August Foundation Programme Update

Failure to prescribe safely is one of the commonest causes of unexpected patient incidents in medical practice.

Available in the elearning for healthcare Foundation Programme (2021 curriculum) – there are sessions that cover areas in your curriculum including; FPC 1: Clinical Assessment, FPC 2: Clinical Prioritisation, FPC3: Holistic Planning, FPC 4: Communication and Care and FPC 5: Continuity of Care Specific Areas of Core Learning High Risk Prescribing Patient Safety

• Prescription writing https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700519
• BNF usage and other prescribing information sources https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700523
• Safe use of injectable medicines (Part 1) https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700527
• Safe use of injectable medicines (Part 2) https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700531
• Safe anticoagulation https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700535
• Safe prescribing in renal impairment https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700539
• Prudent use of antibiotics (Part 1) https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700543
• Prudent use of antibiotics (Part 2) https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700547
• Prudent use of antibiotics (Part 3) https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700551
• Safe prescribing of insulin https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700555
• Adverse drug effects https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700559
• Safer medicine use through concordance https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700563

Supervised Learning Events

SLEs are an essential part of your learning in your two foundation years. Do you know how to get the best out of them? Even if you think you do, you could still get more by doing the SLE sessions now at the start of the year.

Available in the elearning for healthcare Foundation Programme (2021 curriculum) – these sessions cover areas in your curriculum on; FPC 10: Teaching the teacher and FPC 12: Continuing Professional Development:

• Principles of assessment https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/706189
• Making the best use of multi-source feedback: A trainee guide https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/706197
• Getting the most from direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS) https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/706201
• Getting the most from a case based discussion (CBD) https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/706205
• Getting the most from a mini-clinical evaluation exercise (Mini-CEX) https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/706209
• Getting the most out of supervised learning events: Feedback and reflection https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/706213
• Getting the most out of supervised learning events: Reflection after feedback https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/706217

Check the programme for 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.e-lfh.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.