Foundation elearning programme update January 2022

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

The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) are central to inpatient care. The MCA protects the rights of vulnerable people and this group of sessions cover topics such as assessing capacity, consent, patient autonomy and safeguarding.

Available in elearning for healthcare’s 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, FPC 5: Continuity of Care, FPC 6: Sharing the Vision and FPC 11: Ethics and Law:

• Assessing Mental Capacity 
• Planning Ahead Using the MCA
• Best Interests
• Restraint
• Deprivation of Liberty
• Patient Autonomy and Related Ethics
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
• Confidentiality and Privacy
• Keeping the Patient at the Centre of Care
• Seeing the Whole Picture 
• Family Dynamics Affecting Discharge

You can sign in to the elearning with your login supplied by elearning for healthcare  during your foundation training.

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 easier to access the appropriate session linked to the curriculum.