Completely free Learning4Health courses now available for SWASFT staff

How to book
To book onto one or more of the sessions you should apply via the Learning4Health site at
www.learning4health.org.uk
If you dont have a log-in, please contact allison.brooks@capita.co.uk
After you log in, click on Face to Face Courses, on the top right of the home page.
You will see the study day youre interested in listed and you click on the i beside the course title
for the full information. Click on Request Authorisation to register your interest.
Your organisation then has to authorise you to attend and we will confirm your place.
Once your place is confirmed the pre-requisite e-learning will be allocated to you and you will find it
ready to start in My Learning on the right hand side of the Home Page.

Leading the Team (09:30-16:30) FREE

When
21/09/15 Taunton Ambulance Station & 24/09/15 Derriford Training College
This programme will:
Introduce and explore the concept of Leadership
Enable participants to have a clear understanding of who you are and what you want to bebuilding an authentic personal leadership style that fits with your values, ambitions and potential
Build personal awareness of your own preferences
Provide the opportunity to review personal behaviours and their impact in team settings
Help you to develop a personal strategy to build and maintain resilience in the face of challenge,
change, setbacks and pressure
Help you develop a being at my best strategy which you can apply with immediate effect
Pre-requisites
To get the most from the day, participants should complete the e-learning unit "Preparing for
Leadership".
Recommended units/courses to take first
Preparing for leadership
Link
https://www.learning4health.org.uk/SouthWest/LearningUnit/Details/906 (Taunton, 21/09/15)
https://www.learning4health.org.uk/SouthWest/LearningUnit/Details/907 (Derriford, 24/09/15)

Introduction to Service Improvement

(09:30-16:30) FREE

When
28/09/2015 Taunton Ambulance Station
About:
The workshop is designed to help you understand what Service Improvement in healthcare is.
Course objectives:
Be able to recognise an improvement opportunity
Know how to get an improvement project started
have an awareness of basic statistical tools and how to use them
have an awareness of the basics of Lean and 6-Sigma methodologies
Explain the difference between process mapping and value stream analysis
Understand and explain the 7 types of waste
Pre-requisites
In preparation for the day, participants should complete the e-learning unit Introduction to service
improvement.
Recommended units/courses to take first
Introduction to service improvement
Link
https://www.learning4health.org.uk/SouthWest/LearningUnit/Details/904

Leading and Managing Change

(09:30-16:30) FREE

When
01/10/2015 Derriford Training College
About:
This course helps participants to act as organisational change agents and to learn how to
overcome resistance to change in themselves and others.
The course gives insights into your personal approach to change management and how you can
influence others. It will also review your current resilience techniques which will help build
awareness around how you perform under in challenging times and what more you can do to
increase your personal resilience.
As a result it will increase your own, your teams and the organisations effectiveness in
managing change.
The course covers the following areas:
Reasons why change fails
Using a framework for managing change
Finding the benefits in change
Communicating effectively
Personal strategies to handle the effects of change in the workplace including personal resilience
tool
Action planning
Pre-requisites
To prepare for the day, attendees should complete the "Leading and Managing Change" e-learning
unit.

Recommended units/courses to take first

Leading and managing change
Link
https://www.learning4health.org.uk/SouthWest/LearningUnit/Details/908

Service Improvement and Culture (09:30-16:30) FREE

When
02/10/15 GTEC, Gloucestershire, GL2 2BA
Learning outcomes:
Know how to begin to achieve buy-in to an improvement project
understand what benchmarking is and how to compare performance relative to other
organisations
Know why the Voice of the Patient is important and why you should consider Patient and Public
Involvement
Have an awareness of the measurement of outcomes
Have an awareness of the techniques to challenge the status-quo
Be aware of how cultures of Continuous Improvement are developed
Pre-requisites
To get the most from the day, the Service improvement and culture e-learning unit should be
completed before attending.
Recommended units/courses to take first
Service improvement & culture
Link
https://www.learning4health.org.uk/SouthWest/LearningUnit/Details/905