Enhancing Digital Literacy Skills in Primary Care: Self-Assessment Tool and Training Resources
The Health Education England (HEE) Digital Readiness programme has introduced a workforce digital skills self-assessment diagnostic tool in collaboration with the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Team. This tool allows staff in Primary Care, including Optometry, Dentistry, and Pharmacy, to evaluate their digital literacy levels, identify learning needs, and access free training resources for upskilling. Local Digital Champions are spearheading this initiative to ensure inclusivity and support both clinical and non-clinical staff in improving their digital competencies.
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DIGITAL LITERACY SELF- ASSESSMENT DIAGNOSTIC TOOL The Health Education England (HEE) Digital Readiness programme have developed a new workforce digital skills self-assessment diagnostic tool in partnership with the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Team. Lancashire & South Cumbria have the opportunity to be one of the first areas to use and benefit from the Tool. Lancashire and south Cumbria Training Hub will be the Centre, cascading this tool for use across all areas of Primary Care including Optometry, Dentistry and Pharmacy. The locality Digital Champions Leads are working to ensure this Tool is offered across primary care, also supporting any staff with their individual digital development. The leads will link to the ICP based digital teams to ensure alignment with any existing digital skill development. To ensure inclusivity we aim to enhance the current digital champion work by recruiting non-clinical champions to assist in communications and support to the non-clinical workforce
Why Use the tool The tool will: provides staff with opportunities to answer a set of questions to determine their current digital literacy levels and help identify areas of learning need provide senior managers and leaders with anonymised data to help them understand the digital literacy skills and training needs of their staff Once a person has completed the self-assessment questionnaire, they will be intelligently directed to the HEE learning resources to help them to develop their skills in specific areas.
Please help test the tool Using the digital assessment tool will enable users to access a range of free digital training resources to upskill, gain confidence and increase digital competency. Feedback and analysis will enable the Training Hub to develop further digital training packages that aren t already covered in the resources provided by HEE.
Digital Literacy Self Assessment Tool Provides the opportunity for organisations, teams, or individuals to identify through an on-line questionnaire, current digital skills followed by suggested learning modules to improve digital literacy, confidence and competence. The tool provides access to a wide variety of FREE online modules developed by HEE There are 270 different learning Assets available via the assessment tool To access register using below link Welcome - Digital Learning Solutions (dls.nhs.uk) For any support accessing the tool or digital queries please contact your locality digital champions mbpcc.digitalhub@nhs.net
Locality Lead Digital Champion Teams Fylde and East Lancashire Carrie Locker Carrie.locker@nhs.net Morecambe Bay Tom Jamieson thomas.jamieson1@nhs.net Nicola Albanese Nicola.Albanese@nhs.net Cath Mclennan cath.mclennan1@nhs.net Greater Preston & Chorley South Ribble Sara Baldwin Sara.baldwin1@nhs.net West Lancashire & Blackburn with Darwen Jenny Mather jenny.mather@nhs.net Peter scadding Peter.scadding@nhs.net Andrea Barnham andrea.barnham@nhs.net
