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Educational Solutions for Workforce Development

Allied Health Professionals

NHS Education for Scotlande-library supporting health informatics

• NES role and remit• Elibrary changing role and functions• Managed knowledge networks, supporting communities of

practice• Examples relevant to primary care

Lynn Caldwell, Knowledge Services Adviser

Helen McFarlane, AHP Programme Director



About NHS Education for Scotland

Born on 1st April 2002

“To contribute to the highest quality of healthcare in NHS Scotland by promoting best practice in the education and lifelong learning of all its staff.”


Allied Health ProfessionalsAbout NES

Design, Commission, Assureand where appropriate

Provide educational solutions for workforce

development to ensure improved patient care


Allied Health ProfessionalsKnowledge Services Group

Our mission

…is to equip and empower organisations, staff, patients and carers with the resources, skills and confidence to seek, access and share knowledge and put it into practice, when and where it is needed.


Allied Health ProfessionalsKnowledge Services Group

• NHS Scotland e-Library first launched in January 2003

• 2004: first Managed Knowledge Networks (MKNs) for Cancer, Coronary Heart Disease and Mental Health

• There are now 43 portals/associated websites.


Allied Health Professionalse-Library Homepage: May 2006



Support for Communities of Practice



Knowledge Exchange: May 2005



Shared Space: May 2006



Falls Community: May 2008



Where we are now….



http://www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk



• Personalisation of homepage• Tagging, Saving and Sharing• New search engine: FAST• User profiles



FAST search engine



“Build Your Own….”Community Builder Toolkit“Open” Community websites• Wiki• Blogs• Discussion forum



Establishing “Good Work, Good Health” resourceLessons learnt

• Working on developing community prior to site

• Commitment from potential individuals to become members

• and develop resources to share

• Define requirements and IT support needed.

• Careful inclusion of relevant stakeholders at early stages

• Don’t be scared to use “new” technologies eg Wiki


Allied Health ProfessionalsLinks

NHS Scotland e-Library: www.elib.scot.nhs.uk

Knowledge for Care Scotland (beta): www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk

Self-Management and Rehabilitation MKN: www.enablinghealth.scot.nhs.uk

Falls Community of Practice: www.fallscommunity.scot.nhs.uk

Good Work, Good Health (beta): www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/work

Little Things Make a Big Difference (beta):

www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/making-a-difference

GP Nursing Toolkit: www.nesgpntoolkit.scot.nhs.uk

Advanced Nursing Practice Toolkit: www.advancedpractice.scot.nhs.uk

educational solutions for workforce development allied health professionals nhs education for...

Documents

educational solutions

mental health

wiki slide

good health beta

communities of practice

good health resource

health informatics nes

improved patient care