Dated - June 3, 2015
Dear Colleague,
As a health sciences institution, RCSI handles staff, student, patient and research subject data. There is a requirement under the Data Protection Acts, for all RCSI staff to undergo data protection training to ensure compliance with these Acts.
RCSI is committed to protecting personal data in compliance with the Acts and this training is vitally important to ensure that all staff are aware of both their rights and responsibilities. This training has the full support of the Senior Management Team, to ensure RCSI is fully compliant in the area of data protection.
As many of you will have heard at last week’s Townhall Meeting, we are asking you to complete RCSI’s online data protection training by 30th June 2015. We have spent some time developing in-house an on-line training course in this area and making it interesting and interactive. Completion of the training and the quiz should take approximately 45 minutes.
At the end of the course you will be required to take a short quiz and the pass rate is 80%. You will be provided with more details on this quiz on the course launch page on Moodle.
You can take the quiz more than once, so you don’t need to worry if you fail it the first time. The tool will also be available to you as a reference point in the future.
Here are some things you need to know about the course:
- The online training can be accessed through Moodle via this link: https://vle.rcsi.ie/course/view.php?id=941 Existing users of Moodle can use their Windows username and password to access Moodle.
- First time users of Moodle should watch this short video on how to access the course: https://youtu.be/lpljs-iHfyM You will be required to use your usual Windows log in and password to access Moodle, and then use the password rcsidata to self enrol on the Data Protection course.
If you are having technical issues you can refer your query to the IT helpdesk: helpdesk@rcsi.ie or Ext: 2273.
I am also very happy to answer any general queries that you have on data protection and you can contact me on: sarajhiggins@rcsi.ie or Ext: 2425.
Don’t forget the deadline for completion is 30th June! If you complete the course by COB 15th June, your name will be added to a draw where I will select ten people at random who will win a choice of an RCSI hoodie/fleece to help you survive the Irish summer!
I will also be presenting a completion rate for each department to SMT at the end of the month to ensure that we as an organisation are fully trained in data protection principles.
The training is now live – best of luck!
Kind Regards,
Sara Jane Higgins
Records Information and Compliance Manager