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New locum induction tool to improve NHS patient safety espite calls for
clinical competencies.
enhanced procedures and uniformity in
screening standards across the health service, fears continue to grow about incidents of unqualified locums treating patients.
A recent investigation found many NHS trusts have no accurate record of whether a doctors’ competency has been checked. This is a shocking revelation. To maintain patient safety, employee inductions should always be paired with skills screening, which assesses locums and clinical staff on their appropriate language skills and
LSN, the experts in learning and skills provision, have developed a solution for HR staff to organise the induction and screening of all new NHS clinicians through a central system. By taking the entire employee screening and induction process online, trusts will be able to manage and control the intake of new locums, permanent employees and temporary staff in a fail-safe, cost-effective and time-efficient way.
The Induction Academy has been developed in close collaboration
with Neil Maclachlan, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist of the Jersey Health and Social Services department and is currently being piloted in Jersey General Hospital.
“The provision of safe healthcare is a priority for all those involved in its delivery, but external pressures such as the EWTD and staff recruitment problems have meant an increasing reliance on locum doctors up and down the country, with the more isolated units particularly feeling the
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e-learning the NICE way
National Health Executive spoke to Alaster Rutherford, associate director of implementation support and education at NICE about its approach towards eLearning
e-learning tools? Since 2005, NICE has
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commissioned several e-learning tools designed to support health professionals to increase their knowledge of the latest NICE guidance and to apply it in clinical and public health practice.
To date, most of these tools have been developed and disseminated by BMJ Learning, global specialists in e-learning in the medical profession. The initial focus of the tools was on doctors, particularly GPs, alongside nursing and pharmacy professionals.
There are two key workstreams – clinical modules based on NICE guidance and NICE Evidence into Practice. The latter is based on joint work between NICE and
30 nhe
hen and why did NICE begin developing
St. Georges and Leeds Medical Schools to develop learning resources for undergraduates in four key areas: 1. Evidence based medicine and following guidance - how to do it
2.Making decisions - how to do it in an evidence based and fair way
3. Changing practice - how to understand, identify, and overcome barriers to change
4. Health promotion and audit and feedback - how to do it.
The modules aim to support medical students, foundation doctors, pharmacists and nurses to acquire skills that will help bridge the gap between the theory of evidence based medicine and putting the principles of evidence based medicine into practice.
They were developed after a survey by the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine found that the education on evidence-
based medicine in UK medical schools is generally patchy and mainly focused on literature searches and critical appraisal skills.
These were evaluated by the Open University and are now available to all.
How have these e-learning changed since NICE first began developing them?
By using an experienced producer of online learning modules, we were able to launch these tools with a fresh modern and educationally robust format, which has stood the test of time well.
Each year the format is reviewed, looking at advances in educational theory, as well as the extensive user feedback.
People value the consistency and whilst there have been subtle
changes, the key changes have been in functionality and uptake. The Evidence into Practice series was remodelled, retaining the key resources by e-learning for Health and is now available from
www.e-lfh.org.uk and BMJLearning.
Which clinical and non- clinical areas are covered by e-learning tools developed by NICE?
A broad spectrum of topics are covered from important public health issues, such as obesity and smoking cessation,; mental health topics, including anxiety and personality disorders; long-term conditions, such as chronic kidney disease or glaucoma; clinical controversies, such as prophylaxis against infective endocarditis in adults and children undergoing interventional procedures; and practice issues such as when to suspect child maltreatment.
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pressure,” says Mr Maclachlan.
“LSN’s system will streamline the NHS induction process. It will free up HR staff from hours of paperwork, and allow new staff to complete their inductions before they arrive, at a time and location most convenient to them.” Now available to NHS trusts across the country, you can learn more about this innovation in locum screening by contacting LSN’s head of public services, John Baxter.
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