Digital training and capabilities

Published on: 17th July 2013 | Updated on: 15th November 2023

This webpage for pharmacy contractors and pharmacy team members lists some training and development options relating to digital technology subtopics.

Apps
  • Apps guide, 6th edition (Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE))

Data security training
Digital capabilities and literacy

A general digital literacy/IT skill training opportunities was made available at:

Additional training and assessment

Health Education England (HEE) resources: Digital capabilities

Health Education England (HEE) are supporting the promotion of digital capabilities amongst healthcare staff. HEE may also support the community pharmacy sector to develop some new digital training opportunities in the future. A number of papers have been produced on their website which explore what is meant by digital literacy and how pharmacy teams can get more out of developing their digital literacy.

HEE have said that:

  • personal digitally capabilities can involve personal development across a range of domains. Reaching proficient levels may help people to more easily acquire and use other skills and competencies.
  • becoming a digitally-literate person involves developing those function skills, plus attitudes, values and behaviours that can be categorised under the elements or domains seen in the image below.

HEE published the Topol Review Preparing the healthcare workforce to deliver the digital future back in 2019. It made recommendations to enable NHS staff to make the most of innovative technologies such as genomics, digital medicine, artificial intelligence and robotics to improve services. These recommendations were intended to support the aims of the NHS Long-Term Plan, and the workforce implementation plan.

Digital literacy

 

 

EPS training

See the ‘Training’ section of Preparing or improving EPS.

NHS Digital Academy (application window closing 14 May 2023)

NHS Digital Academy are accepting applications during April-May 2022 (for courses starting from Sept 2023).

The NHS Digital Academy (NHS DA) is a virtual organisation set up with the intention of developing a new generation of digital leaders who can progress the digital technology transformation.

The syllabus will include modules on: implementing change, understanding user-centred design, using data, and digital leadership.

The NHS DA website explains more for those considering applying or recommending and there is criteria such as you will have:

  • 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in digital health;
  • approx. up to three days per week to be made available for study and learning; and
  • support a senior sponsor (e.g. your employer / organisation).

For timelines related to the current cohort and past cohorts see the table below:

Cohorts Application window start date Application window close date Learning starts Syllabus
Additional info
Cohort 1 April 2018 2018 Sept 2018 Closed
Cohort 2 April 2019 2019 Sept 2019 Closed
Cohort 3 April 2020 2020 Sept 2020 Closed
Cohort 4 1st April 2021 30th April 2021 Sept 2021 Closed
Cohort 5 1st April 2022 May 2022 Sept 2022 Closed
Cohort 6 April 2022 May 2022 Applications for Cohort 6 close 23:59, 14 May Syllabus details are set out at NHS DA programmes webpage See: The NHS Digital Academy ‘Apply now’ webpage explains the :

The first cohort of 100 delegates from around the health and care system in England commenced in 2018 and included those who may be charged with leading digital change, from both clinical (e.g. pharmacy professionals) and non-clinical backgrounds. Since then further cohorts have worked through the programme each year. So far, several community pharmacists have worked through the programme.

Learn more about NHS Digital Academy:

If you are a community pharmacist who would like some further information (not answered by NHS Digital Academy website or the NHS Digital Academy team) about how to proceed with applying then please contact it@cpe.org.uk.

Establishing the NHS Digital Academy is a workstream within the HEE Digital Readiness Programme. The programme was commissioned by NHS Transformation Directorate (which is part of NHSE&I).

Social media

SCR

Standards and interoperability
Other training and accreditation information

These include those listed below. You may speak with them about their future digital-related training opportunities.

Information about Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) accreditation can be found here.

 

Further info

If you have queries on this webpage or you require more information please contact it@cpe.org.uk.

 

 

 

 

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