Technology Enhanced Learning News

March 2025

A message from Dr Neil Ralph, Deputy Director of Technology Enhanced Learning

Workstream Updates

Simulation and Immersive Technologies

Virtual Reality 360 Degree content on the Learning Hub 

Following a successful server update, the Learning Hub now contains a series of virtual reality 360-degree video resources that are now available to our learners.

You can find the national learning content on our simulation and immersive technologies catalogue, which contains resources from our programmes including: Enhanced Health in Care Homes, Nursing in Adult Prison Healthcare, and Pharmacy A Day in the Life. 

 We now encourage you to take advantage of the platform and share your own immersive content on the Learning Hub.

Facilitator Guide: Enhanced Health in Care Homes Programme 

 A new set of resources have launched for the Enhanced Health in Care Homes programme, and are designed for care home professionals, carers, and healthcare professionals to develop their knowledge of key clinical conditions that someone in their care might experience. Each resource provides a VR 360 experience of a care home environment and the situations and conversations that may take place. 

The facilitator guide supports facilitator-led, face-to-face learning opportunities that encourage group participation and promote discussion. It includes:   

• Facilitator presentation - prepopulated with videos, key points and reflections. It is intended to be used as a template and can be customised to suit the desired facilitation structure.   

• Facilitator Guide - provides advice and guidance on preparation, supporting resources and signposting, advice and guidance for evaluation and a suggested plan for the delivery of the session.   

• Downloadable Individual scenarios - including Personalised Care, Eating and Drinking, Wound Care, Mouth Care, Mobility and Falls, Dementia and Communication, End of Life and Pain. All allow for bespoke delivery tailored to your learning objective.   

You can now access these resources on the Learning Hub.

Supporting TEL

TEL Network CPD Session

The Power of Audio

Date and time: Wednesday 2 April 2025 10am to 11.30am

Silence may be golden, but sound impacts how we react. Join us as we discover how sound enhances engagement, boosts retention, and creates immersive learning experiences. Register here to secure your place.

Two previous CPD session recordings are now available on the Learning Hub: 

Health Literacy and Lessons for the TEL Community

Learning Styles: the key to effective education or confidence trick?

TEL Network 

Are you a member of the NHS England Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Network? If not, join the free network that has been developed to enable TEL professionals from the NHS, higher education and social care to connect with each other, ask questions, collaborate on TEL projects and share successes. As a network member, you will receive invitations to events, such as quarterly TEL Forums, CPD sessions and Tea and TEL. Join the TEL Network.

The Virtual & Hybrid Learning Faculty Spring CPD Season

The Spring 2025 CPD series of masterclasses is due to finish at the end of March with the  remaining masterclasses focusing on AI. The team anticipate this session to be very popular, so please book your place in advance.  

27 March

14:00 The AI Advantage: Co-intelligence to increase the value of healthcare education

Spaces are allocated on a first come, first served basis and only available to COP members.
Not a COP member? To join please register online. 

To book onto a CPD event, please complete the online form. Once booked, a calendar invite will be sent confirming your space, access links and any pre/post work.

Apply for VHLF CPD (Certification)

COP members can now apply for VHLF CPD certification. Before applying, please ensure you have completed all pre and post work required. There is still time to complete this if you haven't done so already, applications close on the 30th April 2025.

This resource contains all the pre/post work links for the Spring ’25 season: https://learninghub.nhs.uk/Resource/61178/Item

To apply for CPD Certification, please click here: https://forms.office.com/e/pXuYZcJxwi

VHLF Members Survey- Now Open

This evaluation survey has been designed to give you the opportunity to share your views and experiences of your learning over the season. The insights provided will be analysed and your requirements will be documented as we continue our support of the community and our educators.  

Please complete the short 10-15 min survey by 5pm on 30th April 2025: https://forms.office.com/e/G8L0Bu3dXZ

Accessing Virtual & Hybrid Learning Faculty Resources

Slides and supporting resources from the Spring 2025 Masterclasses have been added to the  Virtual & Hybrid Learning Faculty (VHLF) catalogue, that Community of Practice members can access.

Other catalogues include: VHLF Getting Started, VHLF Increasing your impact and VHLF Community of Practice and all are available on the Learning Hub.

If you have any questions about the VHLF please email the team: england.VHLF@nhs.net

Platform Updates

Platforms

Our TEL platforms are free to use and are designed to meet differing training needs. 

A wide range of learning resources can be found on the Learning Hub, which allows colleagues with an NHS, GOV.UK or ac.uk email address to contribute content. The Learning Hub is developed iteratively to ensure ease of use and functionality meets our learners’ requirements. 

The latest resources on the Learning Hub include a new catalogue from the Mental Health Improvement Support team (MHIST) offering courses relating to various service areas affecting mental health and how these can be improved throughout the NHS.

Migration to Learning Hub

All new elearning content is available on the Learning Hub, joining 84 existing elearning for Healthcare (elfh) programmes. The movement of this content supports the TEL vision of offering a single national learning platform in the future. 

The latest elfh content available on the Learning Hub includes a new catalogue hosting resources on Elective care.

Digital skills and basic digital literacy training can be found on the Digital Learning Solutions (DLS) platform. Digital competency frameworks and assessment tools are also located on DLS. 

If you would like to speak to someone about the TEL platforms, please email the TEL Platforms Implementation Managers.

Link to the Learning Hub: https://learninghub.nhs.uk/

Link to elfh:  https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/

Link to DLS: https://www.dls.nhs.uk/v2/Home/Welcome

elearning for Healthcare

National Breast Imaging Academy elearning

In collaboration with National Breast Imaging Academy, and NHSE Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL), four new elearning sessions will be rolled out across 2025. The first is a training session on breast care and screening for transgender and gender-diverse individuals. The session explores what gender affirmation means and why it matters and outlines the pathways for attaining gender affirmation in the NHS and gives an overview of some of the surgical techniques used. For more information and to access the sessions, please visit the programme page.

New National Induction elearning for Health and Social care

A new national induction elearning programme is now available for everyone starting a role in health and social care. The elearning is part of a new National Induction Framework which is now available for all new joiners of health and social care. The standardised induction delivers on the first recommendation from the Messenger review, to create an entry-level induction for all new joiners of health and social care. Find out more on the programme page.

Putting care first: Transforming statutory and mandatory training

We’re transforming how the NHS approaches statutory and mandatory training to create a better experience for everyone. Our ambition is to make training simpler, smarter and more streamlined across the entire NHS. The following five statutory and mandatory sessions have been reviewed and updated with newly appointed NHSE National Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).

• Data security awareness
• Equality, diversity and human rights
• Fire safety
• Safeguarding adults level 1
• Safeguarding adults level 2

Staff will not be required to redo these sessions, but they will be available for people when they renew their training. You can find out more on our website.

Foundation Programme Update - Mental Health Assessment

Mental health assessment is a vital part of all doctors’ professional practice. How good are you at managing these patients?

Sessions are available in the elearning for healthcare Foundation Programme (2021 curriculum) to help you. HORUS and TURAS have deep links to elearning for healthcare sessions from the Foundation Curriculum and therefore accessible to all trainees, making it quicker and easy to access the appropriate session linked to the curriculum.

Updates made to the COVID-19 vaccination elearning programme

Since the COVID-19 vaccination programme went live, the content of the different sessions which make up this programme has been updated and amended as more information about the vaccines and the vaccine programme has become available.

For those who have already completed this elearning programme, full updates are detailed on the elearning for healthcare webpage.

Evaluating AI impact and value, AI in cardiology, technical assurance of AI and more - the AI Ambassador Network meeting

The Artificial Intelligence Ambassador Network is a 3,500+ strong learning community for anyone in healthcare and interested in AI in healthcare. 

The next network meeting will take place on 2 April 2025, 10.30 – 11.50, will feature: Prof Kathrin Cresswell - University of Edinburgh, presenting on findings and lessons from the independent evaluation of the NHS AI Lab ; Tim Fairbairn - Consultant Cardiologist, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital on the impact of AI cardiovascular risk prediction from routine CT heart scans; and Adam Byfield – Principal Technical Assurance Specialist, NHS England, who will give an overview of services offered by the AI Quality Community of Practice and research in the technical assurance of healthcare AI. Join the AI Ambassador Network to register for the meeting.

If you have any further questions, please email mlcsu.aiambassadornetwork@nhs.net

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