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
My First Day 9th Sept 08
Hi this is Ajmal, student at University of Bradford currently on placement at Bradford & Airedale NHS. This is my blog. I have listed below what my first day activities were and how I got on.
- First day was exciting. Start was at 9am till 5pm, got introduced to my Manager(s), A tour of the building was given such things as the canteen, my work area (Floor 1 and 3), Fire Safety checks were introduced and assembly points, car park, toilets and working hours etc
- Like all jobs I was told to bring bank details, previous work pay slips, I was also told that my photo would be taken in order to give me a ID badge
- I was given a password and username for my PC login & assigned a network drive and own folder within the drive area.
- I met with different staff, discussed their roles within the tPCT
- With my job title being Webcasting and E-learning assistant I learned the software and hardware I would be using in order to implement the projects further.
- In the coming weeks of September my assigned work was to get involved with different work within the departments and fit into the surroundings
- In the afternoon I sat down with Mervyn Silva one of two managers to discuss my progress and I typed a document up of what I had learned so far. Not only to give me a insight of the work role but in order for me to get familiar with the software packages the organisation use for instance Microsoft outlook.
- I was given a mini tour of Microsoft outlook as I progressed that day and I had many things to add in my diary.
- I was told there is a stationary cupboard too for any kind of stationary I desire to use.
- For lunch there was a bit too much of a choice; canteen, your own sandwiches or food shops located not far from the NHS. I was also given a temporary laptop until I got a new one with a higher specification. This was due to the moving around I would be doing because working on two floors. And a mobile phone in order to keep in contact with my staff and external folks.
The experience so far from the start has been brilliant.
Supervisors & Work Address
Mervyn Silva - Software Development team
Rachel Rutherford - Communications team
Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust
Douglas Mill, Bowling Old Lane, Bradford BD5 7JR, Tel: 01274 237290, Tel: 0845 111 5000,
Fax: 01274 237453
My work email address is ajmal.ashraf@bradford.nhs.uk
ajmal687@hotmail.com (personal email)
My mobile number is 07949783443
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