Protected Learning Time
“Creating opportunities for professional learning and development”
Protected Learning Time (PLT) events are peer-led sessions for GPs, Registered Nurses, Health Care Assistants, Allied Health Professionals and Physician Associates from across the Vale of York.
PLT provides an opportunity for healthcare professionals to learn about new clinical developments, updates to national guidance, and best practice whilst also sharing their own experience and knowledge with their peers.
Fundamentally PLT is about improving patient care by providing a dedicated learning time for healthcare professionals away from their busy day-to-day primary care work.
These events takes place four times a year, and will evolve and be tailored to the needs of clinicians. It is delivered in partnership with NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group and the Academy of Primary Care, part of the Hull and York Medical School.
Clinical areas of focus
The first PLT session was held in January 2019, and since then the events have hosted dozens of different workshops led by clinicians covering various different areas of work in primary care. Keynote speeches have also been delivered on topics such as adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), end of life care and sepsis.
To date workshops have covered areas such as:
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health |
De-prescribing |
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Diabetes |
Tips from the coroner |
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Safeguarding |
Maternal mental health |
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Polypharmacy |
Online consulting |
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Cancer screening |
Liver function tests |
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Sexual health |
Paediatrics |
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Back pain management |
Suicide prevention |
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Digital engagement |
Wound care |
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Fertility problems |
Antibiotic prescribing |
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Prescribing safety |
Breast cancer |
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Healthy Child Programme |
Faecal Immunochemical Test |
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Menopause |
Urinary Tract Infections |
It is important to us that these events are peer-led to ensure that they are clinically relevant to healthcare professionals and enables them to share their knowledge and experiences for the benefits of patients across the Vale of York.
Feedback
We have received very positive feedback from attendees across all of our PLT events. At our October PLT 90% of respondents rated the workshops and opening session as either good or very good.
Click on the dates to go to a page containing presentations and information from each of the events.
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Location |
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1.30-5.00 pm |
Virtual (Zoom) |
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Event Cancelled |
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1.30 – 5.30pm |
York Racecourse, Tadcaster Rd, York |
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1.30 – 5.30pm |
York Racecourse, Tadcaster Rd, York |
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1.30 – 5.30pm |
York Racecourse, Tadcaster Rd, York |
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1.30 – 5.30pm |
York Racecourse, Tadcaster Rd, York |
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1.30 – 5.30pm |
York Racecourse, Tadcaster Rd, York |
