Tuesday 16th September 2008

As I was on the 3rd floor working along side the Learning and Development team I was also working with the Software Development team in order to get more knowledge about Share Point 2007. This is a software package ready to use and upload information on to it; it includes hosting and is useful for documenting and managing originally from Microsoft.

Another useful area of the share point I used was ‘The Sandpit’ this was to create my own work on to. I created a Gantt chart just a sample to what tasks needed to be completed. I played around further with the features that the share point offered and got used to it even more.

Furthermore, I was helping colleagues as to what it does, as some were not familiar with the actual interface which was quite interesting.

Monday 15th September 2008

The Monday back I spent a day with the Learning and Development department (floor 3) the team members were very welcoming like all the people I had met so far.

I was introduced to a piece of software that was called Lectora Professional. This software was quite straightforward and was specifically used for e-Learning packages. It uses a wizard base structure and has very tidy functions. But the downfall for me personally, was the toolbar as it was restricted and it wouldn’t allow you do what you intended but just do what it did (if that makes sense).

I constructed a piece of work based on the 'webcast project' using Lectora a small e-learning tutorial. I was also asked to create a logo for the new Learning and Development department so it would feature on a display board and within the staff talks (news updates every Friday via email).

Thursday 11th / Friday 12th September 2008

My 3rd day was meeting my line manager (Rachel Rutherford) she was my main contact after Mervyn Silva for the projects that i would under go in the following weeks to come. As it was my first day getting introduced to her i had alot of things to learn. Again I was introduced to the other memebers of the organisation.

Some were Interpreters people who make bookings regarding venues/rooms within the organisation or outside the organisation using different language tools.

I was introduced to the hierarchy of executives in a brief description of who they are what their roles are within the tPCT also members below them and so fourth.

First meeting of the week was at 11am till 12pm, this meeting was very professional and minutes were read out and apologies were also taken into account. It was within a boardroom that was quite large based on floor 1. The things that happened are as follow:

• I introduced myself and role to others that I didn't meet yet
• Discussion about each persons role and their work done so far
• Next meeting and time
• NHS constitution etc

Friday was as follow; we discussed some of what equipment would be used. The software and hardware that was initially discussed with the suppliers would consist some of the following:

• Adobe Premier for editing and encoding prior to uploading
• Windows 2003 / 2008 server
• Windows Media Server and Windows Media Encoder (to play the videos on)
• Digital video cameras, microphones and lighting etc
• A laptop or a desktop PC

The media training would be provided by the University of Bradford after a few meetings taking place etc.

I drafted a piece of work in Microsoft Word that would give an outline to the cost, capabilities and comparisons etc to what equipment should be used. So mainly my work involved me sitting at a desk doing word documents and other days i would get hands on work more practical.

It was quite fun as I was left alone and got on with my work and used my initiative to plan ahead.

10th Sept 08, Social Media Training, Wakefield Cedar Court Hotel

The 2nd day was a training course located in Wakefield Cedar Court Hotel on the 10th September 2008; it would last from 10am till 4.30pm.

I was the first to arrive there and I met some of my colleagues that were going to be present there too. We talked some of them are from universities located round the west Yorkshire region and it was nice to have other work placement student there too.

The event that took place was on social Media training the purpose of this was to give an introduction to the comms team and how the use of media likes of Youtube, Facebook and Wiki that has boosted the media industry and how it is being used to deliver the message across the world. Many are aware and many are not.

The NHS on the other hand, are not allowed to access such sites like the ones above as they hold confidential information, also accessing these sites is another issue as staff may go onto inappropriate sites.

Within the event there were refreshments and lunch present within and other members from different tPCT were present and it was nice to see different organisations (Yorkshire and Humberside) get together and share knowledge and opinions.

As I was totally new to the whole concept of NHS within the media event there were very technical terms being used which were out of my scope so I did raise questions to what the terms mean.

The event lasted a full day so it was a case of rather than going back to work I was able to go home.

Overall, the event was about communication using media streaming technology in order for us as an organisation and other organisations to spread the message across to patients/public and communities etc