Cochrane's 30 under 30: Shalini Suresh
Cochrane is made up of 13,000 members and over 50,000 supporters come from more than 130 countries, worldwide. Our volunteers and contributors are researchers, health professionals, patients, carers, people passionate about improving health outcomes for everyone, everywhere.Cochrane is an incredible community of people who all play their part in improving health and healthcare globally. We believe that by putting trusted evidence at the heart of health decisions we can achieve a world of improved health for all. Many of our contributors are young people working with Cochrane as researchers, citizen scientists...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - February 14, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lydia Parsonson Source Type: news
Vector Solutions Strengthens Mobile Workforce Management Capabilities with Acquisition of Halligan
Vector Solutions, the leader in industry-focused eLearning and performance support solutions, has acquired Halligan, the innovative developers of a leading mobile application for public safety agencies that streamlines routine maintenance inspections of trucks, tools, medical supplies, drugs, and other items logged in inventory records. The addition of Halligan comes on the heels of Vector’s recent acquisition of CrewSense, reaffirming Vector’s commitment to providing a single operational hub for clients and expanding its eLearning and training platform into a complete performance optimization solution.
Halligan’s dy...
Source: JEMS Operations - February 7, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Operations Press Releases Source Type: news
Vector Solutions Expands Capabilities with Acquisition of Oregon-Based CrewSense
Vector Solutions, the leader in industry-focused eLearning and performance support solutions, expands its capabilities with the acquisition of CrewSense, the leading employee resourcing and human capital management software for mission-critical sectors including public safety, utilities, and manufacturing.
Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Grants Pass, Oregon, CrewSense is used by over 650 mission-critical organizations and 100,000+ users across North America. The platform provides modules for automating complex 24/7 shift scheduling, union-based overtime rules, time and attendance records and more. It provides a cloud-...
Source: JEMS Operations - January 9, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Operations Press Releases Source Type: news
Weight worries and pregnancy top Christmas medical advice charts
Analysis of data from NHS website reveals searches for more than 7,000 conditions Related items fromOnMedica CAM can be lethal to children Alcohol directly causes seven types of cancer Alcohol strategy skewed towards public order rather than health Doctors and midwives welcome clear alcohol advice GP e-learning course will help patients with alcohol problems (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - December 24, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Cochrane seeks Knowledge Translation Learning Module Content Developer - Flexible location
Specifications: Secondment/Fixed term contract/consultancy contract for a minimum of 12 weeks starting February 2019 up to three working days a weekSalary:CompetitiveLocation: FlexibleApplication Closing Date: 17th December 2018Cochrane ’s work is recognized as the international gold-standard for high quality, trusted information. We want to be the leading advocate for evidence-informed health care across the world.Knowledge Translation (KT) is defined in Cochrane as the process of supporting the use of health evidence from our high quality, trusted Cochrane systematic reviews by those who need it to make health decisi...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - November 29, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Negotiation skills: the principles
PCC has launched a new e-learning course on negotiation skills. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - November 1, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Test your antimicrobial prescribing knowledge
The British Association of Oral Surgeons (BAOS) has launched a new antimicrobial stewardship e-learning resource for oral health professionals to test their knowledge of antibiotic prescribing. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - October 31, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Online S.T.A.R.T. Triage Certification Course Offered by Disaster Management Systems, Inc.
Disaster Management Systems, Inc., the nation’s leading supplier of disaster preparedness solutions, today announced the availability of a new e-learning course for S.T.A.R.T. triage. The 2-hour stop-and-resume course covers all aspects of S.T.A.R.T. triage including placing learners in a mass-casualty incident setting as a member of a triage unit where they test their triage and operational skills.
Unlike traditional triage lesson plans and PowerPoints that primarily focus only on the triage algorithm itself, this course explains the how and why’s of S.T.A.R.T. as well as triage unit tactics, operational area setup...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - October 29, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Disaster Management Systems, Inc. (press release) Tags: Major Incidents Press Releases Industry News Source Type: news
Learn to speak up in primary care
A new e-learning module for speaking up is now available for all staff working in primary care. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - September 19, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Grammar and effective writing e-learning
Writing clear, accurate and engaging text relies on understanding and applying the rules of grammar, using the right words and constructing coherent prose. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - August 23, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Thinking strategically e-learning
Professionals in all walks of life sometimes struggle to get their issues heard at the strategic level. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - August 3, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Five Reasons Why Clinical Trials Fail And What Pharma is Doing To Fix It
If echo chambers, polarizing politics and solipsism sums up the world in 2018, the art of listening has become gold dust.The pharma industry appears to be bucking the trend however. When it comes to the patient voice, companies are becoming all ears, with patient insights driving internal decisions across the board.We decided to put this proposition to the test.One of pharma ’s perennial thorns is clinical trial recruitment. 86% of clinical trials do not reach recruitment targets within their specified time periods. Patients clearly have their grievances but are pharma companies truly listening? More importantly, are the...
Source: EyeForPharma - July 27, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Adam Chapman Source Type: news
CPPE launches The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) e-learning programme
CPPE has launched an e-learning programme‘The General Data Protection Regulation– making it work’. The aim of this e-learning programme is to develop awareness, understanding and s (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - July 13, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
