Nursing IT Social Enterprise Anne Nortcliffe Peter Cogill Elaine Stringer

Nursing IT Sheffield Hallam University Nursing IT

Nursing IT - Aims Manage, Deliver & Resolve Weaknesses in –Core employability skills in IT students and –Lack of confidence in professional IT skills in nursing students Symbiotic venture Sheffield Hallam University Nursing IT Part 1

IT Literacy & Confidence Peer assisted learning –Recipient of IT learning and provider of robust feedback on employability skills –Facilitator of IT learning; manager and deliverer of professional IT skills Sheffield Hallam University Nursing IT Part 1

Audience Participation Survey Identify IT literacy and IT confidence of your students And their ability to transfer knowledge to provide a peer-assisted learning either as; –recipient of IT learning and provider of robust feedback on employability skills –facilitator of IT learning; manager and deliverer of professional IT skills Sheffield Hallam University Nursing IT Part 2

Audience Discussion What are common key barriers? What are the common key drivers? What are the performance indicators? How do we ensure student engagement? Have you arrived at a consensus? Sheffield Hallam University Nursing IT Part 2

Our Experience Key drivers & Barriers –Student Management & Operation of the Enterprise –Who, Who, Who –When, When, When –Location, Location, Location –Student attendance Deliverers & Recipients Registration and Learners Records Sheffield Hallam University Nursing IT Part 3

Strategy 2 nd year IT students organise support for Nursing students. 2 nd years employ 1 st year students to provide the support. Service based on IT skills Service operated on 2 hours / day Additional to university support –Students will prefer peer support Publicise to Student Nurses Sheffield Hallam University Nursing IT Part 3

Semester 1 Implementation 2 Groups – Monday & Tuesday 12 – 2pm Started November Located in HWB reception area - Cold Initial wireless connectivity issues IT and nursing students sporadic in attendance IT students lost motivation Sheffield Hallam University Nursing IT Part 3

Developments for Semester 2 Fixed location – IT lab, F344, downstairs, secluded, incorrectly named Collaboration - Cross Faculty Staff and students Improved Marketing –Flyers to new students –Posters & TV screens Improved records & feedback (2 way) IT students need more academic facilitation Sheffield Hallam University Nursing IT Part 3

Implementation Operation of Service Desk – 4 hours / week –Record all student contact Nurses record feed back for IT students Weekly Reports to “Management” Surveyed the Nurses; –Who knew about Nursing IT support? –How good / useful was the service? Sheffield Hallam University Nursing IT Part 3

Lessons Learnt Survey for Initial analysis of nursing student IT skills –Need for more publicity Fixed roller posters Flyers student with induction packs Repeated information on Blackboard Screen savers and plasma screens –Keep same Time & Day –Offer personal IT support service, bespoke to support individual skills deficiencies Closer management of IT students –Level 5 students to manage Level 4 students more closely –Level 5 students to report regularly progress to academics Embedding within Nurses Level 4 Curriculum –analysis IT deficiencies –act to remedy deficiencies through using Nursing IT –use Nursing IT to further develop autonomous IT skills –demonstrate development of IT skills through an assignment Sheffield Hallam University Nursing IT Part 3

Audience Conclusion How could apply this approach or develop What is a similar pathway to promote peer-assisted skills learning at your institution? Developing; employability skills in IT students IT literacy in your students Post-it notes answers please Sheffield Hallam University Nursing IT Part 3