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3. Storing Information (Usher Institute)
This badge addresses the skills required to develop your knowledge across the areas of maintaining the security and privacy of information stored within health and social care computerised systems.
This badge covers introductory issues developing and understanding of:
- Data protection and General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
- Cyber Security, Caldicott Principles and ‘blockchain’ technology.
- Access, archive and disposal of information – personal, professional and organisational.
- Interchange between devices.
You should provide a written account covering the following:
- The GDPR is for those with day-to-day responsibility for data protection and supersedes the 1998 Data Protection Act (UK). What challenges do you need to highlight in your current practice that relate to GDPR?
- What are you planning to do to improve maintenance of privacy of information whether using paper or digital devices for information gathering? (Aim and objectives)
- How will you carry out the enquiry and how are you plan to engage in the process? (Methodology)
- How will you engage with peers to engage them in the process?
None. You do not need to hold any other badges to be able to apply for this one.
You should provide a reflective account (in one of: text, video or audio) of a minimum of 500 words addressing the criteria above.
Badge issuer
The Usher Institute works with people, populations and their data to understand and advance the health of individuals and populations through innovative collaborations in a global community. It sits within the Edinburgh Medical School in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh.
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I confirm that I have read, understood and completed all the activities listed in the badge criteria and that each question from the criteria is answered in the evidence I have provided. My evidence has been written or recorded by me and I have not copied it from anywhere or anyone else. I understand that it will take 28 days for you to assess my application and that feedback cannot be provided if my application is unsuccessful.
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