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Last Updated: 29 Mar, 2023     Views: 4067

About OpenAthens

If you are a student from the Department of Health Sciences and you are due to go on placement with the NHS you will be emailed an OpenAthens account activation code from openathens.net at the start of your course.

Please activate your OpenAthens account as soon as possible and remember your password. Keep the email for future reference as it contains important information. Your username is nhsacbru + your student number (you may also sign in with your Brunel email address). You have thirty days in which to activate your account.

You may reset your password via NICE's OpenAthens login page (see also under Links & Files below) and choose the "Forgotten your password?" link to reset it. If you did not activate your OpenAthens account in time, please email the elibrary team.

About e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH)

One of the digital resources that you need to use is called e-Learning for Healthcare -- it provides access to an online learning courses.

We recommend that you access it via the Sign On with OpenAthens button and select NHS England (you may also access eLfH via "OpenAthens for the NHS" under Links & Files below). Here is a screencast showing how to access e-LfH: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c1peBDfY5xBg0FRWDK1FyGkD5XmrmMRK/view.

Please note: the first time you access e-LfH you will need to register a new e-LfH account - please select (use the "Proceed to next step" button under "I don't have an e-LfH account". 

Screenshots to guide you:

Use the "Sign on with OpenAthens" button in the centre of the page (the username and password boxes for e-LfH are not relevant and should not be used (except if you are on the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing course)

e-Learning for Healthcare homepage showing OpenAthens button in the centre

 

Register your details (first time only)

Register your details on e-Learning for Healthcare

 

Then follow these steps to link your details to your OpenAthens account.

e-Learning for Healthcare - accept the terms and conditions

 

Please change the field with "oa-FirstName" to your first name. Choose the categories relevant to you, for example:

  • NHS England - Southern
  • Occupational Therapist - Student / Physiotherapist - Student / Physician Associate - Student
  • Primary speciality: "Not applicable"
  • Brunel University Higher Education institution
  • Your first name and last name
  • start date = when you started at Brunel (for example 23 Sep 2019)
  • end date = when you are due to finish your course (for example 30 Sep 2023)
  • add any other mandatory details (some details are optional so you do not need to complete all the boxes)
  • the next time you access e-LfH you should find that your details are stored safely under "My Account"

e-Learning for Healthcare - register your personal details

 

e-Learning for Healthcare - complete your personal registration

 

e-Learning for Healthcare - notifications including general data protection requirements

Taking your e-LfH courses...

We recommend that you always sign in via: https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/OpenAthensDiscovery to access e-LfH before you use any links that your are emailed or provided with on Blackboard so that your e-LfH profile is recognised automatically - select "Sign in via NHS England".

Please also verify that your name is registered correctly by looking at the top left corner and/or under "My Account".

The "Statutory and Mandatory Training" e-learning courses that you need to complete are listed on Brightspace under your module's workforce section.

When you click through the buttons on your Brightspace module please use the "Sign on with OpenAthens" button rather than trying to enter a username and password (OpenAthens is the only system you should use to sign in).

You will need to use the "Enrol" button on e-LfH for each e-learning course that you need to take, such as Safeguarding Adults or Data Security Awareness. Search the e-LfH catalogue for the generic course names (do not take courses which are only specific to one NHS Trust).

After you complete each course check that the name on your certificate is correct before you upload it to Pebblepad. You may find certificates for your completed courses under "My activity" > "Certificates" (see below).

E-learning for Healthcare - My activity - Certificates

 

You may also find this course useful: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/best-way-to-wash-your-hands/.

 

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Troubleshooting

Your Brightspace module should list the relevant e-LfH courses that you need to complete, for example: Safeguarding Adults (SGA) -- please look for a "Sign on with OpenAthens" button further down or across the page rather than trying to enter your OpenAthens username as an e-LfH username. Here are some screenshots to provide guidance and there is more information under Links and Files below.

 

e-Learning for Healthcare - sign on with OpenAthens - Safeguarding Adults (SGA) e-learning programme

 

e-Learning for Healthcare - sign on to Safeguarding Adults (SGA) e-learning programme

 

If you find that you are unable to access your e-LfH profile (your account may become inactive after a while), or you find that your name is not correct, report the problem via e-LfH's general Support Form at: https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/contact_us. If you have any difficulty with this please also contact us via email.

 

On a mobile device you may see:

e-Learning for Healthcare - how to Sign on with OpenAthens

 

If you get an error page, again, look for the "Sign on with OpenAthens" button...

 

e-Learning for Healthcare - do not use the username and password, look below for a Sign on with OpenAthens button

 

Finally, if you use a mobile or Windows device, we have noticed that while signing in to e-LfH, the first character of the username can change to a capital letter which may cause a denial of access. Please ensure all the characters are in lower case before signing in.

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