Boost your Digital Skills at UHBW!
UHBW wants to support your work related digital skills; boosting your strengths and developing your weaknesses.
All of the relevant training available to you at the Trust can be found on this digital skills support document.
Training on offer both at the Trust and through the NHS can also be found below:
Boost your Digital Skills with the Library!
The Library can provide you with space and 1-1 support to help you become more confident in the digital environment, whatever your skillset.
On this page you’ll find a range of resources, guides, and activities to help you to develop your digital capabilities:
Using a computer can make your life easier and open up many new
opportunities for you.
In this free course, you will learn about the basic functions of a computer
and how to use one safely. You will learn how to turn a computer on and off, and how to change the settings so that it suits your needs. The course will also teach you about the different parts of a computer.
Click here to get started.
The Trust's Digital Services can also offer you with training with basic IT skills, and you can find more information here.
The information provided here will help you achieve Level 2 of NHS England's Technical Proficiency domain. For more information, check out the Health and Care Digital Capabilities Framework.
The keys on the keyboard control what happens on the computer screen and lets you type letters and numbers. Being able to use a keyboard is one of the most important skills for using computers and the internet.
In this course you will learn how to use a computer keyboard to type text and numbers. The course will also show you how to use a keyboard to find your way around your computer and perform other simple tasks.
Click here to get started
The mouse controls what happens on your computer screen. It lets you click on things on the screen
and scroll up and down. Using a mouse is one of the most important things you need
to be able to do to use computers and the internet.
In this course you will learn how to use and click a computer mouse. It will also teach you how to
hold a mouse and how to use it to get around your computer.
Click here to get started
More and more phones and computers are being made with a screen that you can touch. This makes understanding how to use a touchscreen very important. Using a touchscreen on your mobile phone,
smartphone or tablet computer is often easier than using a keyboard and mouse.
In this course you will learn about how to use a touchscreen on a mobile phone or tablet computer.
The course will cover basic and more advanced touchscreen controls. You will also find out about getting the most out of your touchscreen smartphone or tablet.
Click here to get started
If you need help with printing, scanning, or copying documents, please ask at the library desk or check out the posters on the wall next to the printer.
A guide to printing, copying, and scanning in the library will be uploaded to this space once our printing system has been updated.
The information provided here will help you achieve Level 2 of NHS England's Information, Data, and Content domain. For more information, check out the Health and Care Digital Capabilities Framework.
Copyright is a legal right, which protects the copyright owner and/or the creator of a work. Copyright gives the owner control over their work and now it is used.
The Copyright Licensing Agency has an agreement with the Department of Health on a single licence that covers all NHS staff in England.
For more information, check out CLA's webpage for the NHS here, and use the Check Permissions Tool to check whether what you want to copy is covered by the Licence.
If you need more guidance, please ask at the library desk or contact us as library@uhbw.nhs.uk
Kallidus is a a modern learning platform designed to support simple, fast and effective learning. This is the system the trust uses to support access to essential and other training; it supports access to face-to-face and virtual sessions as well as eLearning modules.
You can log into Kallidus via the desktop icon or via the following link:
https://uhbw.kallidus-suite.com
Full details details on how to access Learn from both the trust network and externally can be found on this handy guidance document.
For more help check out these training videos for learners and managers.
If you're experiencing any issues with using Kallidus, please contact Corporate Education at CorporateEducation@uhbw.nhs.uk or 01173426490, or ask at the Library Desk, and we'll be happy to help.
The information provided here will help you achieve Level 2 of NHS England's Learning and Self-Development domain. For more information, check out the Health and Care Digital Capabilities Framework.
The Digital Services Training Hub has a variety of courses for the Trust's various clinical systems, including Health Roster, as well as more general IT training.
You can check out their IT training here, and other courses for the Trust's clinical systems here. For more assistance with clinical systems, please email: infosystrain@uhbw.nhs.uk.
Our librarians run training sessions to help with your personal development, health literacy and commitment to providing the best patient care. We can also help you to develop your skills in searching for for information online and database navigation.
For more information, as well as links to NHS England's online courses on literature searching and critical appraisal, check out our training page.
Alternatively, you can now undertake our brand new 'Literature Searching Skills: Finding the Evidence' course on Kallidus. Check it out here
Microsoft 365 is a product family of productivity software,
collaboration and cloud-based services owned by Microsoft.
To help you get to grips with 365, check out a range of training opportunities collected by the Trust here or you can visit Microsoft's
help and training for 365 here.
The information provided here will help you achieve Level 2 of NHS England's Communication, Collaboration, and Participation domain. For more information, check out the Health and Care Digital Capabilities Framework.
Outlook allows you to send and receive email messages, manage your calendar, store names and numbers of your contacts, and track your tasks.
To help you get the most from Outlook, the Trust have a collection of videos and guides, which you access here, or you can check out Microsoft's help and training for Outlook, here.
Microsoft Word is a word processing program that allows for the creation of both simple and complex documents.
If you need help or want to refresh your skills, why not check out these guides from Microsoft.
The information provided here will help you achieve Level 2 of NHS England's Creation, Innovation, and Research domain. For more information, check the HEE's Health and Care Digital Capabilities Framework.
Excel is a software program created by Microsoft that uses spreadsheets to organize numbers and data with formulas and functions.
If you need help or want to refresh your skillset, why not check out these guides from Microsoft.
PowerPoint is a presentation-based program that uses graphics, videos, etc. to make a presentation more interactive and interesting.
If you need help or want to refresh your skillset, check out these guides from Microsoft.
The internet is a giant library of information. Knowing how to access this information can make a your life a lot easier. For example, you can use the internet to keep in touch with friends and family, read the news, follow your hobbies, watch your favourite TV programmes, shop, compare prices and pay bills.
In this course you will learn all about browsing the internet. The course covers using a web browser to view websites, creating bookmarks and what copyright means online.
Click here to get started
If you're looking for a more in-depth information on how to use the internet for research, check out our training page where you can find more resources to help build your confidence in searching for published literature, articles, and evidence relevant to your work, study and research.
Alternatively, you can now undertake our brand new 'Literature Searching Skills: Finding the Evidence' course on Kallidus. Check it out here
As we adapt to modified ways of working we need to ensure we continue to take the security of our data and systems seriously.
The Trust's Digital Services has a range of information cyber security, which can be found online here.
These guides from NHS Digital will help you to stay safe online and protect your digital footprint:
The information provided here will help you achieve Level 2 of NHS England's Digital Identity, Wellbeing and Security domain. For more information, check the Health and Care Digital Capabilities Framework.
Digital literacy has been defined by NHS England as “those capabilities that fit someone for living, learning, working, participating and thriving in a digital society". These capabilities are wide ranging and can mean skills ranging from basic computer competence to keeping up to date by evaluating and adopting new technology and developing new skills as necessary.
As technology evolves rapidly, we want to support the health and social care workforce to be fully competent, confident and capable in its use in the workplace.
Find out more about Digital Literacy in the NHS from NHS England here
Both Libraries at UHBW have a range of IT facilities, including:
What is Digital Literacy?
NHS England's Health and Care Digital Capabilities Framework
The Health and Care Digital Capabilities Framework has been developed to support the improvement of the digital capabilities of everyone working in health and care. It is intended as a developmental and supportive tool that can empower and enable all staff. It is intended that anyone accessing the framework can be provided with guidance towards extending their digital capabilities to be able to provide better care in our complex, ever-changing digital world.
The Library staff are always happy to help, however, if you need help from elsewhere the following contacts may be useful:
Want to improve your computer skills? Or even learn new ones?
Enrol on to the IT Skills Pathway programme comprising computer-based courses for everyone from complete beginners to advanced users.
IT service desk: 01173423939 / ITServiceDesk@uhbw.nhs.uk
