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Updates to the Foundation e-learning programme

Posted on: October 26th, 2020 by Hannah Denness No Comments

elfh has worked with the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges to update three sessions within the Foundation elearning programme.

The Foundation elearning programme is a free elearning resource for Foundation doctors.

All sessions are mapped directly to the 2016 Foundation Curriculum and the material is approved by UKFPO.

The following sessions have recently been updated:

  • An Underperforming Colleague – What To Do
  • Audit
  • Mental Health Act
  • Psychotic Disorders
  • Stress – Bullying

For more information about the programme, including access details, visit: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/foundation-programme/

SCRIPT – supporting safer prescribing practices in primary and secondary care settings

Posted on: October 26th, 2020 by Rachel Gowland No Comments

The SCRIPT elearning programme provides portfolios of modules specifically for healthcare professionals working in primary and secondary care settings.

The European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (EACPT) Working Group on education reviewed different types of digital learning used to teach rational prescribing and assessed their effect on learner-related and clinically relevant outcomes.

The EACPT working group concluded that“elearning is the most-used type of digital learning for safe and effective prescribing education and is efficacious in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate prescribers the required knowledge, skills, and attitudes”.

SCRIPT modules cover a range of topics relating to prescribing, therapeutics and medicines safety and are categorised into different themes. Modules are suitable for any prescriber or anybody in training to be a prescriber, for example. foundation trainees, undergraduate medical students, doctors and non-medical prescribers.

Themes include:

  • Principles of prescribing
  • Prescribing in medical emergencies
  • Prescribing in special circumstances
  • Therapeutic groups

Each module takes approximately 60 minutes to complete. All course materials have been authored by a team of expert healthcare professionals and are regularly reviewed and updated.

What are the benefits in using the SCRIPT elearning programmes?

  • Safer prescribing
    SCRIPT enhances knowledge and confidence in prescribing correctly, improving patient safety, therapeutics and medicines management.
  • Professional development
    Certificates are made available on completion of a module, which can be used for online learning portfolios as evidence of continuing professional development.
  • Flexible learning
    SCRIPT is easily accessible and intuitive to use, allowing users to complete modules at their convenience and refer back to modules at any time.
  • Free to learners with an NHS.uk or NHS.net email address.

 

How do I access the elearning?

You can access the SCRIPT elearning programmes by visiting the SCRIPT website at: https://www.safeprescriber.org/

October update – new e-learning sessions for radiographers, radiologists and breast clinicians are available

Posted on: October 23rd, 2020 by Rachel Gowland No Comments

In May 2020, the National Breast Imaging Academy (NBIA), in partnership with Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh), launched their elearning programme for radiographers, radiologists and breast clinicians.  This is the sixth monthly update about the programme.

The full programme of elearning sessions is due to launch in late 2020, but many sessions are available now, to support your training needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

If you would like to share your thoughts on the resources and input into the evaluation of the NBIA elearning programme, please visit our survey.

 

What’s new?

There are 79 elearning sessions available on the elfh Hub.  The latest sessions to be added are:

  • Breast Density
  • Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • MRI Guided Biopsy
  • Reflective Practice in Breast Imaging

Additional sessions will be added to the elearning catalogue as soon as they are ready.

 

What can I expect from the elearning sessions?

The interactive elearning sessions cover a wide range of topics on breast imaging and relevant aspects of surgery, oncology, pathology, nursing, and risk and prevention.

In addition to the recently added elearning sessions listed above, you can also access:

  • Assessment for Mammographers
  • Clinical Evaluation and Management of Male Breast Disease
  • Epidemiology of Breast Cancer
  • Further Mammographic Views
  • QA, Standards and Guidance

 

New training videos added to the new elfh Learning Hub

The National Breast Imaging Academy (NBIA) has contributed five training videos on mammographic interpretation to the Learning Hub, which is a new digital platform, developed by Health Education England, providing a range of education and training resources for the health and care workforce.

These videos are part of a series of viva sessions to support breast imaging trainees including radiology trainees, breast clinicians and advanced/consultant practitioner film readers. Each session provides feedback and learning tips to support trainees in preparing for examinations.

The videos are over one hour in length and each file is 1.3 GB or larger due to the high-resolution mammograms included within the video content.  Image quality is vital in supporting trainees in their diagnostics development and learning and the Learning Hub’s recent release to increase file size for audio and videos up to 2GB has enabled and widened access to these resources.

Take a look at these resources:

https://learninghub.nhs.uk/Resource/986/Item

https://learninghub.nhs.uk/Resource/987/Item

https://learninghub.nhs.uk/Resource/988/Item

https://learninghub.nhs.uk/Resource/989/Item

https://learninghub.nhs.uk/Resource/990/Item

 

What is the NBIA?

Hosted by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, the National Breast Imaging Academy (NBIA) project is a collaborative, national, multidisciplinary initiative, involving training centres and NHS Trusts around the country as well as Health Education England, Public Health England, the Royal College of Radiologists, the Society and College of Radiographers, the Association of Breast Clinicians and elearning for healthcare.

For further information about the NBIA please visit: www.nationalbreastimagingacademy.org.

 

How to access the elearning

For more information about the programme, including details on how to access the NBIA elearning sessions, please visit: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/national-breast-imaging-academy/.

In addition to these monthly updates, please visit the HEE elfh news page and follow @HEE_TEL on Twitter for the latest news about the programme.

New content added to the Advanced Threat Protection programme

Posted on: October 22nd, 2020 by Leanne Hargreaves No Comments

Since 2019, Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) have been working with NHS Digital to develop the Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) elearning programme.

This free elearning programme aims to upskill NHS ATP administrators to use the Microsoft Advanced Threat Protection service.

In addition to the five initial sessions, HEE elfh and NHS Digital have now launched further content to add to the programme.

The latest session ‘PowerBI Reporting’ covers using Power BI to extract data with ATP’s reporting Application Programming Interface (API), and present this data using charts and visualisations or export it for manipulation in software such as Excel.

The programme currently consists of the following six sessions with more planned for the future.

  • Introduction to ATP
  • Understanding Alerts and Incidents
  • Threat Analytics
  • Threat and Vulnerability Management
  • Managing ATP Incidents and Alerts
  • PowerBI Reporting

The Microsoft Advanced Threat Protection service, included within the Windows 10 licencing deal purchased centrally by the Department of Health and Social Care, is for the benefit of local NHS organisations and the NHS as a whole. It is part of a broader portfolio of data and cyber security services managed by NHS Digital. ATP Administrators across the NHS would benefit from being upskilled in using ATP’s features and its dashboards so they can further advance their organisational resilience to cyber security threats.

For more information about the elearning programme, including details of how to access it, visit: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/advanced-threat-protection/.

Image Interpretation celebrates 10 years of improving patient care

Posted on: October 19th, 2020 by Hannah Denness No Comments

The Image Interpretation elearning programme is celebrating its tenth anniversary.

The programme provides continuing professional development in image interpretation to support radiographers and other health professionals. It was initially developed to improve patient care by providing standardised elearning to support the radiography workforce as they move towards preliminary evaluations.

Image Interpretation is a partnership between Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) and the Society and College of Radiographers.

The programme was first launched at United Kingdom Radiological Congress in 2010 with sessions on Adult Skelton and Adult Chest.

Now, in 2020, there are:

  • 160 authors
  • 454 sessions
  • 21,386 active users
  • 133,911 hours of learning
  • 355,787 session launches

Dorothy Keane, clinical lead, said: “As clinical lead for this programme I am immensely proud of our achievements and look forward to continuing to develop the content, always remembering that this will improve patient’s clinical outcomes and never forgetting the importance of our patients during their time spent in imaging.

“The figures are a real tribute to the hard work of the authors, editors and learning designers who have turned Image Interpretation into one of the largest and most successful programmes within elfh.”

The programme focuses on core skills, both in developing new areas of work and in the review and updating of existing modules.

Currently, the team is working on creating new sessions for Radiographers as Researchers as well as further developing sessions on Orthopaedic Intervention. Future topics will include management, governance, career progression and recruitment.

Dorothy Keane said: “We greatly value our learners’ feedback and suggestions, many of which have led to the development of new sessions over recent years.”

Positive feedback from learners has included:

“Image Interpretation is key to the effective and safe clinical management of patients.”

“This is a fantastic resource which we should all be using to integrate learning into our day to day care of patients.”

“I found it invaluable for my self-directed learning as I was able to access those subjects which were particularly useful to me prior to my return to practice.”

More information about the programme, including access details, please visit: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/image-interpretation/

Spotting the Sick Child website relaunched

Posted on: October 15th, 2020 by Louise Garrahan No Comments

A learning resource that helps healthcare professionals assess acutely sick children has been updated by a team of expert clinicians to ensure its relevance to today’s clinical practice.

Spotting the Sick Child, which is developed by the Department for Health and Social Care and commissioned by Health Education England, features an interactive tool to improve healthcare professionals’ skills in identifying children with serious illness and learning the basics of how to assess children of all ages using clinical footage and evidence-based materials.

The resource is aimed at a range of colleagues including GPs, nurses and health visitors and was developed in response to anxiety over assessing children, as they need a different approach to adults. Spotting the Sick Child’s newly improved website now features additional resources including real life case studies and extensive video footage of real patients.

The website, which is hosted by Health Education England elearning for healthcare, also includes:

  • Symptoms: learn to assess seven common symptoms
  • My Waiting Room: test yourself on real patients at your own pace
  • My Learning: customise your own learning environment and track your progress

Learners will receive a certificate once they complete the course and the resource can be used as a teaching material for others.

For more information and to access this resource, please visit: https://spottingthesickchild.com/.

New e-learning programme, Freedom to Speak Up in Healthcare in England, now available

Posted on: October 15th, 2020 by Louise Garrahan No Comments

Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) has worked with the National Guardian Office to develop three new elearning sessions to embed speaking up throughout health.
Freedom to Speak Up in Healthcare in England is a training programme aimed at everyone within the NHS including colleagues, managers and senior leaders, as well as volunteers, learners, students and those in training, regardless of their contract terms.

The three sessions explain what speaking up is, why it is important, and how to foster an environment where colleagues, when they speak up, are listened to, thanked and their suggestions followed up. The programme helps learners understand the vital role they can play and the support available to encourage a healthy speaking up culture which protects patient safety and enhances colleague experience.

The first session ‘Speak Up: core training for workers’ comprises the following topics:

  • What speaking up is and why it matters
  • How to speak up and confidentiality
  • Barriers to speaking up
  • The role of the guardian and the National Guardian’s Office
  • Making a pledge.

The second session is for all line and middle managers and is focused more on listening and the barriers that can get in the way of speaking up (available soon).

The third session, is aimed at all senior leaders including executive board members (and equivalents), non-executive directors, and governors to help them understand their role in setting the tone for a good speaking up culture and how speaking up can promote organisational learning and improvement (available soon).
These modules will replace the current Freedom to Speak Up training.
For more information on the programme, including details on how to access, please visit: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/freedom-to-speak-up/

New Sexual and Reproductive Health e-learning courses now available

Posted on: October 14th, 2020 by Louise Garrahan No Comments

Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) has worked with the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health (FRSH) to develop 30 new resources covering a host of topics including anatomy, contraception, sexually transmitted infections and early pregnancy.

The newly updated programme is aimed at a range of healthcare professionals, including nurses and midwives, to gain the necessary knowledge to successfully support patients with their sexual reproductive needs. It also complements the redesigned FSRH Diploma, which is planned to open for applications in October 2020, as well as other FRSH qualifications.

Each course is interactive and readily accessible anywhere at any time. Learners can access information, read articles, undertake self-assessments, view video clips and animation, along with real-life case studies to support their learning.

The courses range from 20-30 minutes in duration and cover the following topics:

  • Basic anatomy and physiology
  • Health history and risk assessment
  • Contraceptive choices
  • Emergency contraception
  • Contraception: managing side-effects and complications of use
  • Planning pregnancy
  • Unintended pregnancy and abortion
  • Early pregnancy
  • Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
  • SRH needs of specific groups
  • Adult and child/young person safeguarding
  • Psychosexual medicine
  • Cervical screening.

Learners can also use FSRH guidance, where possible, to supplement their learning with the programme.
For more information about the elearning programme and to access the sessions, please visit: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/sexual-and-reproductive-healthcare/.

ESCAPE-pain – an award-winning programme designed to support people with chronic joint pain

Posted on: October 7th, 2020 by Rachel Gowland No Comments

Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) worked with the award-winning ESCAPE-pain team and the Health Innovation Network to develop two elearning resources.

The resources aim to help healthcare professionals and exercise instructors understand the principles behind the ESCAPE-pain programme – facilitating group education and exercise sessions for people living with chronic joint pain and learning how the programme may be implemented in their organisation, including outpatient physiotherapy departments, leisure centres and local community settings.

The ESCAPE-pain programme was recently awarded the MSK Care Initiative of the Year at the HSJ Value Awards 2020.

“The judges felt this was an excellent initiative which enables self-management for people with hip and knee pain. Clear rationale was given for the initiative with supporting evidence and references, which has led to improvement in patient care. The team demonstrated great overall cost saving benefits to the system in terms of total and social health, and the overall ambition to improve general health, fitness and wellbeing was commendable.”

elearning resources

The elearning resources were designed to help interested providers determine how ESCAPE-pain may fit within their organisation and to begin the process towards implementation, and increase awareness in professionals who plan to deliver the programme and become ESCAPE-pain facilitators.

Each elearning session takes approximately 20-30 minutes to complete, with the aim of improving providers’ understanding of what the programme involves and to prepare for the facilitator training.

To deliver either of the ESCAPE-pain programmes, healthcare professionals and exercise instructors who meet the pre-qualification criteria are required to attend facilitator training by the ESCAPE-pain team.

More about ESCAPE-pain

Please see the ESCAPE-pain website for more information about the programme and recommended reading.

Accessing the elearning

If you would like to know more about the programme, including access details to the elearning sessions, the ESCAPE-pain team is waiting to support you.

Please email the team at: hello@escape-pain.org for more information.

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