All Outputs (11)

Internet of Things in Health Trends Through Bibliometrics and Text Mining (2017)
Conference Proceeding

Recently a new buzzword has slowly but surely emerged, namely the Internet of Things (IoT). The importance of IoT is identified worldwide both by organisations and governments and the scientific community with an incremental number of publications du... Read More about Internet of Things in Health Trends Through Bibliometrics and Text Mining.

The challenges of training, support and assessment of healthcare support workers: a qualitative study of experiences in three English acute hospitals (2017)
Journal Article

Background Ever-growing demands on care systems have increased reliance on healthcare support workers. In the UK, their training has been variable, but organisation-wide failures in care have prompted questions about how this crucial section of the... Read More about The challenges of training, support and assessment of healthcare support workers: a qualitative study of experiences in three English acute hospitals.

A proposed learner activity taxonomy and a framework for analysing learner engagement versus performance using big educational data (2017)
Journal Article

The inclusion of information and communication technologies in Healthcare and Medical Education is a fact nowadays. Furthermore numerous virtual learning environments have been established in order to host both educational material and learner’s onli... Read More about A proposed learner activity taxonomy and a framework for analysing learner engagement versus performance using big educational data.

Using interactive digital technology to predict and prevent childhood overweight (2017)
Journal Article

Background: Obesity risk factors can be identified during infancy, providing an opportunity for early intervention. ProAsk is an interactive digital intervention that supports health professionals to quantify and communicate an infant's overweight ri... Read More about Using interactive digital technology to predict and prevent childhood overweight.

Understanding technology adoption and use by healthcare proferssionals using models of technology acceptance and q-methodology (2017)
Conference Proceeding

This study explores the use of models of technology acceptance (TAM and UTAUT) to understand technology adoption and use among healthcare professionals (HCPs) in the clinical area in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Six themes were developed from both model... Read More about Understanding technology adoption and use by healthcare proferssionals using models of technology acceptance and q-methodology.

Introducing the Care Certificate evaluation (innovative practice) (2017)
Journal Article

Although investment in staff development is a prerequisite for high quality and innovative care, the training needs of unregistered care staff have often been neglected, particularly within dementia care provision. The Care Certificate, which was ful... Read More about Introducing the Care Certificate evaluation (innovative practice).

Semantic web, reusable learning objects, personal learning networks in health: key pieces for digital health literacy (2017)
Journal Article

The knowledge existing in the World Wide Web is exponentially expanding, while continuous advancements in health sciences contribute to the creation of new knowledge. There are a lot of efforts trying to identify how the social connectivity can endor... Read More about Semantic web, reusable learning objects, personal learning networks in health: key pieces for digital health literacy.

The Care Certificate Evaluation: an overview (2017)
Conference Proceeding

BACKGROUND: Front line care workers play a key role in health and social care provision for older people and this has been reflected in training innovations aiming to improve the care provided by these workers. One recent training initiative has bee... Read More about The Care Certificate Evaluation: an overview.

"Our Care through our eyes": impact of a co-produced digital education programme on nurses' knowledge, confidence and attitudes in providing care for children and young people who have self-harmed: a mixed-methods study in the UK (2017)
Journal Article

Objectives: 1. To determine the impact of a digital educational intervention on the knowledge, attitudes, confidence and behavioural intention of registered children’s nurses working with Children and Young People (CYP) admitted with self-harm 2.... Read More about "Our Care through our eyes": impact of a co-produced digital education programme on nurses' knowledge, confidence and attitudes in providing care for children and young people who have self-harmed: a mixed-methods study in the UK.

Co-producing a digital educational programme for registered children’s nurses to improve care of children and young people admitted with self-harm (2017)
Journal Article

Despite the increasing prevalence of hospital admissions for self-harm in children and young people (CYP), there is paucity of registered children’s nurse (rCN) training or involvement of children to improve care for this often stigmatized patient gr... Read More about Co-producing a digital educational programme for registered children’s nurses to improve care of children and young people admitted with self-harm.

Can Healthcare Assistant Training (CHAT) improve the relational care of older people? A developmental and feasibility study of a complex intervention (2017)
Journal Article

Background: Older people account for an increasing proportion of those receiving NHS acute care. The quality of healthcare delivered to older people has come under increased scrutiny. Healthcare assistants (HCAs) provide much of the direct care of ol... Read More about Can Healthcare Assistant Training (CHAT) improve the relational care of older people? A developmental and feasibility study of a complex intervention.