Author: Alex Drinkall

COVID-19 has impacted the way in which health and care professionals communicate.  Several resources focusing on compassionate and effective communication skills have been added to the Learning Hub.  These resources support difficult conversations remotely with relatives and within a clinical setting both with patients and in relaying key transfer information to other colleagues. The resources…

Contributions to the Learning Hub offer and support a wide range of training subject areas, including resources to support and deliver the current pandemic response and recovery, virtual training delivery and to support re-deployment.  As efforts shift towards pandemic recovery, the TEL team would like to encourage the sharing of educational resources particularly to increase…

To support staff being redeployed into critical care during the pandemic, the London Transformation and Learning Collaborative (LTLC) has worked in partnership with Health Education England’s Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team to develop a range of resources. As part of this work the LTLC has created a toolkit, compiling guidance and resources to support interprofessional…

A suite of videos on tracheostomy management in COVID-19 patients has been contributed to the Learning Hub. The short videos are aimed at colleagues involved in the COVID-19 response including nurses, auxiliary health professionals and hospital, and pandemic field hospital, doctors. The series of videos include: A resource showing a tracheostomy subglottic suction in COVID-19…

Cancer Research UK has added resources to the Learning Hub to support lung cancer vigilance and diagnosis during the pandemic to broaden reach to healthcare professionals. The resources are relevant to colleagues working in primary and acute settings in supporting detection, key actions and in providing national guidance. Urgent referrals for suspected lung cancer have…

Several resources have been contributed to the Learning Hub that are aimed at educators supporting colleagues who have returned to practice to support the COVID-19 response. These resources include: #ReStartSim – technical how to guide Microsoft Teams Virtual Hospital  This document describes how Microsoft Teams can be used to support simulation and is one of a…

Several resources have been contributed to the Learning Hub that are aimed at colleagues who have returned to practice to support the COVID-19 response and address some of the topics returning colleagues may find useful. The Learning Hub is a digital platform that provides easy access to a wide range of education and training resources…

A guide, Talking to relatives – COVID-19 compassionate phone communication is now available on the Learning Hub and provides health and care professionals with a simple framework for communicating concepts including uncertain recovery as well as tips for compassionate conversations. During the COVID-19 pandemic there has been, and continues to be, a need to support…

A selection of existing resources to support health and care professionals working in primary care settings, are available on the Learning Hub: Asthma in the light of COVID-19 for primary care Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in care homes for older people: Good practice guide PPE – Coronavirus videos Webinar – Musculoskeletal Clinical Network Masterclass The…

Existing contributions of content to the Learning Hub include a suite of resources for hospital and community-based midwives from the West Midlands Neonatal Operational Delivery Network:  Managing respiratory tract secretions in self-ventilating babies   Community midwives poster   Keeping babies warm   Use of donor breast milk   The Learning Hub is a digital platform that provides easy access to a wide range of…

Colleagues across health and care have been uploading resources and there are now over 770 resources available to access and share with colleagues. The resources cover a variety of topics including remote teaching, mental health, COVID-19 resources (including self-swabbing) and how technology is being used to support simulation-based education during the pandemic. The Learning Hub…

A new video has been added to the Learning Hub on incivility in the workplace and the impact of active kindness. ‘Make or Break: Incivility in the Workplace’ is a video that has been developed by the Elena Power Centre for Simulation and Human Factors at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust to…