I didn’t have time to write a diary for last week because I was busy writing the NI Healthcare Social Media Guide so I have combined the last two weeks in this post. It’s been a busy and exciting couple of weeks with lots of meetings, energy and collaboration! IHM Leadership Lunch with Anne Clydesdale On Tuesday 19th I attended the IHM (@ihmnireland) Leadership Lunch with Anne Clydesdale, Director of the Leadership Institute at Queens University …
Monthly Archives: March 2013
The NI Healthcare Social Media Guide
Last updated: 1 June 2013 The aim of this guide is to encourage and facilitate the growth of healthcare social media in Northern Ireland. I’ll start by explaining what healthcare social media is, then I’ll explain the benefits, followed by some advice on avoiding pitfalls. And finally I have compiled an NI Healthcare Social Media Directory to help you navigate your way into the HCSM community. My intention is to continue adding to this guide …
SK Diary – w/c 11 March 2013
Teaching and Training on Ward Rounds Over the past number of weeks I have been experimenting with a new teaching/training technique. I select an appropriate review patient for the F1 or F2 to review while I fulfil the support role of writing in the notes and making the obs chart, kardex and fluid balance available. Before going to see the patient I ask the F1/2 to read the previous entries in the notes and consider …
SK Diary – w/c 4 March 2013
NICON 2013 This week I attended the annual conference of the Northern Ireland Confederation for Health and Social Services (NICON), which is the NI equivalent of the NHS Confederation. The title was ‘Transforming Your Care: Transforming Our Practice’ and focused a lot on the change agenda for health and social care in NI. It was a great opportunity to be away from the day job and to sit back and look at the big picture …
SK Diary – w/c 25 February 2013
This was a busy week with a lot going on so I will pick out some highlights to reflect on and discuss. Healthcare Social Media Last Friday Heather Moorhead (@HmmMoorhead) the Director of the Northern Ireland Confederation for Health and Social Services (NICON) asked if I would organise live tweeting for the NICON 2013 Conference – Transforming Your Care: Transforming Our Practice – on 6 & 7 March. I agreed and we spoke again early this week …
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