Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD: new Essential IT Skills Programme - EITS

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Saturday, February 16, 2008

new Essential IT Skills Programme - EITS

It's a refreshing change to learn of something IT on a mental health nursing list, but that is the case with a new IT skills initiative:

NHS Connecting for Health (NHS CFH) has announced that it will be introducing the Essential IT Skills (EITS) Programme on 3 March 2008, to replace its European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) Service which is due to close on 21 March 2008.
Source: http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/newsroom/news-stories/eits

The PSYCHIATRIC NURSING list is 10 years old and currently deliberating upon its future, wider membership and the state of IT skills.

Ack: Thanks to Clive Simpson for his post.