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Foundation elearning programme update April 2022

Posted on: April 11th, 2022 by Rachel Gowland No Comments

Welcome to your April 2022 update about the Foundation elearning programme.

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 the UK Foundation Programme (UKFPO).

Patients with long term conditions (chronic disease). How good are you at helping them after they leave hospital?

Available in the elearning for healthcare Foundation Programme (2021 curriculum) – these sessions cover areas in your curriculum on; FPC 1: Clinical Assessment, FPC 2: Clinical Prioritisation, FPC 3: Holistic Planning, FPC 4: Communication and Care and FPC 5: Continuity of Care:

Check the programme to see other sessions that might help you.

You can sign on to the elearning with your login supplied by elearning for healthcare at any time during your foundation training: https://www.elfh.org.uk/programmes/foundation-programme/

HORUS and TURAS have deep links to elearning for healthcare sessions from the Foundation Curriculum and therefore accessible to all trainees, making it quicker and easy to access the appropriate session linked to the curriculum.

Updates to the Long COVID elearning programme are available

Posted on: April 11th, 2022 by Rachel Gowland No Comments

Broadening the health and care workforce’s understanding of long COVID is the aim of this elearning programme, dedicated to long COVID and post-COVID syndrome. This resource was developed in partnership with Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust and NHS England and NHS Improvement for those working with patients presenting with long COVID, outside of a Specialist Post-COVID Assessment and Treatment Service.

Further to the Introduction to Long COVID and Post-COVID Syndrome, new sessions on Living with Long COVID and Managing Symptoms of Long COVID are now available. An additional, curated list of external resources on long COVID is also available to access. Each of the elearning sessions takes approximately 30 minutes to complete and a certificate is available to download on completing each session.

Additional sessions on maternity and mental health are being developed and are expected to be available in Autumn 2022.

Accessing the session

To read more about the session, please visit the Long COVID programme page.

New sessions added to the Caldicott Guardian elearning programme

Posted on: April 8th, 2022 by Louise Garrahan No Comments

Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) has worked in partnership with the National Data Guardian for health and social care and the UK Caldicott Guardian Council to develop 2 new sessions within The Role of the Caldicott Guardian elearning programme.

The purpose of the programme is to provide learners with a better understanding of the role of the Caldicott Guardian within the health and care workforce, and to provide those undertaking the Caldicott Guardian role with clarity around their responsibilities and the help available to them within this role.

The 1st new session is aimed at new or existing Caldicott Guardians. It provides a starting point for the newly appointed Caldicott Guardian and is an aide memoire for the more experienced. The learning explains how the role fits into the wider information governance assurance framework and will help Caldicott Guardians arrive at lawful and practical decisions regarding the protection and sharing of patient and service user information. It also looks at what sources of support and resources are available to support them in their role.

The 2nd session is aimed at members of senior leadership teams who may need to appoint, work alongside, or otherwise support a Caldicott Guardian. It explains the importance of the role, including how their work represents the best interests of patients and service users, and how Caldicott Guardians can impact the decision-making processes of the organisation.

The new resources complement 1 existing session which is aimed at the general health and social care workforce and is intended to improve people’s awareness of the importance of Caldicott Guardians and confidentiality in health and care.

For more information and to access the sessions, please visit The Role of the Caldicott Guardian programme page.

Assessments for On-call Pharmacists elearning programme now available

Posted on: April 7th, 2022 by Louise Garrahan No Comments

Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) has worked with HEE London and South East (HEE LaSE) Pharmacy Team to develop an elearning programme for pharmacy colleagues.

Assessments for On-call Pharmacists aims to provide trainee pharmacists and early career pharmacists with an insight into the variety of different clinical scenarios that may be encountered out of normal working hours. These include questions on how to manage drug-drug interactions, which resources to refer to, and how to prioritise queries. Examples include how to best manage a request from a nurse asking to borrow clozapine from another patient or deciding on the correct dosage of medication for an unwell patient with a renal transplant admitted to the intensive care unit.

These assessments should be considered a supplementary resource alongside existing local induction and training for on-call pharmacists. The core e-assessment must be completed to obtain a certificate and includes various clinical topics that will be seen during early careers.

On completion of the programmes, which takes approximately 30 minutes to 2 hours to complete, learners are expected to understand the different clinical resources available and how to use them to do the assessments.

For more information and to access the resource, please visit the Assessments for On-call Pharmacists programme page.

Refresh your knowledge on Preventing Falls in Hospital

Posted on: April 6th, 2022 by Rachel Gowland No Comments

The cost of treating falls in hospitals in the UK has been estimated at £630 million per year. Although most falls do not result in injury, patients can have psychological and mobility problems as a result of falling.

Developed in partnership with the Royal College of Physicians and NHS England and NHS Improvement, the Preventing Falls in Hospital elearning programme aims to reduce inpatient falls with a Fallsafe module aimed at hospital based nurses and a Carefall module aimed at foundation doctors. Learners can expect interactive modules designed to help them gain knowledge in patient and environmental falls risk factors, the patient assessment and post fall management. Both modules have been designed to complement, local falls prevention policies and processes.

You can read more about the elearning resource by visiting the programme page.

This programme can also be accessed via the Electronic Staff Register (ESR).

New Information Sharing elearning programme now available

Posted on: April 5th, 2022 by Louise Garrahan No Comments

Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) has worked with the NHS Transformation Directorate to develop a new elearning programme to help colleagues better understand the principles of sharing information.

Health and social care professionals have a legal duty to share information to support individual care. It helps them to make informed decisions, ensures that people receive safe care, enables the smooth transition of people between different care settings and enhances the effectiveness and efficiency of the service.

The Information Sharing programme is aimed at frontline and admin health and care staff and their supervisors who have responsibility for managing and/or sharing personal information.

The resource will help learners to understand the principles behind information sharing, show them how to apply the principles in practice and build confidence in using and sharing information.

The programme features 1 session which takes approximately 20 to 30 minutes to complete.

At the end of the session learners will be able to explain the key principles to consider when deciding whether to share information and identify the circumstances in which staff should seek further advice.

For more information and to access the programme, please visit the Information Sharing programme page.

New module on pregnancy available in the nursing programme

Posted on: March 31st, 2022 by Rachel Gowland No Comments

A new module has been added to SCRIPT’s Nursing elearning programme. Pregnancy and the Puerperium is now available, in addition to existing modules developed for qualified NHS nurses and midwives, and student nurses. Every SCRIPT module takes approximately 60 minutes to complete and has been authored by a team of expert healthcare professionals. You can learn more about the SCRIPT elearning programme by visiting the SCRIPT website.

New Internal Medicine Training programme now available

Posted on: March 31st, 2022 by Louise Garrahan No Comments

A new elearning programme has been developed for internal medicine training (IMT) trainees and trainers by Health Education England (HEE), elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh), the Severn Deanery and the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board.

The programme includes new sessions on delivering outpatient care and outpatient training, applicable to many training programmes, but primarily aimed at internal medicine trainers and trainees. The sessions comprise the following topics:

For trainees:

  • Managing patients in an outpatient clinic
  • Resources for evidencing internal medicine training (IMT) capabilities in practice (CiPs)
  • Procedural skills video resources from the NHS Lothian Mastery Skills Pathway

For trainers:

  • An introduction to Internal Medicine Training
  • How to optimise outpatient training

Within the ‘Managing patients in an outpatient clinic’ session trainees will learn about the delivery of high quality outpatient care, meeting the curricular requirements in this field, and adapting their skills for virtual clinics. A trainer’s session on ‘How to optimise outpatient training’ will support the development of skilled educators in delivering learning in an outpatient clinic environment.

For IMT trainees there is also a newly developed list of available resources within the programme relevant to the IMT CiPs, alongside links to the procedural skills videos created by the NHS Lothian Mastery Skills Pathway.

information and to access the new resources, please visit the Internal Medicine Training programme page.

Updates to the Anaphylaxis elearning programme available

Posted on: March 31st, 2022 by Rachel Gowland No Comments

Working in partnership with Health Education England has refreshed content in the Anaphylaxis elearning programme, developed to help health and care staff understand the causes, signs, and treatment of anaphylaxis.

Anaphylaxis is a severe, life threatening event and people having an anaphylactic reaction often have changes to their airway, breathing and circulation, so it is vital that these signs are recognised and treated quickly.

Our Recognising and Managing Anaphylaxis session has recently been updated to aid understanding of the recognition and management of anaphylaxis in community and hospital settings. It includes the management of anaphylaxis in adults and children, further treatment in a hospital setting, blood tests and ongoing care for those who experience anaphylaxis.

An Introduction to Anaphylaxis is also available in the elearning programme.

To read more about the resources, visit the programme page

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