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Professional Development Opportunities

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Embedding Informatics into Clinical Education (e-ICE)

This project, managed by NHS Connecting for Health, has produced a revised version of 'Learning to Manage Health Informatics', the guidance for informatics content in the clinical curriculum.  The guidance covers both pre and post graduate level education and training, and includes medical, nursing and midwifery, and the allied health professions. The revised guidance is available from the e-ICE website  and an online community and information repository has been set up for clinical educators on the NHS Connecting for Health eSpace website.

For more information about the project and to participate in the online community please contact: Di Bullman, Informatics Development Manager, NHS Connecting for Health, email dianebullman@nhs.net or tel: 0113 397 4384.

  

HI Professional Development to Support Informing Healthcare in Wales 

HI-ProfILE has produced a new programme of free events for Health Informaticians professionals in Wales.  These include workshops on presentation skills, benefits management and visualizing medical statistics. 

Further details and programme  

 

Professionalising Health Informatics (PHI)

A comprehensive and single point of access for HI-related training courses and development schemes relevant to HI staff development and career progression.

Primarily an information filter for Health Informatics development opportunities; rather than duplicate information available elsewhere, PHI signposts users to original sources.

The Learning web is one of the key resources on PHI looking at major areas of personal and professional development under the following headings:

  • Leadership & Management

  • Personal Development

  • Professional Development

  • Technical Development

Each of these areas is divided into a number of topics, providing subject overviews and significant points of reference.  To find out more, go and explore the PHI website for yourself. 

 

Health Informatics Graduate Trainee Scheme

Senior staff in 3 Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) have come together to work in collaboration with the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, the NHS Information Centre and NHS Connecting for Health to create a pilot informatics graduate training scheme, modelled on the national graduate training scheme.  More information can be found here.

 

UK Faculty of Health Informatics

Following its launch in September 2005 (as the NHS Faculty of Health Informatics) the Faculty is continuing to increase recruitment of health informatics champions to develop a national community of practice for health informatics learning and development, applied research and professional services.

Membership of the Faculty is free and gives individuals the opportunity to contribute to the development of a body of knowledge supporting healthcare modernisation through a series of themed Masterclasses and focused two-day Exchange events.

Faculty events have placed emphasis on sharing informatics knowledge and skills, through effective dissemination. They are ideal opportunities to contribute to important debates and for individuals to network at a UK level. It is important to continue to raise awareness of the key role informatics has to play in healthcare modernisation and better patient care, and therefore helping to enhance the status of health informatics as a respected profession.

Please note that the Faculty is hosted on NHS CFH's eSpace and you will need to register for eSpace before you can access the Faculty pages.

More information and application to join the Faculty