Continuing Professional Development & Education

Margaret A Connolly

Developments over Last year• Analysis of previous educational

calendar• Re-organisation of Department

Function & Staff remit • Benchmarking programmes with

other Divisions• NES accreditation of IV Drug &

Cannulation/Venepuncture• Working Party IV Drugs &

Cannulation/Venepuncture• Next phase

Analysis of Education Calendar

• Evaluation essential clinical needs vs aspirational delivery

• Delivery vs resources• Quality of Delivery• Ensured Clinical skills teaching

remained a priority• Liased with appropriate

stakeholders re developments

Department Function & Staff Remit

• 12/04-2WTE Lecturing staff & 2 secretaries with vacancies

• Spring 05 appointed Grade 4 Trudy Clark, administrator & additional member of lecturing staff-Chris Ronayne

• Administrator organises speakers and oversees inductions programme

• RE-organised nomination process e.g Induction nominations taken at GGH

• Met with Bank Staff to estimate projected requirement

• Recruited additional secretary 0.5 09/05 Advanced practice/0.5 department

• Monthly Team meetings

Benchmarking of Existing Programmes

• Existing Programmes with other divisions at local & national level including SGD

• Induction revamped additional sessions added, practical CPR sessions for trained/untrained

NES Accreditation IV Drugs & Venepuncture & Cannulation

• Good Practice-Support

mechanism For candidates-Good ratio for

drug calculations

-Peer teaching review

-E-learning developments

• Recommendations

-Reading Materials Update

-Consider Formalising feedback on observed practice

-Formalising drug calculation assessment

-Including other professional groups

Working Party IV Drugs & Venepuncture/Cannulation

• Short-term working party Sept-Dec 05• Broad clinical representation• 4 meetings• Basing review on NES recommendations• Challenge• Meetings with pharmacy, phlebotomy

service, ICT,RTO’s, H&S, Clinical Risk Manager

• Induction of testing in IV Drugs from 01/06

Next Phase

• Audit practice in relation to cannulation

• Revamp current website Information• Apply framework to develop

programmes for other clinical skills • Engage more practitioners in delivery• NHSGG re-organisation• CPD & Education Philosophy

Any Questions