NHS Education for Scotland elibrary supporting health informatics

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NHS Education for Scotlande-library supporting
health informatics

• NES role and remit
• Elibrary changing role and functions
• Managed knowledge networks, supporting
  communities of practice
• Examples relevant to primary care
• Lynn Caldwell, Knowledge Services Adviser
• Helen McFarlane, AHP Programme Director

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About NHS Education for Scotland
Born on 1st April 2002 To contribute to
the highest quality of healthcare in NHS Scotland
by promoting best practice in the education and
lifelong learning of all its staff.
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About NES

• Design, Commission, Assure
• and where appropriate
• Provide
• educational solutions for workforce development
  to ensure improved patient care

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Knowledge Services Group

• Our mission
• is to equip and empower organisations, staff,
  patients and carers with the resources, skills
  and confidence to seek, access and share
  knowledge and put it into practice, when and
  where it is needed.

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Knowledge Services Group

• NHS Scotland e-Library first launched in January
  2003
• 2004 first Managed Knowledge Networks (MKNs) for
  Cancer, Coronary Heart Disease and Mental Health
• There are now 43 portals/associated websites.

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e-Library Homepage May 2006
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Support for Communities of Practice
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Knowledge Exchange May 2005
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Shared Space May 2006
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Falls Community May 2008
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Where we are now.
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http//www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk
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• Personalisation of homepage
• Tagging, Saving and Sharing
• New search engine FAST
• User profiles

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FAST search engine
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• Build Your Own.
• Community Builder Toolkit
• Open Community websites
• Wiki
• Blogs
• Discussion forum

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Establishing Good Work, Good Health
resourceLessons learnt

• Working on developing community prior to site
• Commitment from potential individuals to become
  members
• and develop resources to share
• Define requirements and IT support needed.
• Careful inclusion of relevant stakeholders at
  early stages
• Dont be scared to use new technologies eg Wiki

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Links

• NHS Scotland e-Library www.elib.scot.nhs.uk
• Knowledge for Care Scotland (beta)
  www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk
• Self-Management and Rehabilitation MKN
  www.enablinghealth.scot.nhs.uk
• Falls Community of Practice www.fallscommunity.sc
  ot.nhs.uk
• Good Work, Good Health (beta) www.knowledge.scot.
  nhs.uk/work
• Little Things Make a Big Difference (beta)
• www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/making-a-difference
• GP Nursing Toolkit www.nesgpntoolkit.scot.nhs.uk
  
• Advanced Nursing Practice Toolkit
  www.advancedpractice.scot.nhs.uk