Overview of requirements

Unit Four : Education and professional development from a general practice employer’s perspective

Courses

The provision of all courses at the Higher Education Institutes’  Schools of Health and Social Care is currently free of charge to Practice Nurses in Oxfordshire (basically anything at Brookes or Reading that sits within schools of healthcare) – however this may change soon (funding wise) due to the cuts in educational budgets

Practice nurses may access everything in the PCT Learning Directory for a standing charge of £100/whole day, £50/half except where separate charges are made for specific courses. The PCT learning directory can be found on Oxweb and on the PCT intranet

e-learning

Practice nurses may access the wide range of e-learning opportunities available

http://www.nhselearningdatabase.org.uk/

Some of these are free to access as we have paid through the SHA

Mandatory training through core learning

http://www.corelearningunit.nhs.uk

Practice nurses may like to consider things like the e-learning on BMJ as now provide specific practice nurse modules (as well as practice manger ones)

Forum

Professional organisations such as the RCN also provide learning opportunities and forum

http://www.rcn.org.uk/development/communities/rcn_forum_communities/practice_nurses

Also the General Practice Nurse toolkit

http://www.rcn.org.uk/development/general_practice_nurse_toolkit

 

Journals

Practice Nursing

An independent web site for UK Practice Nurses, including a discussion forum, events, jobs, knowledge base and social networking.

www.practicenursing.co.uk

 

Library

I would also recommend use of the library facilities

Local healthcare library

www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/hcl/

National

www.library.nhs.uk

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Sexual Health IN-PRACTICE is an introductory resource for nurses and healthcare workers within primary care settings. Consisting of six key sexual health-related topic areas, each topic is supported by a mix of activities, resources and tools for applying sexual health theory in practice.
http://www.in-practice.org/sexualhealth/index.php

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Oxfordshire's Skills for Health:
OSfH's Nursing Calculations programme offers health workers a new way to review and improve their skills and practices around drug and other healthcare calculations. link

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Education and professional development for general practice nurses from a general practice employer's perspective

Unit Four : Education and professional development from a general practice employer’s perspective


RCGP practice nurses sheet

Link to Practice Nursing web site

The provision of all courses at the Higher Education Institutes' Schools of Health and Social Care is available free of charge to Practice Nurses in Oxfordshire (basically anything at Brookes or Reading that sits within schools of healthcare)

Practice nurses may access everything in the PCT Learning Directory for a standing charge of £100/whole day, £50/half except where separate charges are made for specific courses

NESC is funding a year long pilot General Practice Nurse (GPN) foundation programme for 12 nurses who have never worked in General Practice before. We are hoping to put on a practice nurse conference later this year/early next year - information will be posted on this website

Practice nurses may access the wide range of e-learning opportunities available http://www.nhselearningdatabase.org.uk/

Some of these are free to access as we have paid through the SHA

Practice nurses may like to consider things like the e-learning on BMJ as specific practice nurse modules (as well as practice manger ones)

These are mostly already funded by NESC (part of South Central Strategic Health Authority) Athens password To view the resources available to you via Athens.

If you haven't got an NHS Athens account, register here https://register.athensams.net/nhs/nhsscsha/ (please use an NHS computer if possible).

In case of query about Athens, your local administrator is Jan Hammerton Professional organisations such as the RCN also provide learning opportunities