KIND network update
Week beginning Mon 2nd December 2024
Dear colleagues,
Welcome to our regular KIND network update. You’ll notice slightly less training on offer for the next few weeks than usual. That’s to allow space for work on some new training resources (including an intermediate Power BI course) which will hopefully launch in the new year. Please do get in touch if you have suggestions for these new resources.
Brendan
Wins of The Week
In the spirit of #IAmRemarkable, we do a weekly wins of the week thread to celebrate the professional (and personal) achievements of the community. A random selection from last week:
- I received a clear congratulations for asking a great question at a meeting, nobody had thought about this. So chuffed!
- Started to unpick a previous project and learn from the mistakes, delays and reflect. My next step is to involve other stakeholders using “psychological safety” model in a meeting.
- We have had an issue the last couple of weeks with a delay in data appearing in our data warehouse. With help from national colleagues we have finally managed to locate the issue and have it fixed.
- Got a short story accepted for publication in an anthology earlier this year. Copies became available this week and I still can’t quite believe I am looking at my story in print. Wonderful feeling.
Training sessions
| Session | Date | Area | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flowcharts in Mermaid | 12:00-13:00 Thu 5th December 2024 | Skills | 🌶 :beginner-level |
Events
- 3-4pm, Mon 2nd December 2024. All welcome at the Community Meetup - our regular Monday get-together/webinar/tech demo. Full details and joining links via the community meetup channel. The theme this week is learning statistics with R. We’ll be looking at the book Learning Statistics with R as an excellent example of how R can be used as a springboard for developing statistical skills.
- 1-2pm, Tue 3rd December 2024. The Scottish Community of Data Analysts is a community of practice for those working with data in territorial NHS Boards. Next week, the presenter will be Nora Villamil Buenrostro - Predictors of DNAs for OP Paediatrics.
Book of the week
Mervyn King. 2016. The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking and the Future of the Global Economy.
ISBN 978-1408706114, Worldcat.
Colin Smith, an information analyst at NHS GGC writes to recommend this book: ‘A very interesting book from 2016. Not medical but given we’ve another potential round of ’austerity’ on the way, still relevant as to how we run the economy and fund the NHS and public services.’.