Nursing IT Social Enterprise

1. Nursing IT Social Enterprise Anne Nortcliffe Peter Cogill Elaine Stringer

2. Nursing IT Sheffield Hallam University Nursing IT

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Strategy • 2nd year IT students organise support for Nursing students. • 2nd years employ 1st 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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