Content Creator Toolkit

Nova Scotia Health's Subject Guide Collection creates clear pathways to information, reduces duplication of effort and user confusion, and standardizes evidence-based knowledge sharing within the organization and with external strategic partners (e.g. universities/colleges, community health care professionals, government, nursing homes) and patients by consolidating and curating resources for a specific audience within a defined health care topic.

There are two pathways for Subject Guide development, depending on the intended audience and purpose:

• Clinical Practice Support Subject Guide
• Subject Guides for Staff, Patients, the Public and Partner

Exceptions: 

• Operational/Administrative information is not included in the Subject Guide Collection. Local operational or business productivity processes and software (e.g. SAP, Time Capture, Teams) are hosted through internal systems supported by IM/IT (e.g. Learning Management System, The Compass, SharePoint).
• General patient information regarding services and locations is hosted through the Nova Scotia Health public website.

A subject guide might not be the right fit if

• The resources you need to share are confidential and for employees only.
• You have not started to create or adapt existing content to support your need.
• Your information and resources are very general or directional in nature (e.g. how to get to a specific clinic as a patient).
• Your content includes Urgent documents needing a short turnaround time for posting.

You might be ready for a subject guide if you have

• Related content in development (LMS module, patient pamphlet, policy, etc.).
• Documents that do not require urgent updates or turnaround time to process.
• A number of non-confidential original content pieces (handouts, videos, etc.) across a variety of formats.
• A collection of external resources supporting education on a specific topic.

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