Week One - The Context for Knowledge Management

Monday 13th - Friday 17th June

Day 1: Introduction to Course

Day 2: Group Icebreaker - "Knowledge Pathologies"

Day 3: Implications of KM for LIS 

Day 4: What is Knowledge Management? (Briefing)

Day 5: Knowledge Management in Health Services

Week Two - Planning a Knowledge Management Strategy

Monday 20th - Friday 24th June

Day 6: Buddy exercise - Reflections on case study

Day 7: Guided Reading on Knowledge Management

Day 8: Components of a KM Strategy (Briefing)

Day 9: The Knowledge Audit

Day 10: Identifying Knowledge Champions (Individual Exercise)

Week Three - Knowledge Management Tools - Part 1

Monday 27th-Friday 1st July

Day 11: Knowledge Mapping (Group Discussion/Self-Directed Exercise)

Day 12: Are you ready for KM? (Self-Assessment Exercise)

Day 13: Environmental Scanning (Individual Exercise)

Day 14: Classifying & Coding Knowledge (Briefing)

Day 15: Quiz

Week Four - Knowledge Management Tools - Part 2

Monday 4th-Friday 8th June

Day 16: Exploiting the Intranet (Group Discussion/Self-Directed Exercise)

Day 17: Creating a Skills Directory

Day 18: KM Resource Break (Individual Exercise)

Day 19: Knowledge Harvesting (Reading & Reflection)

Day 20: Competition - The Quest for Knowledge 

Week Five - Selling the Benefits and Evaluation

Monday 11th-Friday 15th June

Day 21: Communities of Practice (Briefing)

Day 22: NeLH Specialist Libraries as Communities of Practice

Day 23: Creating a Communities of Practice 

Day 24: Selling the Benefits of KM (Individual Exercise)

Day 25: Evaluating your KM strategies

Week Six - The Way Forward

Monday 18th - Friday 22nd June

Day 26: Knowledge Transfer and Knowledge Brokers

Day 27: Competition results

Day 28: Action Plan (Individual Exercise)

Day 29: Course Summary (Reading & Reflection)

Day 30: Quiz results and Course Conclusion

Week Eight - Submission

1st August- 5th August

Day 40: Portfolio Submission