Transcript Good ratio for drug calculations

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
• Recommendation
s
-Reading Materials
Update
-Consider
Formalising
feedback on
observed practice
-Formalising drug
calculation
assessment
-Including other
Working Party IV Drugs &
Venepuncture/Cannulation
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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