OUR E-LEARNING IN THE NHS
Our research into NHS e-learning maturity has confirmed the findings of the “E-learning And Widening Participation for NHS Staff” report: that many NHS Trusts are not realising the full potential of e-learning to widen the participation of staff in learning opportunities due to:
- Poorly designed learning software which does not meet personal learning needs
- Lack of awareness of the potential benefits of e-learning
- Lack of funding for innovation
- Poor quality of medical and care process simulations and visualisations
- Lack of software support for recording learning evidence or assessment
Trusts which are able to overcome these difficulties can build e-learning resources which will return revenue streams that are independent of central Government funding, and help to ensure, as highlighted in the Leitch Review, that NHS staff have the right skills to provide excellent care and service, and are able to progress to positions where they are able to make an even bigger contribution to the organisation in the future.
At Bright, we have developed an approach to e-learning that addresses these issues. It’s designed specifically for National Health organisations with the right business ideas and learning content that can be commercialised. Our approach sets out to equip organisations with the strategy, practical skills and support they’ll need to turn their ideas into effective, profitable and sustainable e-learning solutions for themselves and the NHS as a whole.
We have piloted a scheme with the Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Trust, which took an existing face-to-face learning course and turned it into a vibrant and dynamic online course serving users nationally and worldwide. This project recovered its costs within three months and is now turning over a very healthy profit. So successful was this project that we are now expanding the system by developing several more courses for Northumberland.