OpenLearn Wales: Health and social care

Courses tagged with "OpenLearn Wales: Health and social care"

Simulation provides a safe space for learning and improvement, leading to better-prepared healthcare professionals and safer patient care environments.

This free course will help you develop an understanding of digital simulation and how it can enhance learning and clinical practice, not only through simulation but also through debriefing. As such, this resource is designed to explore the principles behind digital simulation, identify who benefits from participating in digital simulation, and evaluate the potential impact digital simulation has on patients and healthcare professionals. Additionally, it aims to develop an understanding of the principles of debriefing, in accordance with the All Wales Simulation-Based Education and Training Strategy for simulation.
This evidence-based course provides learning about the Fitness to Practise process and being a witness.

The ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on long-standing inequities in health within Black and minority ethnic communities in Wales, the UK and beyond.

This free course, So you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing, provides an overview of what nursing entails. Focusing on nursing in the UK specifically, but also looking at its place globally, you will learn about the four fields of nursing in the UK, what nurse training involves, as well as what makes a great nurse.

This course offers a brief introduction to the nursing profession and can help you decide if nursing is the right career for you.
There are lots of myths and misunderstandings about sex and it can be tricky to get to the truth. This easy to use interactive tool gives you access to robust data collected by Natsal-3, a survey collected from thousands of adults living all over Britain.
This course explores the experience of ADHD from the perspective of those who are diagnosed with the condition, and those who care for them. It covers the contribution of scientific research to understanding ADHD, with a focus on assessing the effectiveness and mechanism of action of treatments and therapies.
Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them is a free course that should be helpful to anyone who experiences panic or panic attacks, for their family and friends, and anyone more generally interested in mental health and mental
health treatment. The course starts by exploring formal definitions of panic and panic attack. These are then contrasted with personal accounts of the experience of panic. It also presents some of the key understandings of why panic attacks happen,
and provides an overview of the main ways people can get help and help themselves. 

A guide to MRI and the role this technology plays in modern medicine.

Category: Health

We all know drinking more water is good for us, but did you know good hydration can do so much more for us as we age?

Category: Health

There is almost no prior scholarship on abortions as a workplace issue.
A recent survey provides some insights on this topic and suggestions for
workplaces.

Category: Health
Examine the science behind nutrition, covering aspects of biology, chemistry and physics as well as giving some insight into healthier eating. Reading food labels, choosing healthier foods, hydrating appropriately and understanding how we taste food will allow you to be more informed about the choices you make about the food you eat.
Category: Health
In this series of four interviews you will watch a service user, a carer, a social worker and a social work manager talking about their different experiences. The interviews will illustrate the importance of listening to people’s stories, the importance of relationship in social work practice, and the importance of the context in which social work practice takes place. You will consider questions about the interviews, and will reflect on the implications for practice of what the individuals have to say.
Caring for adults is an introductory course for anyone in a caring role, either paid or unpaid. It builds on what you already know to give you a better understanding of your role as a carer. It also supports your own well-being by giving you some ideas and information about looking after yourself and dealing with stress.
This is a personal development course for carers in Wales. It will help you to identify and reflect on your experiences, interests, skills and your future aspirations. You will also have the opportunity to develop a personal action plan to take forward beyond the course. Developed by The Open University in Wales and Carers Trust Wales, it is embedded with case studies from real carers sharing their experiences and reflections.
Respecting the individuality of each person is a central value of social work but, as the term suggests, social work is not only about individual perspectives: it also takes place in a social context. Society, demography, geography, national legislation, national policy, and language all play an important part, both in the lives of service users and carers and in the practice of social work practitioners. This free course, An introduction to social work in Wales, will introduce you to the importance of recognising that social work practice happens in context. In particular, you will learn about what this means for social work in Wales in the Welsh context.
During 2021, as part of a research enrichment public engagement grant from the Wellcome Trust, we are developing several Open Educational Resources (OERs). Specifically OERs derived from the National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal).
Category: Public Health
There have been major changes in sexual attitudes over the years, but what are the views of the ‘average’ British person in terms of sex? Try our sexual attitudes interactive 'No sex please, we’re British!' to see how your views compare to the majority.
Category: Public Health

Patient preference in end-of-life conversations can depend on multiple factors; this article and animation offer guidance for health and social care professionals.

Are you interested in studying medicine at university? Then if so, this
unit is for you. It introduces a number of the factors that you need to
think about when applying to study medicine, and outlines some of the
particular advantages of studying medicine bilingually at university.
What is the best way to support people with learning disabilities to access and use technology? This series of seven videos will help you answer this question.
Category: Mental Health