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Flu Immunisation e-learning programme updated for the new season

Posted on: August 17th, 2020 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) has worked with Public Health England (PHE) to update the Flu Immunisation elearning programme to ensure it is up to date for the 2020/21 flu season.

With the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever that this year’s annual flu vaccination programme is safely and effectively delivered to as many of those eligible as possible to protect those at risk. It is therefore crucial that those giving flu vaccines are confident, competent and have up to date knowledge about the vaccine(s) they are giving. The Flu Immunisation elearning resource is designed to provide all healthcare practitioners involved in delivering the national flu immunisation programme with the knowledge they need to confidently promote high uptake of flu vaccination and administer the flu vaccines to those who need them.

The elearning course consists of three knowledge sessions and three assessment sessions. All those undertaking this elearning should complete the Core Knowledge session and accompanying assessment as this is designed to provide essential knowledge about what flu is and the rationale for, and design of, the annual flu programme. Depending on which session(s) is relevant to your role, you should then complete one or both subsequent knowledge and assessment sessions which provide more detailed information about the live and inactivated flu vaccines.
The Flu Immunisation programme is available to access on the elfh Hub, ESR and via AICC links.
For more information about the programme, including details on how to access, visit: www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/flu-immunisation/.

ESCAPE-pain Programme

Posted on: August 17th, 2020 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

ESCAPE-pain – using education and exercise to support people with chronic joint pain

Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) has worked with ESCAPE-pain and the Health Innovation Network to develop two elearning resources, aimed at helping 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.

What is the ESCAPE-pain programme?

ESCAPE-pain is an evidence-based and cost-effective group rehabilitation programme for people with chronic joint pain.  Designed to increase physical function and improve quality of life, the programme integrates education, self-management and coping strategies, with a personalised exercise regimen for each participant.

The ESCAPE-pain programme can be delivered in a variety of locations including outpatient physiotherapy departments, leisure centres and local community settings by healthcare professionals and exercise instructors.

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

elearning resources

There are two ESCAPE-pain programmes designed to support people living with chronic knee and hip pain, and people living with chronic back pain.  The research, evidence and endorsements for each programme can be found on the ESCAPE-pain website.

The elearning resources are aimed at:

  1. helping interested providers determine how ESCAPE-pain may fit within their organisation and to begin the process towards implementation.
  2. 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.

More about ESCAPE-pain

ESCAPE-pain was chosen by the Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) as one of seven programmes to support national implementation, between 2018-2020.  As the support cycle came to an end, this elearning project was funded to increase awareness and allow potential providers from across the country, to access information and support for the programme.

The elearning was commissioned by the Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) and developed by Health Education England elearning for healthcare, in collaboration with ESCAPE-pain and the Health Innovation Network.

Please see our website for more information about the ESCAPE-pain 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.

 

New national programme to collate online resources for medical students now available

Posted on: August 13th, 2020 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) has worked in partnership with the Medical Schools Council (MSC) to develop a new, free elearning programme to support undergraduate medical education. This is the first national programme provided by elfh which collates online learning resources from across UK medical schools.

The programme was developed in response to the sudden onset of the COVID-19 pandemic which saw universities close their doors and deliver classes online. As a result, the MSC’s Education Committee set up a working group to coordinate the efforts of medical schools’ Heads of Teaching in delivering medical education remotely.

Developed by and for medical schools, the new elearning programme provides a database of learning resources, making it easier for staff and students to source material for different specialities. These resources have been kindly donated by staff from across UK medical schools and will be useful to students in their clinical and non-clinical years.

MSC’s Dr Katie Petty-Saphon said: “With the possibility of experiencing renewed periods of lockdown and the need to social distance, it is likely that some distance learning will be required to supplement in-person teaching sessions throughout the next academic year.

“It is heartening to see the generosity of staff from across the country who have made their resources publicly available to the benefit of medical students and staff. Our particular thanks must go to staff at Imperial College London, the University of Bristol and Health Education England for their work in making the idea of building a programme to share resources a reality.”

MSC’s elearning programme is accessible to all those with a university or NHS email address. For more information about the programme, including details on how to access, visit: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/medical-schools-council-elearning-resources/

New Population Health Management e-learning programme now live

Posted on: August 13th, 2020 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) has worked with NHS England and NHS Improvement and Public Health England to develop an elearning programme to support analysts and other health and care professionals working in population health to build their knowledge and skills within the area of population health management (PHM).

The elearning modules that have been developed are:

  • Introduction to population health management.

An introduction to population health management – what it is, why it’s important and what you need to get started

  • Assessing needs

This session describes the main stages in the process to assess needs of a population.

  • A practical introduction to population segmentation

The population segmentation module will give users a practical guide to applying population segmentation within a population health management context.

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) response to date has highlighted the pivotal role of PHM, with primary and secondary care providers needing to risk stratify and proactively support key population groups with personalised care models. PHM will become increasingly important as systems move to the reset phase where they will need the appropriate insights to make judgements about restarting non-urgent elective care.

The PHM elearning modules introduce the PHM approach as well as the role of needs assessment and segmentation, providing a useful grounding to support colleagues in their endeavour to support population health during Coronavirus (COVID-19) and thereafter.

For more information about the Population Health Management elearning programme, including details on how to access the resources, please visit: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/population-health-management/

NHS People Plan shines spotlight on TEL team platforms

Posted on: August 11th, 2020 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

Health Education England’s Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team’s elearning for healthcare (elfh) and Learning Hub platforms have been featured as recommended resources in the NHS People Plan 2020/2021. 

 

The plan, which aims to support the NHS’s 1.3 million workers throughout the rest of 2020 and 2021, was published on 30 July 2020 with key advice signposting the healthcare workforce to elfh and the Learning Hub for their training and education needs. 

 

To date there have been more than 8.6 million sessions launches in 2020 and elfh still remains a go-to training programme for the health and care workforce.  

 

In May, HEE’s TEL team launched the Learning Hub which allows stakeholders from across the health and care workforce, such as clinical commissioning groups, professional bodies and charities, to access and contribute resources including videos, webinars, slide presentations and Q&A packs. 

 

The NHS People Plan sets out what the people of the NHS can expect from their leaders and each other for the remainder of 2020 and 2021.  It focuses on how staff need to continue looking after each other, to grow and train the workforce and work together differently to deliver patient care.  

 

Dr Neil Ralph, Head of Technology Enhanced Learning at Health Education England, said: “We are delighted to see elfh and the Learning Hub highlighted in the NHS People Plan. The recognition for two of our platforms is testament to the consistently high-quality elearning sessions we develop for the NHS healthcare workforce and the resources now available to the wider workforce.  Our platforms provide a range of learning resources, from anaesthesia to audiology, dentistry to dermatology, emergency medicine to end of life care, primary care to prescribing, safeguarding children to statutory and mandatory training.” 

 

For more information about elfh and The Learning Hub, please visit https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/ and https://learninghub.nhs.uk/ 

 

 

 

Maximising Population Health and Prevention in Curricula Guidance e-learning programme now live

Posted on: August 6th, 2020 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

Health Education England elearning for healthcare has worked with EduQual to develop an elearning resource to support educators of all regulated health and care professionals to maximise population health and prevention (PHP) learning in their respective curricula.

The programme will be useful to educators – both those in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and in clinical practice – when designing a new course or re-designing an existing one. It is a combination of easy-to-use guidance with signposting to reputable learning resources in the field of PHP as well as a platform to showcase good practice examples.

It includes a seven-step model which was developed to support HEIs take a holistic approach to maximising PHP in curricula. Curriculum design teams may start at the beginning of the seven steps or dip in and out at any point of the tool.

For more information about the programme, including details of how to access, please visit: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/maximising-population-health-and-prevention-in-curricula/

The evaluation survey for the resource is available here: https://healtheducationyh.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/e-lfh-evaluation-maximising-population-health-and-preventi

Stakeholder Briefing – Issue 16

Posted on: August 5th, 2020 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

Key Messages and links to 5th August 2020

Welcome to Health Education England’s weekly stakeholder bulletin.

In this bulletin we will provide:

  • Weekly message from the Chief Executive’s Office
  • Overview of HEE education and training news

Weekly message from Professor Sheona MacLeod, Acting Director of Education and Quality and Executive Medical Director –

This week’s message is written by Professor Sheona MacLeod and focuses on the importance of working together to restart careers, building hope for the future and confidence in education and training. Read the full message here.

We are supporting all professions to rapidly grow to meet the needs of patients by:

AHP Mental Health Framework – Health Education England is developing an ACP-Mental Health framework to grow the new Mental Health workforce.  We want to hear your views. Please complete the survey here.

Student placement expansion and innovation webinar – Friday 7 Aug 10am – Over June and July the Allied Health Profession team has been engaging with the sector through a series of online workshops, forums and webinars. Following the engagement with over 2,000 educators, practitioners and students from across the four nations we will be holding a webinar on Friday morning to provide an update on our findings and outline next steps.

Agenda:

  • Reporting on AHP student placement online forum and workshop with 150 Leaders. Presented by Char Hobbs, AHP Student Placement, HEE and Janice St John-Matthews, Deputy Head of Department (AHP), UWE, Bristol
  • Innovative placement solutions; crowd-sourced learning from practice. Presented by David Marsden, Regional AHP Lead across the North East and Yorkshire
  • Round up of work with regulators and Professional Bodies – presented by Ruth Allarton, HE Advisor
  • Close and next steps. Presented by Beverley Harden, National Lead for AHP, HEE

Join using this link

To find out more about HEE’s work in to support the essential supply of AHPs to the health and care workforce, visit their webpage and sign up for updates.  Visit the webpage and join the mailing list here

We are ensuring core HEE work to support our NHS colleagues continues:

Pharmacist Education and Training Reform – On 23 July 2020, Health Education England with NHS England and NHS Improvement published a joint letter setting out the context for accelerating the reform of pharmacist education. This letter also announced that Health Education England, in partnership with key stakeholders, is establishing an Interim Foundation Pharmacist Programme to help provisionally registered pharmacists’ transition to full registration and beyond. This is because the training and registration of the 2019/20 cohort of pre-registration pharmacists has been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The first phase of the reform and the purpose of the Interim Foundation Programme is to provide provisionally registered pharmacists with the foundation training support they need. This new Interim Foundation Pharmacist Programme, known as IFPP, is a HEE-funded 12- month education and training programme, starting in September 2020.

The IFPP has three aims:

  • To support provisionally registered pharmacists in England transition to full General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) registration and beyond.
  • To develop pharmacists’ ability to achieve high quality outcomes for patients, improve patient safety and reduce medication errors. • To inform the next stage of pharmacist education and reform.

A joint letter from Health Education England and NHS England and NHS Improvement was shared on 22 July with key stakeholders, outlining the context for Pharmacist Education and Training Reform. The letter is available at this link.

A letter from Health Education England was also shared with the 2019/20 cohort of pre-registration pharmacists, announcing the Interim Foundation Pharmacist Programme (IFPP). This letter was also cascaded widely with key partners and stakeholders and is available at this link.

Find out more about the IFPP in the press release published on 3rd August.

We anticipate there will be many questions about the new programme. The programme team will be sending weekly updates about the IFPP. We encourage you to subscribe to these updates by emailing fpp@hee.nhs.uk, stating ‘IFPP Updates’ in the subject header.

Maternity Support Worker Fund – Reminder that the closing date for applications and expressions of interest for the Maternity Support Worker fund is 16 August 2020. For more information view our webinar here. This is a one-off opportunity for Local Maternity Services to bid for funding. For full details about the simple application follow this link.

Mental Health Nurse Leadership Programme – Apply now to Mental Health Nurse Leadership Programme with the Florence Nightingale Foundation on this link. Deadline: 14th August 2020

Medical trainee webinars – In July, we held two webinars for medical trainees, the first focussing on training in the private sector and inclusion issues and the second on out of programme pause. The recordings for these webinars have now been uploaded to our YouTube channel and can be accessed through the following links:

Training in the private sector and inclusion issues

Out of programme pause

Decision support tool, available free to all NHS health professionals – An online tool and app which provides the latest evidence-based health information at the point of care has been made available to all health professionals in England, for free, thanks to Health Education England (HEE).

The British Medical Journal’s (BMJ) Best Practice tool, rated as one of the best clinical decision support tools for health professionals worldwide, provides the user with the latest evidence-based information including step by step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention, whenever and wherever they need it.

Because medical advice and guidance changes rapidly it gives healthcare professionals quick and easy access to authoritative information to underpin diagnosis and treatment decisions, updated daily and using the latest expert option and available data.

BMJ/BP is available online and as an app – which also works offline.  Staff can visit bmj.com/hee to register and then download the app from their usual app store

We are making sure all professions have the training they need to make a difference:

National Breast Imaging Academy – In May 2020, the National Breast Imaging Academy (NBIA), in partnership with Health Education England elearning for healthcare (elfh), launched their elearning programme for radiographers, radiologists and breast clinicians.

elearning sessions are part of the NBIA’s aim to provide online learning to complement face-to-face clinical training. The sessions are designed to support trainees in breast imaging and to provide valuable continuing professional development (CPD) resources for all qualified staff.

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

What’s new in July 2020?

There are now 64 elearning sessions available on the elfh Hub.

New sessions added recently include:
Ultrasound Interpretation – Cysts and Collections
Clinical Evaluation and Management of Male Breast Disease
Epidemiology of Breast Cancer
Other Malignant Breast Disease

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

 

New Internal Medicine Training elearning programme launched – Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) has worked with the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board to launch a new elearning programme, Internal Medicine Training.

The programme aims to set out how to write a meaningful and effective Educational Supervisor Report (ESR) for Internal Medicine training. This module sets out how to prepare to write an ESR, considered by the Annual Review of Competency Progression (ARCP) panel when assessing a trainee’s progress, starting with the initial meeting with the trainee, planning the training year and gives examples of good report writing.

This elearning package is aimed at educational supervisors of internal medicine trainees and covers the following areas:

  • The ESR
  • Capabilities in Practice (CiPs)
  • Evidence
  • Setting up the Training Year
  • Some elements of the ARCP

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

The Learning Hub – Catalogues are coming soon 

The Learning Hub is a new digital platform that provides easy access to a wide range of resources that are pertinent to education and training in health and care. Organisations and users can contribute and share resources for those in health and care to access.

The Learning Hub team is currently working on the development of catalogues, which will enable organisations to have their own area on the Learning Hub; offering a home page with branding capability and a place for resources to be made available under an organisation’s own identity. An organisation can also nominate users to administer their catalogue. The first release of catalogues will be available soon and enhanced with more functionality over time, in line with the agile, iterative development of the platform.

For more information about the Learning Hub follow us on Twitter: @HEE_TEL and visit our blog to read about our journey so far. To access the Learning Hub visit: https://learninghub.nhs.uk

Supporting the well-being of the health and care workforce –

NHS People Plan 2020-2021 – The NHS People Plan published on the 30th July aims to put NHS staff wellbeing at its heart with a new recruitment, retention and support package. It sets out practical support for well-being such as safe spaces to rest and recuperate, well-being guardians and support to keep staff physically safe and healthy. The People Plan builds on the innovations driven by staff during the pandemic and sets out how the NHS can embed them. Read more here.

By following @NHS_HealthEdEng you can keep up to date with new information and resources as they are published. Most importantly are the notifications of webinars being broadcast during the week.

Right now, making sure we are communicating properly is obviously incredibly important. If there’s any information you think is missing on HEE’s webpages, please let us know by submitting your question to the HEE Q&A helpdesk

New e-learning available for paramedics

Posted on: August 4th, 2020 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) and the College of Paramedics have developed a new elearning module which provides educational support for paramedics.

Supporting Paramedic Practice During COVID-19 is now available within the paramedics elearning programme at https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/paramedics.

Comprised of interactive learning experiences that are accessible on different mobile devices, each session has been created to support the needs of paramedics during the ongoing pandemic.

Supporting paramedic practice during COVID-19

Created by experienced paramedic elearning authors for the College of Paramedics, this elearning is aimed at paramedics and those involved in emergency response during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  The module consists of five sessions of varied lengths which learners are able to select individually, or complete as an entire module.

The new sessions include:

  • The assessment and management of COVID-19 patients for paramedics
  • Paramedic wellbeing during a pandemic
  • Mechanical ventilators used in prehospital care
  • Paramedic use of PPE
  • COVID-19 additional guidance for paramedics

By completing the module, you will achieve a greater understanding of virus transmission, assessment and management of COVID-19 patients and contribute to your Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

Existing modules in the Paramedics programme include:

  • Clinical decision making for paramedics
  • Mental health for paramedics
  • Pain management for paramedics
  • Urgent care for paramedics – injuries
  • Urgent care for paramedics – illness
  • Management of burns for paramedics

Your feedback and accessing the module

As knowledge of the effects and management of COVID-19 continues to evolve, we welcome your feedback.

You will be invited to rate and leave a comment at the end of each session.  By leaving a free-text comment you are helping us develop learning resources which are relevant to you and your colleagues.

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

New Internal Medicine Training e-learning programme launched

Posted on: July 29th, 2020 by Alex Drinkall No Comments

Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) has worked with Health Education England and the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board to launch a new elearning programme, Internal Medicine Training.

The programme aims to set out how to write a meaningful and effective Educational Supervisor Report (ESR) for Internal Medicine training. This module sets out how to prepare to write an ESR, considered by the Annual Review of Competency Progression (ARCP) panel when assessing a trainee’s progress, starting with the initial meeting with the trainee, planning the training year and gives examples of good report writing.

This elearning package is aimed at educational supervisors of internal medicine trainees and covers the following areas:

  • The ESR
  • Capabilities in Practice (CiPs)
  • Evidence
  • Setting up the Training Year
  • Some elements of the ARCP

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

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