Health and Safety

Aurion Learning Delivers eLearning Hospital

Belfast (Northern Ireland/UK)/Dublin (IE), April 2011 - Aurion Learning, in conjunction with St. James's Hospital Learning and Development Team, has produced two informative eLearning programmes for hospital staff. The online learning offerings in Safer Manual Handling and Medication Administration Safety are designed to instill good practice and safeguard staff and patient health.




Safer Manual Handling is specifically designed for members of staff who undertake any type of manual handling in the course of their job. It focuses on the theoretical components of safer manual handling but also includes practical tips that can be used in the workplace. The programme is presented by Mary Bell, (Facilitator at St. James's Hospital Centre for Learning and Development), who guides learners through each module via audiovisual content. The programme also includes clickable diagrammes, games, and quizzes to test learners' knowledge of the subject matter.

On completing the course, St. James's Hospital staff must contact the Centre for Learning and Development to carry out a practical assessment in animate and patient handling.

Medication Administration Safety is based on medication-management protocol in St. James's Hospital. It focuses on the most critical aspects of safe medication management administration and includes an audiovisual introduction from Director of Nursing, Paul Gallagher. It also features scenario-based learning to illustrate good practice and compliance with medication-management protocol, audiovisual case studies to set the learning in context, and an end of module assessment.

Speaking about the new eLearning programmes, Fergus Thompson, Learning and Development Facilitator at St. James's Hospital says, "We are very pleased to be able to deliver these two very important eLearning courses to staff at St. James's Hospital. The majority of work-related injuries and administration errors that take place within hospitals can be directly related to failure to adhere to protocol. It's therefore critical that our staff are fully informed of their roles and responsibilities with regards to all aspects of their work."