All Education/training articles – Page 83

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    Steve Onyett on a network with attitude

    2008-01-17T15:51:53Z

    Junior health minister Lord Darzi’s interim report on the future of the NHS highlights the importance of effective leadership and stable contexts for service improvement. It would be tragic if we missed this historic opportunity to make the best use of our current understanding of leadership and leadership development.A recent ...

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    Six of the best

    2008-01-17T15:34:10Z

    Six national demonstrator sites are leading the way in using a powerful new set of tools from Skills for Health to redesign jobs and services, says Stuart Shepherd

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    David Lammy

    2008-01-17T15:30:05Z

    John Rogers, chief executive of Skills for Health – the Sector Skills Council for the NHS, independent and voluntary healthcare sectors - interviews David Lammy, Minister for Skills and former Under-Secretary of State for Health. JR: In your current role as Minister for Skills - and in view of ...

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    MMC specialty training recruitment 2008 - dates announced

    2008-01-16T09:00:00Z

    The Modernising Medical Careers programme board has written to doctors outlining the high-level principles agreed by the board and setting out the dates between which the majority of recruitment for specialty training programmes in 2008 will take place (5 January to 16 May).

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    Literacy and numeracy in healthcare organisations

    2008-01-09T09:00:00Z

    Many organisations have a healthy employee development programme in place. But how many of these ensure their strategy embraces the entire organisation - including those who may need to brush up on their literacy or numeracy skills? Chris Pearson explores why a whole organisational approach to literacy, language and numeracy ...

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    government's infection control strategy

    2008-01-08T13:50:53Z

    Hospitals have been told to recruit up to five extra specialist staff as part of a government strategy to improve infection control. The government wants up to£45million to be invested on the scheme, out of a£270million fund identified in the comprehensive spending review for reducing healthcare-acquired infections. But trusts are ...

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    Government ignored warnings over medical training reforms

    2007-12-20T09:00:00Z

    The government sidelined two top medical advisers to rush through the doomed online recruitment system for junior doctors, MPs were told last week.

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    Achieving race equality in mental healthcare

    2007-12-18T09:00:00Z

    New training materials will help address inequalities in mental healthcare, writes Peter Ferns

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    International recruitment complications

    2007-12-17T09:00:00Z

    The Court of Appeal's decision to outlaw Department of Health plans to limit the number of applications from international medical graduates has important implications for the 2008 recruitment round, write Nick Chronias and Afrene Campbell

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    Scotland sets out NHS workforce plan

    2007-12-14T17:29:44Z

    The Scottish government has published its NHS workforce plan for 2008-09, which includes the training numbers for doctors and nurses.

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    Health diploma helps young people aim high

    2007-12-11T09:00:00Z

    A new Society, Health and Development diploma aims to help young people aged 14-19 realise their potential and gain knowledge and skills.

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    The right direction in medical training

    2007-12-10T09:00:00Z

    Wider experience of primary care would create a more rounded learning experience for student doctors, suggest Chris Barrett and Andy Knapton

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    BMA condemns random shortlisting of junior doctors

    2007-12-07T11:05:51Z

    The British Medical Association has hit out at what it calls the 'outrageous suggestion' that junior doctors applying for jobs in England next year could be shortlisted randomly.

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    Nurses consultations launched

    2007-12-05T09:00:00Z

    NHS Employers has welcomed the launch of consultations into pre- and post-registration nursing training as an opportunity to explore key issues regarding nurse education and how nurses work in the NHS.

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    Cancer education in the NHS workforce

    2007-12-04T09:00:00Z

    It is a common misconception that people with cancer are exclusively cared for in specialist oncology settings. They are cared for throughout all large teaching hospitals, so appropriate cancer education and training should be accessible to all staff who work with them, argue Katharine Gale and Deirdre McGuigan

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    Ali Mohammed on the privilege of training

    2007-12-03T09:00:00Z

    There is a world of difference between possessing knowledge and skills and the ability to teach it to others

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    Geriatric medicine: changing staff attitudes

    2007-11-22T09:00:00Z

    Too many NHS staff are prone to ageism and reluctant to work with the elderly. In an ageing population, it's time they changed their attitudes, says David Oliver

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    Mental health training scheme looks to BME service users for help

    2007-11-21T14:37:53Z

    The first national training initiative to involve black and minority ethnic service users in its development and delivery has been launched by the Department of Health as part of its delivering race equality in mental healthcare programme.

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    Efficiency training for behavioural change

    2007-11-20T09:00:00Z

    Neal Hattersley explains how efficiency can be improved at the service provision level by recognising the need for training

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    Chief medical officer should resign, say junior doctors

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Junior doctors have repeated calls for England's chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson to resign over changes to training that 'messed up thousands of doctors' lives'.