TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
Academy of Excellence improves patient care
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practitioners with an ambition to unleash their potential and improve patient care are being urged to apply for the chance to take part in a unique, non-clinical professional and personal development programme.
The 3M AfPP Academy brings together some of the country’s best qualified and most experienced training consultants.
The innovative programme of intensive workshops covers a range of relevant issues from improving personal effectiveness by increased assertiveness and nurturing a positive mental attitude, to advice on the legal issues affecting practitioners.
The Academy takes place over six days throughout 2011 at the Imago Conference Centre, Loughborough. Ten fully-funded places, which include travel and accommodation, are available, with applications accepted from any AfPP member working in perioperative care in the UK or Ireland.
Clive Underwood, a theatre practice and development lead at the Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust, and a former 3M AfPP Academy place winner, said of his experience: “The Academy had the wow factor from start to finish.
“Creative interactive sessions, led by expert facilitator, set the scene for probably the best leadership “finishing school” I have attended”.
Health informatics – the future of health care
H
ealth informatics is the cutting edge fusion of health service delivery and information communications technologies (ICTs). From the first suspicion of a health problem through confirmation to cure, information plays a fundamental role in helping to diagnose, treat, manage and prevent recurrence or transmission of disease.
In an era of economic cutbacks, the health industry is looking to streamline its process through the effective use of technology. Since 2002, the National Programme for IT has invested over £12 billion in developing
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For information on the MSc in Health Informatics at the University of Sheffield: E:
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Commissioning + DMU = public value C
ommissioning is the big agenda that public sector organisations can’t afford to ignore.
Keeping ahead of the ever- changing healthcare sector is vital to anyone involved in planning, managing and delivering public services.
De Montfort University (DMU) has developed a new programme which allows you to apply a more transformational approach to commissioning.
You will develop a better appreciation of the processes and dynamics of achieving public value, the sensitivities required to commission services across
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To find out more, contact DMU: E:
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dmu.ac.uk/profit
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new systems to improve patient care. A course in health informatics will propel you right to the heart of the fastest growing area of the health sector.
Whether you are a current health professional looking to move into a growth area, or an information professional who wants to get involved in health, health informatics needs you. New systems are emerging constantly, to analyse health data, manage information and develop web interfaces.
As a health informatics graduate, you will be shaping the very future of health care.
different organisational contexts and the leadership strategies and skills for strategic public management.
The programme is designed to fit around busy schedules and as such can be studied part-time over 12 months.
You will take part in face-to-face group workshops, e-learning, and reflective practice, allowing you to really make a difference in your workplace.
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