As part of their ongoing drive to raise standards of medical knowledge and training in partnership with the health service, the Spotting the Sick Child Group, of which OCB Media is a major partner, recently carried out an investigation into how e-learning tools can aid the performance of junior doctors within emergency department induction. The setting of the paediatric emergency department (PED) [...]
OCB Media is always at the forefront of e-learning innovation. The company has recently been working with the NHS on a project requiring the deployment of a fully SCORM (Sharable Content Object Referencing Model) compliant content delivery platform able to integrate with the learning management systems in use across the NHS. OCB Media deploys new content delivery platform One of the most [...]
A charity consortium has been formed to aid the development of the latest version of Spotting the Sick Child – a paediatric online training programme used by members of the healthcare profession across the UK. Commissioned by the Department of Health, www.spottingthesickchild.co.uk first went live in 2009. Work has now begun on producing the third edition with support from the online learning [...]
Learning online has become an increasingly popular way of teaching new clinical skills and techniques. Here, Dr Nicholas Blackwell of the University of Leicester Medical School explains how a new e-learning resource is helping clinical staff improve their paediatric skills. The internet is a massive resource with fantastic potential, but it can be a double edged sword, sometimes encouraging patients to self [...]
Importance of e-learning in healthcare acknowledged by national award win The importance of e-learning in the medical profession was recognised last week when online training programme Spotting the Sick Child scooped a national award. The resource won the Patient Safety in Diagnosis category at the national Patient Safety Awards held at the Hilton Hotel on London’s Park Lane on 9th March, where [...]
Wednesday, March 02, 2011 from 9:15 AM – 4:00 PM (GMT) Westminster, London Organised by NCB in partnership with YoungMinds and National CAMHS Support Service, we will be exhibiting at the conference which will set out the future agenda for children’s mental health, incorporating perspectives on GP commissioning consortia, Public Health, health and wellbeing boards, the role of the voluntary sector and [...]
