Moodle Workplace creates accessible courses for 60,000 NHS healthcare workers and volunteers during Covid-19

July 17, 2020 By Abby Fry

The University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England.

The Trust sees and treats more than 2.2 million people every year, and when the Covid-19 struck, they were thrust into the role of leading the fight against the pandemic.

To ready their workforce for this new reality, UHB required urgent support with their employee training and onboarding processes to address the spiralling number of Covid-19 cases that were presenting at their hospitals.

 

The challenge: How to rapidly train and onboard health workers in a crisis

UHB needed an online learning platform that would enable NHS staff to learn about Covid-19 and train them on general medical practice and procedures.

To deliver these courses for their 60,000 strong workforce of healthcare staff and volunteers, they needed an LMS that was accessible to all staff and could provide tailored learning experiences to ensure that the appropriate training was provided for their respective roles and responsibilities.

Importantly, the eLearning software also needed to deliver courses in a specific sequence for certain users and issue certifications of completion to show evidence of their new qualifications.

Faced with immense time pressures, all of these features needed to be driven by an automated system that minimised manual checks and human error.

 

The solution: Building a scalable online learning platform with Moodle Workplace

After consulting with one of our Certified Premium Moodle Partners, Synergy Learning, UHB chose to invest in Moodle Workplace as their enterprise learning management system of choice.

On the first day of launching the new platform, UHB reported that 500 staff members and volunteers were able to log on and start preparing for their deployment to the hospital.

For more details about the project details and results, you can download and read the full case study below.

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