TEL Blog
Alice Denham, 31 July 2023 Choosing the most suitable authoring tools is an essential component of delivering a successful elearning project. Alice Denham, Senior Lead Learning Designer for the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team at NHS England, provides insights on selecting the most appropriate supplier in a busy marketplace. Stepping into a coffee shop with an array of blends can be…
Chris Cammack, 17 July 2023 Chris Cammack, Service Desk Lead for TEL, provides an overview of the recently introduced catalogue dashboards on the Learning Hub platform. To support catalogue owners and project stakeholders, we have just released two new dashboards. The first displays information about the structure of the catalogue whilst the second shows a number of metrics around the…
Sofia Kitromili, 6 July 2023 New research aims to investigate effective learning delivery methods for trainee prescribers. Dr Sofia Kitromili, TEL User Researcher, and Dr David James, Former Director of British Pharmacological Society explain the impact of training on healthcare delivery. Prescribing medicines is the major tool used by the NHS to treat illness, alleviate symptoms, and prevent future disease….
Richard Price, 20 June 2023 In May 2023, NHS England (NHSE) welcomed a delegation from the Singapore Ministry of Health to London, to share learning and knowledge on our respective health systems. As upper income countries, the UK and Singapore are dealing with similar challenges around implementation of technology in our health services, alongside demographic challenges of an ageing population…
Jeremy Brockman, 15 June 2023 Jeremy Brockman, Senior Data Analyst for the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team at NHS England, explains how developments in data management are transforming the learner experience.
Richard Price, 23 May 2023 I have often looked at the Scottish NHS with some envy as they appear to have the agility to implement national solutions quickly and efficiently, due to the smaller population and smaller, more nimble government. However, Scotland often look to England with similar envy when it comes to scale of implementation due to the considerably…
Richard Price, 11 April 2023 Those of us working in health and care know that health workers are at the heart of any health system. Despite advances in digital health, diagnostics and other health technologies, the human remains firmly at the centre of care for patients. After all, vaccines cannot administer themselves, C-sections cannot perform themselves, and computers cannot provide…
Louise Garrahan, 7 March 2023 Just 69 seconds into the start of the new year, a student nurse from Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust logged on to elearning for healthcare to access the Living Well with Dementia and Promoting Independence session. Fast forward 6 weeks to 18 February at 3pm and a dental receptionist from Barrow in…
Richard Price, 20 December 2022 It is easy for those of us in the UK to think of heart disease, diabetes and cancer as being problems isolated to Europe and North America, but the reality is there is a growing burden of chronic diseases everywhere in the world. Also known as non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the prevalence of these chronic diseases…
Vanessa Bassnett, 19 December 2022 Dr Neil Ralph, Head of Technology Enhanced Learning, extends thanks to our colleagues and collaborators this year. We are coming to the end of what has been another busy year and I want to start by thanking you for working with TEL and supporting us throughout 2022. Demand for our services is higher than ever…
Richard Price, 20 October 2022 In the latest blog from our series describing TEL’s work in Global Health, Richard Price, Global Health Education Technology Advisor, discusses recent work to support the provision and implementation of a telehealth solution for rural Georgia.
Vanessa Bassnett, 18 October 2022 Dr Neil Ralph, Head of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) reflects on the successes of the first 12 months of the Virtual and Hybrid Learning Faculty (VHLF) which continues to grow in strength supporting the education community across the NHS. We are celebrating the first anniversary of the VHLF which launched in October 2021 to solve…
