eLearning: Training Today's Biosafety Professionals
Global Health Security Agenda. 12/08/2016 This 52-minute webinar discusses eLearning, also known as online and distance learning, and how it has evolved from recorded lectures and basic slides to sophisticated, interactive, and engaging digital content. It addresses the advantages of incorporating eLearning into a sustainable and affordable training program for biosafety professionals, and showcases examples of interactive learning exercises. (Video or Multimedia) (Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - March 3, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news
Quality support for busy GPs
The Royal College of General Practitioners has launched an online tool to prepare and support GPs and practice staff to carry out quality improvement activities in practice. QI Ready is made up of an Online Learning Network (OLN), a self-accreditation system for GPs, and eLearning modules. It provides GPs with access to a case study database containing examples of QI methodologies from practices, as well as various resources to support GPs and practice staff with QI activities. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 2, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Building resilience for professional success e-learning
Resilience is our ability to overcome life's challenges and manage change. This emotional intelligence is essential when navigating your career, which will inevitably face uncertainty and setbacks. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 1, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
PubFactory is now integrated with PaperHive
PubFactory is delighted to announce that it has partnered with PaperHive, the market-leading co-working hub for collaborative reading. This partnership enables publishers hosted on PubFactory to increase user engagement and offer annotations, group discussions, and sharing capabilities to their readers.
All PubFactory publishers can easily opt to switch on the integration. PaperHive supports researcher collaboration, e-learning, and sharing by enabling public and private annotations on scholarly content.
Dr. André Gaul, CEO of PaperHive: “We are delighted to partner with PubFactory, a technology leader focused on creati...
Source: News from STM - March 1, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Digital Featured Source Type: news
Springer Healthcare launches Medicine Matters, a new medical education website
. The content-rich portal will provide physicians and healthcare professionals with a reliable, free source of medical education, designed to promote best clinical practice and improved health outcomes. The website currently focuses on the latest advances in diabetes medicine at diabetes.medicinematters.com. The global rollout plan includes local language-supported content within new websites for oncology, cardiology, rheumatology, and CNS. They will be launched in key markets including the USA, the UK, Spain, India, Mexico, and China throughout 2017 and 2018.
Medicine Matters is aimed at the healthcare professional who wa...
Source: News from STM - February 16, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: European Featured Source Type: news
Leadership skills e-learning
Many people make the mistake of thinking that leadership is something that only very senior people have to consider. In fact, leadership is a skill that every professional manager needs to master. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - February 14, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Ebola, Emerging and Highly Infectious Diseases Portal
Saint Louis University, College for Public Health and Social Justice, Heartland Centers. 07/2016 This e-learning portal has been developed to provide public health professionals and clinical practice partners access to workforce education, training, and resources to enhance professional development and knowledge in emerging infectious diseases. It provides public health courses, clinical care courses, resources, and key links. It also has topic pages on disease prevention, Ebola, emergency management, influenza, salmonella, and Zika. (Text) (Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - February 7, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news
Ebola, Merging & Highly Infectious Diseases Portal
E-learning portal provides public health professionals and clinical practice partners access to workforce education, training, and resources to enhance professional development and knowledge in emerging infectious diseases. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - February 6, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
RCNi partner with Skills for Health to boost learning resources for nurses
RCNi have partnered with Skills for Health’s Skills Platform to make RCNi Learning modules available via the new Clinical eLearning Hub.
The new Clinical eLearning Hub will provide healthcare staff with access to a number of educational resources with RCNi Learning courses constituting a key offering in its provisions for nurses, nursing associates and healthcare assistants.
Accredited by the Royal College of Nursing, RCNi Learning is an interactive online learning tool that supports both qualified and student nurses to deliver the best possible patient care and experience. RCNi Learning’s inclusion in the new Clinical...
Source: News from STM - February 2, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: European Featured Source Type: news
Accessibility Benefits of E-Learning for Students with Disabilities
Document examines the beneficial aspects of online learning for students with disabilities (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - January 31, 2017 Category: Disability Tags: Universities and Colleges Source Type: news
OpenAthens partners with Health Education England to bring e-Learning for Healthcare to the OpenAthens Access Management Federation
OpenAthens and Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH) have added the e-LfH Hub and its thousands of e-learning sessions to the list of OpenAthens resources, making it even easier for eligible members of the health and social care workforce to access HEE e-LfH’s e-learning.
This move provides streamlined access for holders of NHS OpenAthens accounts to use HEE e-LfH’s extensive range of award-winning resources to develop their skills and keep up to date with current best practices in healthcare.
Richard Osborn, HEE’s London Strategic Lead for Library Services and e-Learning commented: “We are...
Source: News from STM - January 24, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: European Featured Source Type: news
Message from SPM president
Dear SPM Members,
Hope you’ve enjoyed the Holidays and were able to recharge before the start of the New Year! This will be a big year for advancing participatory medicine, building on the work and accomplishments of 2016.
I’d like to highlight some of the stellar work of the SPM and its members in 2016:
Published results of a national survey showing that people are willing to partner with their health care professionals and contribute their biometric data to help improve their care
Instituted this member-driven monthly newsletter
Partnered with 5 national conferences at which our members had free or reduced registr...
Source: Society for Participatory Medicine - January 24, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Nanette Mattox Tags: Newsletter e-learning Medical Education Curriculum participatory medicine Source Type: news
Innovation e-learning
Innovation is all about generating and implementing new ideas and breaking the mould to deliver success. This course shows you why innovation is important, how to create and select great ideas and how to realise them in your own organisation. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - January 16, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Cultural Competency Program for Disaster Preparedness and Crisis Response
An e-learning program designed to equip disaster and emergency personnel with knowledge and skills to serve all individuals, regardless of cultural or linguistic background. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - January 12, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Overcoming the fear of finance e-learning
This e-learning course demystifies financial information and dispels fears caused by financial jargon. It will help you to analyse and use financial information to improve overall performance and understand the financial implications of the decisions you make. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - January 11, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
