The underlying views relating to NHS Trust adverts represent marked differences between 'medical management' and junior doctors. For the Department of Health, NHSLA and NHS Trusts, induction is vital to ensuring new arrivals are safe, confident and effective employees. In contrast, junior doctors often view the practice as ineffective, irrelevant, an example of corporate “ticking,” and a waste of time. Despite the importance of induction, these impressions and the large amount of paid time spent providing induction suggest that there is room for improvement in current practice. Recently, several trusts, deaneries and NHS bodies such as e-Learning for Health have developed – or are in the process of developing – e-learning modules relating to key initial learning objectives. In many cases these have focused on a limited number of core skills, particularly prescribing. These modules, designed by subject matter experts, have generally been well received. But with the move to e-induction, there is a risk that the primary purpose of implementation may become cost savings; e-learning simply replicates the content of the lecture slides without the teacher. So far, the available evidence suggests that junior doctors are not inspired by online hiring. In 2008 the North Western Deanery's Foundation School initiated a project to cover all key induction topics in a single Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) package, in an effort to provide a comprehensive, standardized and high-performance e-induction programme. loyalty for all new F1 cars in the region. What follows is a descriptive account of this undertaking. Initial implementation and feedback The North West VLE (NWVLE) was developed from the Deanery's NWVLE work...... middle of document ......rs. BMJ 2006:7568, Supp p106Maxwell SR, McQueen DS, Ellaway R. eDrug: a dynamic, interactive electronic drug formulary for medical students. Br. J Clin Pharmacol. December 2006; 62(6):673-81Stanton E, Lerner C. The art of NHS induction. BMJ 2010. Vol 340 Suppl Career FocusSmith B and Congdon G. North West Virtual Learning Environment (NWVLE) Evaluation for the North Western Deanery Foundation E-Learning Medical Placement Project [PDF Summary Document]. NHS e-Learning Toolkit, 2009 [Updated 9 Jun 09, cited 18 Feb 2010] Available from: http://www.elearningreadiness.org/file_download.php?ts=1244575790&id=46Wong G, Greenhalgh P, Pawson R. Internet-based medical education: a realistic review of what works, for whom, and under what circumstances. BMC Medical Education 2010, 10:12Prensky, M. Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants. On the horizon 2001, 9:5