Web 2.0 could be used in health e-learning
Web 2.0 technologies such as wikis, podcasts and blogs could be quite effective tools in e-learning for health professionals in patients, according to a new paper published by BioMed Central. The very interactivity of the technology could prove a boon for professional and patient education, providing that any changes and collaboration is effectively monitored, say […]
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Teachers’ TV offers e-learning lesson to clinicians
Medical professions could learn a great deal from the education sector in video-based online learning, particularly from projects such as Teachers’ TV, a symposium in London organised by the BMA stresses today. The TV channel, which delivers full-length streaming video online that aims to help teachers and other members of the education sector further their […]
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Accolades for clinical and IT collaboration
NHS Connecting for Health has awarded five accolades to NHS organisations for their work in improving patient led services where clinicians, IT and information teams have worked together. The accolades went to: South Tees NHS Trust for its Hospital at Night (H @ N) rapid response system. Every junior doctor who is part of the […]
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HPA wins award for e-learning project
The Health Protection Agency has won an award for an e-learning package that instructs doctors how to deal with major incidents. The scheme, ‘Incident Management’, which is available to doctors for free on www.doctors.net.uk, was awarded ‘most conspicuous return on investment from an e-learning project’ in the E-Learning Awards 2005. The package explains to doctors […]
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Evidence in practice
Sally Hernando from Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire WDC explains a new project to get learning materials about NPfIT into the junior doctors’ curriculum.
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Devon chooses Consensus for learning management
A learning management system supplied by CS Group has been chosen by five NHS trusts in the South Devon NHS Community to support their learning and development programmes. CS Group will supply the five trusts with its Consensus Learning Management System (LMS), which will initially be used to support the local training and administration requirements of the […]
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West Midland Ambulance Service upgrades network
West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) has implemented a fully managed private network from Telewest Business, which for the first time connects its operational ambulance stations and district headquarters. The new network will underpin the modernisation of WSAS’s communications and also support new e-learning applications to equip paramedics with information to enhance public services. The managed […]
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Understanding e-learning
Dr Wassila Mehanna, e-learning consultant at Teknical, takes an academic perspective on the history and potential of the technology.
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NHSU online learning forums may close
The future of the Contact, Help, Advice and Information Networks (CHAINs), online forums for sharing research, ideas and event announcements, is in jeopardy pending the shutdown of the NHSU. A message sent to the group’s 4000 members explained that NHSU’s replacements, NILSI and the NHS Institute would not continue to support the service, and neither would […]
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Telemedicine recommended for rural areas
Greater use of telemedicine in country areas is one of a broad range of strategies recommended by the British Medical Association to tackle rural health problems. Citing examples from Scotland and the Falkland Islands, the report entitled Healthcare in a Rural Setting, concludes that telemedicine can give increased flexibility to healthcare service providers and allows them […]
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