The need for support and training for NHS front-line staff was obvious 2 years ago when we set up @ukdhc.bsky.social we are now delivering trainaing as promised for all NHS & Care staff through our teaching platform at ukdhc.info/course/ukdhc... and the accomanying three byte sized training packages

We, as patients, can help by reducing the demands on our GPs by managing our own health problems sensibly and only seek help when it is necessary. When we had stronger family units Granny, with lots of experience of dealing with minor ailments was the first port of call 😩. Alas, no longer.

@UKDHC has developed an on-line Assessment Tool to help evaluate their Digital Skills and a series of “Bite-sized on line training packages” aimed at improving their Digital Competency. See - ukdhc.info/course/ukdhc... It is all free of charge.

What a fantastic conference full of info and news - some good and some not so good!

@erictopol.bsky.social mis and dis-information is challenging. It would be good to improve the peer review of our medical journals and address the problems created by predatory journals. How do you recommend we can do that?

@erictopol.bsky.social as Dean of the Faculty of Health Informatics at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh I set up our 1st Masters in Health Informatics in 2000. Information about current UK Masters Degrees can be found under “Watch” at ukdhc.info Happy to collaborate.

A really valuable and true comment on this ongoing discussion. We have seen evidence of the problems created by misinformation during the COVID pandemic and we need to guard against further misinformation being spread in the future.

If you need any help with improving digital competency in the workplace, UKDHC.org is already developing online support for early 2025.

This is research project of huge interest to both carers and those supporting carers like UKDHC.org If we can help please just ask.

I trained myself in Basic in 1983. It was easier than Fortran 4 that I taught myself in 1978 and Machine Code that I also used in 1983. These were the days!