Colleagues from NHS North West provided a poster and cards to promote sn@p - standardised numeracy assessment process - a set of freely available open-source materials to promote numeracy in healthcare. Full details at www.snap.nhs.uk .
Please contact the project directly for further information.
The Standardised Numeracy Assessment Process (SNAP) aims to improve patient care by enhancing the confidence and competence new and existing healthcare students/staff have when dealing with numeracy and primarily drug calculations. SNAP was initiated in April 2010 as a means of standardising the approach Higher Education Institutes and Colleges of Further Education had when assessing students numeracy skills at the point of admission on to a healthcare programme and throughout the course. However, several NHS service providers expressed a keen interest in using the free online site as a recruitment and formal assessment tool for new and existing healthcare employees.
ReplyDeleteAlthough SNAP is a fully robust tool, improvements and developments continue to be made by the project team to ensure all user requirements are met. Part of the continuing improvements is further populating the e-learning site with level 1 or 2 general and clinical numeracy questions. The project team welcomes any assistance from educational and clinical professionals who may be willing to provide some numeracy scenarios to be used as part of the SNAP site within the practice and formal assessments.
If you or any of your colleagues feel you may be able to assist the on-going SNAP project through completing some general or clinical numeracy questions to help further populate the tool, please don't hesitate to get in touch with Kieran Kelly, Project Coordinator. All questions completed are fully funded via an honourarium either completed for your Organisation, if completed during work hours, or to you directly if completed in your personal time. Funding for questions is worked out depending on the quantity completed, although there is no minimum requirement meaning you can complete as many as you wish from 10 to 100.
If you feel this may be of interest to you or any of your colleagues, please get in touch with Kieran Kelly at k.kelly@chester.ac.uk or telephone on 01925 53 4072
Your help can make a difference to patient care and the development of a National educational project within the UK.
Look forward to hearing from you
Kieran Kelly
SNAP Project Coordinator
Faculty of Health and Social Care
University of Chester
01925 53 4072