I have recently moved hospitals, and before I got there I was required to complete some "e-learning modules". For those fortunate enough not to have had to do these, you need to know only that they are beloved of people who have been to management school because they allow you to pretend to "deliver education" without ever having to meet the people you're educating. In addition, the word "learning" is rather misleading - I learned from the experience that my new employers don't test their own computer systems and that the systems they don't test are designed by GCSE students during their summer holidays - and it looks like all the computer science students were doing proper work again; I reckon this year it was the classical civilization students they got to do it.
Anyway, there were I think eight modules I had to do, covering such revolutionary topics as "Fire Safety Awareness", "Equality and Diversity", and - my favourite - "Manual Handling". At the end of each one was a little test, so I now have eight new imaginary certificates sitting on a computer somewhere! Or at least I would have done had the computer system worked: in fact only two of the certificates loaded, with the others giving 404 messages (page not found), and one test wouldn't register my pass mark at all at first. And none of the links worked, obviously.
I'm not going to describe them beyond that - because they do say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here are just a few of the things my local PCT felt would educate junior doctors with five or six years of university education behind them.
I did find myself wishing at times that I could decide the answer and make it a reality. Who among us, for hasn't wished at times that fire doors really were there to keep patients inside?
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