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e-Learning initiatives in the
NHS…..why e-learning?
UMSLG / UHSL
Open Forum
14 May 2007

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Criteria for justifying e-learning
 Cost
 Quality
 Service
 Speed

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Cost – hygiene training for 3000 staff
Cost pressure Classroom E-Learning
Length of course 1 day Half day
Development cost £5,000 £5,000 + £25,000
Delivery £150,000 (£50 per
user per day)
£30,000 (£10 per
user admin)
Salary costs £261,000 £130,500
Travel costs £20,000 £0
Total cost £436,000 £190,500

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Quality
 Collaboration leads to higher quality materials
 Potential for more innovative & reliable assessments
 Easier access to the knowledge base of healthcare
 Interactivity through online communities
 Teaching personnel freed up for more targeted applications
 Validation – national / SHA
 Increased consistency
 Impact on patient care

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Service
 Flexibility
 Widened access to learning opportunities
 Self-paced, personalised
 Can be updated quickly & consistently
 Can be shared and re-used
 Reduction in administration
 Just in time, point of care learning
 Linked to portable e-portfolios
 Linked to development frameworks e.g. KSF
 Medico-legal issues / Clinical Negligence Scheme

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Speed: impact on cycle time
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Classroom
Blended
e-Learning
Months
Connecting for Health:
 Training is cyclical
 e-Learning is scalable
 Costs less to incorporate
additional users
 Errors rectified on the fly
 Product changes on the fly

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Speed: impact on learning time
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Classroom
Blended
e-Learning
Days
 E-learning saves time:
* Housekeeping
* Introductions
* Breaks
* Skips unnecessary
material

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Learning architecture:
combating hospital acquired infections
Training Knowledge
Management
Performance
support
e.g. basic hygiene
e-learning
e.g. identifying best
practice; identifying
problems
Libraries (incl. e-
libraries)
Online communities
Knowledge sharing
Access to data
e.g. applying best
practice; reversing
poor performance
1:1 tuition; Mentoring
Leveraging
organisational expertise
Action learning
Decision support (e.g.
Map of Medicine)

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DH / SHA e-learning initiatives
 National learning management system /
e-learning platform
 e-Portfolios – initially medical education (see www.nhseportfolios.org)
 National e-learning content
* DH (formerly R-ITI) and Core Learning Unit
* Multi-professional
* Accessible from national platforms
* Statutory / mandatory training is a priority
 National interoperability standards
 Why work nationally?

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Fire safety (CLU) Infection control (CLU)
Equality and diversity (CLU) Disability awareness (CLU)
Blood transfusion Health and safety (CLU)
Risk management Manual handling (CLU)
Child protection (CLU) Conflict resolution (CLU)
Data protection / Caldicott Basic life support – theory
Major incident Clinical equipment –
principles
Medicines management /
prescribing
Vulnerable adults
Violence and aggression Consent
Statutory / mandatory content

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Issues
 IT access / skills for staff; support structures
 Requirement for senior staff to assess electronically
 Negative perception of IT initiatives
 Localisation; loss of ownership
 Commissioning of e-learning content / IPR
 Sustainability

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Partnerships with Higher Education
 Content development
 Modular approach to courses enabling
personalisation
 Courses linked to KSF / Standards for Better
Healthcare / reporting via LMS
 Accreditation, e.g. Health Informatics Quality Mark
 Life-long learning portfolios
 Interoperability between NHS / HE systems

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Any questions?