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5000 people enrol on Becoming Simulation Faculty Programme

Posted on: July 24th, 2024 by Charlotte Murray No Comments

The NHS England TEL team launched Becoming Simulation Faculty (BSF) as a national blended learning programme to support the professional development of simulation educators, practitioners, technicians and managers in health and care.  Over 5000 people have now enrolled since its launch. 

The programme delivers a national approach to simulation faculty development, enhancing professional capabilities and supporting continuing professional development of multi-disciplinary teams.   

Co-designed and authored with experts from across the simulation community in the UK, BSF addresses the current variability in professional development opportunities across the country, ensures equitable access to learning and enhances simulation and immersive learning practices at scale.    

It aligns with the ambitions of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, the Educator Workforce Strategy and the National Safety Syllabus by supporting hybrid education and workforce development, ensuring high-quality, safe care delivery.   

The programme is running a core course (6 theory-based online elearning topics and a face-to-face workshop) throughout 2024. Topics include Educational Theory in Simulation Based Education (SBE), Creating a Simulated Learning Environment and Debriefing and Feedback. From 2025 the course will be extended to cover advanced learning opportunities such as Simulated Patients and Developing the simulation technician. To date, we have delivered successful workshops in 2 of the 8 regions of England, with several more planned over the coming months. Feedback from recent delegates has been excellent;  

“A really great day and thought provoking, thank you!” 

“The activities were really helpful and very relevant” 

Find out more about the Becoming Simulation Faculty programme and enrol by visiting our webpage or contact the team for more information. 

New sessions launched on Information Governance elearning

Posted on: July 17th, 2024 by Vanessa Bassnett No Comments

New sessions have been added to the existing Information Governance elearning programme to support frontline staff working in health or social care who need to share confidential information as part of their jobs. 

The following sessions are available on the elearning for healthcare (elfh) Hub and will soon also be on ESR: 

  • Becoming an information asset owner: This session guides new Information Asset Owners (IAOs) on how to get started in the role. It explores information assets and information risk, the importance of managing information assets and registers appropriately, the responsibilities of the IAO, and their relationship to other roles relating to information assets. 
  • Managing subject access requests: This session is for staff members managing subject access requests (SARs) or providing information for SARs. It explores what is meant by a SAR and individuals’ legal rights regarding SARs. It provides a process for managing standard SARs and works through some special scenarios involving SARs. 

For more information and to complete the course go to: Information Governance – elearning for healthcare (e-lfh.org.uk)   

 

 

Foundation programme July update – Make the most out of supervised learning events 

Posted on: July 11th, 2024 by Vanessa Bassnett No Comments

Supervised Learning Events (SLEs) are an essential part of your training in your two foundation years. You could get even more out of them by doing the SLE sessions now at the start of the year.  

SLEs provide a formal way of recording feedback and comprise part of the evidence to support progress against the Foundation Programme Curriculum. SLEs should also be used to highlight areas of good practice and suggest areas for further improvement. 

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

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.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. 

Updated elearning modules for continence and catheter care

Posted on: July 10th, 2024 by Vanessa Bassnett No Comments

Nursing staff, healthcare assistants and allied health professionals across all settings can access updated elearning which aims to reduce the risk associated with catheterisation.

The ‘Continence and catheter care programme’ is a collaboration between Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley and NHS England and is available on the elearning for healthcare (elfh) hub and aims to improve knowledge and awareness of all aspects of continence and catheter care.

The programme covers the different types of incontinence, assessment and management strategies. Emphasis is placed on avoiding catheterisation and on how to reduce the risk of catheter acquired urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in situations where catheterisation is unavoidable.

CAUTI is a significant source of avoidable patient harm. Many catheterisations are clinically unnecessary and can lead to poor outcomes, longer hospital stays and increased costs.

Access the continence and catheter care e-learning programme here

Foundation Programme – June update  

Posted on: June 21st, 2024 by Vanessa Bassnett No Comments

Access the Foundation elearning programme

The Foundation elearning programme is an official resource designed specifically to support you in completing the 2021 Foundation Curriculum. It is available free via NHS England’s elearning for healthcare hub.  

Topics cover the entire Foundation Curriculum and completing sessions early will help you get more out of your attachments in the Foundation years. Each of these sessions are mapped to the Foundation Curriculum and provide evidence to the General Medical Council that you have completed the Curriculum. The Foundation elearning programme will also help you cover parts of the Foundation Curriculum that you may otherwise not encounter. Your sessions will be recorded in your eportfolio. 

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/ 

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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. 

New online learning session for schools, colleges and mental health teams about bullying and cyberbullying

Posted on: June 13th, 2024 by Charlotte Murray No Comments

In this new session learners can find out more about how to integrate whole school and college approaches for bullying and mental health and wellbeing. This includes what this means in practice for young people, families, schools, colleges and local partners. This final module; Collaborating to deal with bullying, builds on the previous three sessions which explore the causes and effects of bullying on children and young people.

Developed by the MindEd programme in NHS England’s eLearning for healthcare programme (elfh) in collaboration and partnership with experts by experience, the four modules provide up-to-date definitions of bullying and cyber bullying and guides the learner through a range of evidence-based interventions to address bullying in a school or college setting.

Each module takes approximately 30minutes to complete and through the use of scenarios and short narrative videos, they provide practical guidance and learning points on how and when to intervene to prevent bullying or cyber bullying.

For more information and to access the modules please visit the programme page.

New elearning on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)

Posted on: May 23rd, 2024 by Vanessa Bassnett No Comments

Healthcare professionals, carers and anyone interested in increasing their understanding of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) can access a new elearning resource.

This e-learning programme has been developed in collaboration with patient groups and the Department of Health and Social Care and aims to enhance knowledge and support for individuals living with ME/CFS.

Session one aims to provide an overview suitable for all clinicians, MDT, service users, families, support providers.

The programme also aims to:

  • highlight the variability in patient experiences and the impact on individuals and their families
  • encourage the adoption of a multidisciplinary approach to patient care
  • highlight the importance of pacing, symptom management, and supportive networks

There will be three sessions released, each with a different focus.

The first session, Introduction to ME/CFS is accessible to all and is an introduction to the complex nature of ME/CFS. The session explains what ME/CFS is, discusses the potential causes and diagnostic challenges and provides an overview of possible management strategies.

The second and third sessions will be published soon and are aimed at primary and secondary care clinicians. They focus on the management of ME/CFS, treatment recommendations and pharmacological solutions.

It is estimated that over 250,000 people in the UK are living with myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Despite these figures, there are still many misconceptions around ME/CFS, and the patients suffer from prolonged diagnosis and stigma.

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

 

Specialist patient safety elearning launched for maternity workforce

Posted on: May 22nd, 2024 by Vanessa Bassnett No Comments

Maternity professionals in health and care can now access new modules of the Patient Safety Syllabus training elearning sessions on the elfh portal which have been tailored to support the specific needs of their profession. 

The training supports thinking differently about what patient safety means and making healthcare even safer with patient safety case studies covering good practice, human factors, risk, systems thinking and safety culture. There is a certificate of completion for each case study. 

Content for both Levels 1 and 2 of the syllabus training have been updated and include improvements to usability, interactivity, and navigation and a certificate of completion and five sector specific patient safety case studies in total for Mental Health, Maternity, Healthcare mangers and administrative staff care, Primary Care and Acute Care. 

All updates to the content and functionality have been made in response to feedback from users. There is also a self-assessment for the Access to Practice module which learners must pass to move on to the sector-specific sessions and a Certificate of completion for each case study area. 

Patient safety is a collective responsibility and a key priority for health and care. This training is available to anyone NHS and Health care staff and supports the NHS Patient Safety Strategy, emphasising a proactive approach to identifying risks to safe care.  

Maternity session content covers: 

  • Maternity care in the NHS  
  • How safe is maternity care  
  • Where does it go wrong for babies, mothers and families in maternity care?  
  • Systems thinking in maternity care  
  • Risk management in maternity care  
  • Human factors in maternity care  
  • Safety culture in maternity care – get a conversation started  

More information about the Patient Safety Syllabus training and how to access to the elearning modules can be found here:  

https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/patient-safety-syllabus-training/ 

Neonatal airway management now supported with new elearning 

Posted on: May 21st, 2024 by Vanessa Bassnett No Comments

A new elearning programme on managing neonatal airways has now been added to the NHS Learning Hub. 

Successful management of the neonatal airway is an essential skill during resuscitation and respiratory deterioration of babies. Managing the airway in this age group is particularly challenging due to several factors including the size and immaturity of babies’ airways and respiratory systems, plus the availability of appropriately sized airway equipment. 

This first module, developed by NHS England elearning for healthcare and the British Association of Perinatal Medicine, explores the importance of premedication in preparation for neonatal intubation and considers the effects and potential side-effects of the drugs used for this purpose.  

It takes about 20-30 minutes to complete and is aimed primarily at paediatric and neonatal medical staff and neonatal pharmacists.  

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

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