An Health Informatics Training Programme for the North West NHS

1. your potential with the electronic Personal Development Portfolio Trevor Morris INFOcus Project Manager An Health Informatics Training Programme for the North West NHS

2. INFOcus background: Began in 1998 to identify gaps in training provision of the health informatics community in the North West NHS. …Acts as a focus for health informatics staff in sharing good practice through seminars and forums …Supports the training needs of health informatics staff by working to locate and fill training gaps An Health Informatics Training Programme for the North West NHS

3. Providing Training for NHS Professional’s “Making sure staff are supported to acquire new skills and realise their potential to help change things for the better.” (Working Together, Learning Together) “Has changedmy attitude to how I will approach dealing with others       ” “Very good confidence builder and the best course I have been on in a long while       ”

4. “An excellentscheme for individuals to gain a better understanding of IM&T within the NHS       ” “Very worthwhile and helps to give an overall understanding of the NHS ” “It is a valuable means to inform staff of the role health informatics has in the structure of the NHS ” The scheme is a set of training events covering the important aspects of IM&T in the health service. sessions run for one day every month over six months at varying locations throughout the region. The scheme was commended in the HR strategy ‘Making Information Count’ by the Department of Health and has the professional backing of ASSIST.

5. INFOcus background: Began in 1998 to identify gaps in training provision of the health informatics community in the North West NHS. …Acts as a focus for health informatics staff in sharing good practice through seminars and forums …Supports the training needs of health informatics staff by working to locate and fill training gaps • …Produces research to inform health informatics staff on ETD issues • …Provides electronic and printed resources to enable CPD. An Health Informatics Training Programme for the North West NHS

6. Access to ICT Training Materials • Access to over 130 computer training manuals with a commercial training provider. • NHS organisations in the North West receive a 4 CD-ROM set containing the manuals, workbooks, exercises and test papers. • Unlimited copies of these materials can be made and they can also be placed on Trust Intranets as html documents. Manuals available include: Outlook 2000 - XP Dreamweaver 4 - 6 ECDL version 4 Excel 5 - XP Internet Explorer 4 - 6 Windows 2000 - XP Access 2 - XP Flash 5 - 6 PowerPoint 4 - XP FrontPage 97 - 03 Word 6 - XP Lotus 5 - 6

7. INFOcus Web Directory • Printed A5 booklet is as a reference point for NHS professionals wanting to look for quality health and NHS related information on the Internet. • It hosts a collection of useful health related web sites which have been categorised into key subject areas and feature key facts about each website to inform people about their content before they visit it. • The resource also includes sections featuring guidance on viewing and searching the Internet, evidence based • healthcare and critical appraisal which are aimed at NHS Professionals. • Free copies of the directory are available through INFOcus. • New edition due out in July 2004 • This resource has been co-funded by Aditus, the North West Health and Social Care Knowledge Centre located at www.aditus.nhs.uk

8. Supporting the Development of NHS Professional’s

9. Electronic Personal Development Portfolio Background Opportunity to develop themselves and their careers in line with the requirements of the changing environment. 2002: Working Together, Learning Together’ 2002: INFOcus produced a printed portfolio 2003: INFOcus research into ePortfolios. 2003: Creation of electronic CPD resource at Alder Hey 2004: Development of ePDP “Individual Learning will be set within a personal development plan and should be valued, recorded, recognised and where possible accredited” (Working Together, Learning Together, 2002)

10. Electronic Personal Development Portfolio • 4 Key areas for successful ePDP: • Record your individual and professional skills • Fits in with your career aspirations and skill requirements to work in the NHS • Supports you to identify future learning and development options • Allows you to record your personal and professional objectives and review them. • Also: • Vital that the ePDP is simple and attractive • Access to it from home or work • 100% secure and confidential • Fits in with job/role appraisal process • Collated statistics from the resource are available to Trusts and providers of • education and training

24. Complete interest form for involvement in pilot process • Pilot period for 6-8 weeks • Will be asking for evaluation and feedback relating to: • content • navigation • usefulness • comparison with printed PDP • time factor • reliability of technology • Asking for suggestions and ideas on ways to improve • Resource is planned to be available in October/November 2004 via INFOcus website. An Health Informatics Training Programme for the North West NHS

25. The INFOcus Programme is here for YOU and needs your ideas and suggestions for future projects for it to continue to support the development of NHS Professionals. Visit our web site at: www.infocus-nw.nhs.uk