Outcomes
Outcomes for year three of the Network (October 2009 to October 2010)
At the national meeting held by the Scottish Clinical Skills Alliance and hosted by NES on 21 November 2008, members from the three regional consortia met in breakout groups to discuss the long, medium and short-term priorities for clinical skills in their regional, and nationally.
In addition to the CS MEN outcomes listed below, each Regional Champion will be facilitating an action plan for their region, using Key Performace Indicators agreed for 2010. Visit the pages for the North, West and South and East to read more, or download a full list of our KPIs.
Outcome 1: Addressing priorities for standard multi-professional skills
- 1A): Collate new resource packs: each Regional Champion will be responsible for ensuring particular packs are operational through the network in collaboration with key stakeholders in their area
- 1B): Continuously update database of current skills provision in Scotland developed in earlier years, and make information available through CS MEN website
Outcome 2: Implementation of explicit quality assurance system
- 2A): Roll out the QA self-assessment questionnaire for skills providers
- 2B): Development/collation of common educational resources for agreed core clinical skills: develop multi-professional evidence based skills resources
Outcome 3: Development of the network
- 3A): Further develop the three regional consortia: West, North and South and East
- 3B): Co-ordination of research and development priorities
- 3C): Continue with communication strategy established in year 1 (reports, newsletters and website)
Outcome 4: Pilot of mobile clinical skills unit to deliver simulation based education to remote and rural settings in Scotland
- 4A): Co-ordination of pilot of mobile skills unit (the 2-year pilot ends December 2010)
- 4B): Complete evaluation of the feasibility of the mobile unit
Outcome 5: Work towards better value-for-money in clinical skills education
- 5A): Implement mechanism for communication/information/resource sharing between people developing packs in the same skills in different locations
- 5B): Development and trial of system for equipment sharing
- 5C): Start working towards increasing transferability of skills (by audit/case studies of current practice, investigate costs of duplication of education, and begin research towards passport system for nationally recognised skills)
