Transforming End of Life Care in Acute Hospitals PM Workshop 1: e-ELCA – e-learning to advance education for end of life care presented by Victoria Winlow, e-Learning for Healthcare

1. e-ELCA: e-Learning to enhance
education and training for end of life care
Victoria Winlow
HEE e-LfH Assistant Programme Manager
18th November

2. Commissioned by the Department of Health and delivered by
HEE e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH) in partnership with the
Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland
(APM) to support the implementation of the Department of
Health's national End of Life Care Strategy (July 2008)
Background

3. Over 150
sessions in
8 modules
e-LfH e-learning is
available free of charge
to all relevant users in
health and social care,
thus facilitating
multidisciplinary training
and teamwork across
sectors
Modules available

4. http://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/end-of-life-care/
e-ELCA website

5. http://www.endoflifecareforall.com/
13 open access
sessions for non-
registered users
aimed at social
care workers,
volunteers and
admin staff
Open access

6. http://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/account/logon
e-LfH Hub

7. Skills for Care
Skills for Care have mapped the e-ELCA sessions to the national end of life
qualifications units. They can be found at:
http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Skills/End-of-life-care/End-of-life-care.aspx
There are 14 units which form the core of the qualifications and the e-ELCA
sessions identified can support learning for each unit as specified

8. Making the most of e-ELCA
• This guide is intended to provide a brief overview of factors that can help
organisations maximise the effectiveness and value of using e-ELCA
• It is based on results from an online survey and a number of focus groups
(users and non-users) and includes a few useful case studies
• The feedback we received identified 4 main areas:
1. Benefits of using e-ELCA within blended learning
2. Factors within organisations that can provide support to those using e-ELCA
3. More help with access and navigation
4. Better communications telling people about e-ELCA
• We identified a number of emerging critical success factors that can contribute
to an increase in the use of e-ELCA if they are in place

9. Top 10 tips
• Consider setting up hubs of learning for people to access e-learning in a
supported environment rather than alone, at home or at their desk
• Use a facilitator/trainer when a group comes together to discuss any issues or
concerns either before or after e-learning takes place
• Have protected time in the learner’s diary for e-learning and ensure their work
place mentor also has protected time to provide the appropriate level of support
• Use the case studies in e-ELCA sessions to generate discussion with learners
or adapt to local circumstances which are more meaningful for the learner
• Encourage learners to make use of the other resources often mentioned at the
end of e-ELCA sessions and bring any questions they may have as a result to a
group session or meeting with their mentor

10. Top 10 tips
• Provide realistic deadlines for completing identified sessions
• Talk with the individual learner about the sessions they have completed and
how they will apply the learning to their practice
• Try to link packages of sessions to mandatory training and revalidation
requirements as well as ‘essential to role’ training
• Look at other HEE e-LfH programmes and see where related sessions which
could help the learner expand their knowledge e.g. sessions in Shared Decision
Making, Dementia and Death Certification
• Include examples of good practice and the resulting benefits of e-learning as a
method of learning

11. What’s new in 2015
• New learning platform designed to work on a range of smart phones and
tablets and is much easier to navigate
• Document listing all sessions along with their learning objectives
• Sessions mapped to the nine high level learning objectives in ‘One Chance to
Get It Right’
• Training needs analysis linked to the five Priorities for Care to help people
access learning that they need
• Supporting training for Priorities for Care of the Dying Person
• ‘Making the Most of e-ELCA’ guide

12. What’s coming in 2016
• Additional guidance and defined learning packages to increase accessibility
and help staff and educators find and use sessions to meet learning needs
• All sessions will have been updated
• New sessions for Palliative Care Specialists: Procedures in specialist palliative
medicine
• Sessions to be developed in response to feedback – i) symptom management
specific to the last days of life and ii) the AMBER care resource
• Mapping to and supporting new workforce training policies (Talent for Care,
Care Certificate, nurse revalidation, core competences for doctors)
• Mapping to the APM undergraduate and junior doctors curricula

13. Exercise
E-learning is a more flexible way of
delivering training (considering shift
patterns)
IT literacy of staff
Can engage subject matter experts
within a department who then can use
e-learning as a blended solution
Organisational change e.g. departmental
restructuring, cost cutting etc.

14. Thank you
Any questions?