All Education/training articles – Page 84
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The lessons of e-learning
The medical profession has had a difficult relationship with IT recently. Yet, away from the media spotlight, there has been a quiet computer-led revolution in the world of medicine. Janet Husband explains
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Paul Allen on the will to succeed
Sports psychology teaches us that a positive attitude and self-belief are the keys to success
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Raising organisational energy
Raising energy levels by just a small amount can yield great results for organisations, says Rupert Symons
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Talking therapy training plea
Mental health campaigners are urging the government to invest in voluntary providers as part of a £170m spending boost for talking therapies.
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Junior doctors face a difficult job market
Already bruised by MTAS, junior doctors are now feeling the effects of market competition - but did the DoH bungle its workforce planning, asks Noel Plumridge, or did it know what it was doing all along?
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NHS chief executive moots royal college to groom future leaders
The quality of managers is the biggest potential barrier to creating a world-leading health service, the chief executive of the NHS has warned.
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Productive Ward programme extends its reach
The drive to develop tools to help acute staff improve their ward processes and help nursing staff spend more time on patient care has moved forward with the creation of 10 'learning partner' trusts and two 'whole hospital' sites to road test the draft modules.
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Community matrons: new guidelines on fitness to practise
New guidelines have been published to support the development and implementation of community matrons and case managers. Lucy Dennis explains
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Upcoming Productive Ward events
HSJ and sister title Nursing Times have teamed up with the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement to hold events at each of the four Productive Ward test sites.
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Report questions strategic health authorities' role in junior doctor 'crisis'
An independent inquiry into the junior doctors' recruitment 'crisis' has called for a national committee to scrutinise strategic health authorities' workforce planning.
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Call to end racism in the NHS
On World Mental Health Day, black and minority ethnic leaders have called for service reconfiguration and training to end racism in the NHS.Mental health charity Mind polled 49 stakeholders from the BME Network on the state of mental health services for BME communities today.
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The seven failings of really useless leaders
Professional development gurus have identified all the pitfalls for aspiring great leaders and put them into a book. Stuart Shepherd reports
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Young offender pilot adds drive and motivation
Paul is a young offender living inside HMP Young Offenders Institute, Swinfen Hall in the West Midlands. In 2006 he was one of the first to complete the prison health trainer training programme.
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Deaneries to organise recruitment for specialty training
Deaneries will organise their own recruitment process for specialty training in England in 2008, health minister Ben Bradshaw has announced.
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Mental health training too focused on cultural differences, report says
Race-related training in mental health services focuses too much on cultural differences and not enough on how to reduce racial inequalities in care, according to a new report.
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Tooke reports on doctors' training
Modernising Medical Careers does not provide doctors with enough broad experience by encouraging them to specialise early in their careers, according to an independent report on the system.The Tooke report says it does not allow for enough flexibility to meet the system's needs and calls for it to undergo fundamental ...
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Academic health science centre launched
Imperial College Healthcare trust, the UK's first academic health science centre, was launched on Monday.
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Radiography careers: recognition where it is due
The College of Radiographers has been working with Skills for Health to increase the recognition of skills and expertise among its professionals and to support the development of new roles such as assistant practitioner in radiotherapy.
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Developing global health partnerships through volunteering
In the first of a series of online columns charting her experiences as a development volunteer in Cambodia, Patricia Sloane explains why she is taking the plunge into her new role and how she expects it to help her after she returns to the NHS
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Training on a tight budget
Affordable methods of training are giving a healthy return on the investment, writes Stuart Shepherd