day clinical practice.

Two new courses Communicating Risk – Primary Care and Perioperative Medicine – have been added to the programme alongside the existing courses – Guidance on Shared Decision Making, Dialogues in Shared Decision Making and Talking about What Matters.

The Communicating Risk course has two versions; one for primary care professionals and one for perioperative medicine professionals. Each course is designed to help clinicians develop skills for communicating effectively with patients about the risks and benefits of treatment options. Each course consists of four sessions and will take approximately two hours to complete, with each session taking approximately 30 minutes to complete.

Each version of the course includes examples taken either from primary care or perioperative medicine. It includes self-test questions and video consultation case-studies.

By the end of each course, participants will be able to:

* describe why it is important for clinicians to effectively communicate benefits, harms, trade-offs and uncertainties with patients
* explain the inter-relationship between shared decision making, evidence-based medicine and patient-centred care in the context of communicating benefits and
* list key communication skills needed when talking with patients about evidence
* explain how to effectively communicate statistical information to patients
* outline the role of decision support tools, potential uses and where to locate them.

The Communicating Risk course was originally commissioned by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and has been licensed to the AoMRC as part of Choosing Wisely UK. It has been adapted for the UK by the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication at the University of Cambridge.

To access the Primary Care course select: https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/543267 and to access the Perioperative Medicine course select: https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/529401.

For more information about all courses that are part of the Shared Decision Making programme visit https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/shared-decision-making/.

International learners can access the resources here: https://moodle.wintoncentre.uk.

Tell us what you think about our e-ICM programme

Posted on: October 12th, 2018 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

The Intensive Care Medicine (e-ICM) is a programme of over 700 education sessions and over the first 18 months, e-ICM recorded over 50 000 session launches. This first phase of e-ICM has provided ICM curriculum coverage and is now complete. It includes the production of new content as well as updating some of the shared content from other programmes within HEE elfh.

However, we are now considering our next steps, so would value your views on the programme. Please complete the short survey which will take around 5-10 minutes to complete. You can go directly to the survey via https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/543252 or it can be found within the e-ICM programme. The survey will remain open until 22 October 2018.

TEL News September 2018

Posted on: October 3rd, 2018 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

This month’s edition includes an update on the Learning Solution and a round-up of recent conferences. There is also news of our paramedic programme being shortlisted for an award and details of programmes relating to Literature Searching and Veterans’ Health.

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

Foundation e-learning programme – Professional Capabilities 15, 16 and 17

Posted on: September 28th, 2018 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.

The elearning sessions in Professional Capability: 15 – is trained and manages cardiac and respiratory arrest. This is about knowing when not to resuscitate and how to manage this, particularly in relation to discussions with a patient and their family. The second session covers the management of issues surrounding a patient with possible tuberculosis and what to think about when considering appropriate respiratory isolation.

The elearning sessions in Professional Capability: 16 – demonstrates understanding of the principles of health promotion and illness prevention. This describes the risk factor for diseases with sessions on smoking, substance misuse, alcohol, and lifestyle.

The elearning sessions in Professional Capability: 17 – manages palliative and end of life care. This is aimed at helping doctors to develop the skills and understanding they need to give dying patients and their families care and comfort in their grief. It also considers the diversity of patients met in practice and identifies key cultural, spiritual and religious feelings and rituals.

Sessions:

Medication History Taking and Prescribing on Admission

Discussing ‘Do Not Attempt CPR’ Decisions

Infection Control: Air and Blood Borne Pathogens

Enabling Smoking Cessation

Risk Factors in Disease

Screening

Health Needs, Demands and Resource

Management of Substance Misuse

Management of Alcohol Misuse

Managing Obesity: Guiding and Enabling Behaviour Change

Alcohol Facts

Alcohol IBA – Assessment

Bereavement Process

Cultural and Religious Diversity and Bereavement

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 why not try some of our free elearning mapped directly to the Foundation Professional Capabilities (Training Outcomes) in the 2016 Foundation Curriculum.

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/.

Updates planned to Statutory and Mandatory e-learning programme

Posted on: September 25th, 2018 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

In 2017, Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) launched a series of elearning sessions and assessments called Statutory and Mandatory Training, which was based on learning outcomes outlined in the Skills for Health Core Skills Training Framework.

In response to user feedback, HEE elfh is re-designing the elearning sessions and eAssessments to be combined into a single package to enable users to easily access both the knowledge content and e-Assessment in one session.  As part of this update to the Statutory and Mandatory Training programme, HEE elfh is also updating the Data Security Awareness Level 1 session and eAssessment to include General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and social care updates.

The new programme will be made available from mid-October 2018.

If you are part way through completing these programmes, please be aware that the previous courses will remain accessible within an archive folder until 31 March 2019,   enabling users and local administrators to access historic certificates and report on learning history.

If you have any questions about the changes to this programme, please contact HEE elfh.

New e-learning module for healthcare professionals caring for serving personnel, veterans and their families

Posted on: September 25th, 2018 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

A new training module to support the health of military veterans is now available for health professionals interested in veterans’ health matters.

‘Introduction to Veterans Health’ is now live on Health Education England’s elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) hub.

Dr Jonathan Leach, Chair of NHS England Armed Forces and their Families Clinical Reference Group, has led the creation of the new module which can be delivered as a lunchtime learning session by NHS Armed Forces Champions (or anyone else suitably interested in veterans’ health matters).

The course takes less than an hour to deliver and consists of:

* Introduction to the needs of military veterans – Facilitator Guide
* The Covenant Film Clips
* Introduction to the needs of military veterans – PowerPoint presentation
* Two ‘top tips’ handouts

This module is part of the NHS Healthcare for the Armed Forces programme which is designed to help healthcare professionals increase understanding of the armed forces population and facilitate improved care and treatment. The programme was developed by HEE elfh with support from NHS England.

For more information about the programme, including the new module, visit http://w ww.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/nhs-healthcare-for-the-armed-forces/.

NHS Knowledge Mobilisation Framework Programme now live

Posted on: September 18th, 2018 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

The NHS Knowledge Mobilisation Framework is designed to help individuals working in health and care to develop skills to mobilise knowledge effectively in their organisations.

The framework aims to help them to learn before, during and after everything that they do so that best practice is replicated and pitfalls can be avoided. It introduces 11 techniques to help plan, co-ordinate and implement knowledge mobilisation activities.

To complement the elearning there are also a suite of postcards, which are available to download here: https://kfh.libraryservices.nhs.uk/knowledge-management/nhs-knowledge-mobilisation-framework-postcards/

The programme is a re-working of an original concept devised by what was the Department of Health Connecting for Health Knowledge Management Team and the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Library and Knowledge Services Team.

The elearning programme is available to access via the elfh Hub and ESR. For more information about the programme please visit: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/knowledge-mobilisation-framework/

Or speak to your regional library lead:

HEE London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex: louise.goswami@hee.nhs.uk

HEE Midlands and the East: ruth.carlyle@hee.nhs.uk

HEE North: david.stewart@hee.nhs.uk

HEE South: helen.bingham@hee.nhs.uk

e-Learning for Healthcare sessions in Foundation

Posted on: September 13th, 2018 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

Professional Capability: 13 Prescribes safely

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

Failure to prescribe safely is one of the commonest causes of untoward patient incidents in medical practice. Two case studies underpin and cover in detail how to safely and effectively prescribe a wide range of medicines. Adverse drug effects (ADE), risk management and safe transfusion practice are among the topics covered.

Sessions:

  • Prescription Writing
  • Prudent Use of Antibiotics (Part 2)
  • Communicating Treatment Risks to Patients
  • Administration Procedure
  • BNF Usage and Other Prescribing Information Sources
  • Prudent Use of Antibiotics (Part 3)
  • Pain Management
  • Management of Transfused Patient
  • Safe Use of Injectable Medicines (Part 1)
  • Safe Prescribing of Insulin
  • Haemovigilance in the UK and ROI
  • Safe and Appropriate Transfusion Practice
  • Safe Use of Injectable Medicines (Part 2)
  • Adverse Drug Effects
  • Blood Group Serology
  • Red Blood Cells
  • Safe Anticoagulation
  • Safer Medicine Use Through Concordance
  • Requesting Procedure
  • Adverse Effects of Transfusion
  • Safe Prescribing in Renal Impairment
  • Safe Prescription and Risk Management
  • Sampling Procedures
  • VTE Prevention in Secondary Care
  • Prudent Use of Antibiotics (Part 1)
  • Safe Practice the Doctors Perspective
  • Collection Procedure

 

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

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/.

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