hpc
DESCRIPTION
Health Professions CouncilTRANSCRIPT
Understanding the portfolio
Organising training to meet the Standards
What is the portfolio about ?• Prepares the trainee to work safely in any
laboratory - first job, first day• could be called an extended induction• Focus on learning about
the laboratory culture and profession
aspects of governance
interpersonal skills
diagnostics working for the patient
basic laboratory investigation
The Laboratory Culture and Profession
• The laboratory infrastructure
• Lines of accountability, management, extra ordinary roles
• HPC code of practice
• Role of the BMS
• Workload management
• Service Users
Governance
Aspects of health & safety policy
hazards/risk legislationCOSHH
Aspects of quality management quality control audit incident investigation risk management SOPs
accreditation
Interpersonal Skills
• Knowing personal limits
• Communication
• Team working
• Equal opportunities
Diagnostics working for the patient
what the other lab disciplines do
case histories
pre-analytical variables
the sample journey
exposure to multi-disciplinary team meetings
their role in the jigsaw from the patient’s perspective
Basic Laboratory Investigation
• competency training
• use and maintenance of automation & equip
• basic test principles
• validation of results
• evaluation of new tests, equipment, reagents
• how all the support mechanisms work to produce a reliable result
END RESULT!!
REGISTERED GENERAL PRACTITIONER
Good understanding of how to work safely in the laboratory
Capable of working in any laboratory
Organising Training to meet the Standards
The Tayside Experience
The Portfolio
We found it :
– a complex document
– a general approach - far less emphasis on scientific training in the ‘ology’
– very different orientation of training
– mixed aspects of training in some standards
– a lot of evidence required
We Thought It Needed to be Reorganised
We prefer to teach a single topic rather than by the requirements of each standard
Training can be networked to draw in experts in the field
Topics can be taught in a seminar and extended to ALL trainees cross discipline
Organising the Competencies
6 categories Health & Safety Quality Information Technology Specimen Reception Management and Professional Laboratory Investigation
Networking of Training
Cross discipline support by Safety officers IT managers Training officers Quality managers Specimen reception managers Lab managers Lab staff
Benefits
Maximise efficiency of training by:
• asking the experts to teach their subject
• teaching a large portion of the portfolio to the trainees as a group i.e. single sessions
• sharing the burden
Generic Training Quality, H&S, IT, management &professional
are common topics delivered cross discipline
Multidisciplinary expert groups :
collaborate to produce lesson plans
+/-practical sessions
fulfil the HPC competencies
include discussion of related evidences
Discipline Specific Training
• Practical hands-on training
• Specimen Reception and Laboratory Investigation are more pertinent to each discipline and are taught in-house
Assessment of Evidence
• TBMS hands evidence to the relevant expert within discipline for sign off i.e. Data Protection Act to IT manager
• Training officer signs off each standard when it is complete
• each ensures that the work is appropriate and original
Bonuses during the process• Staff willingness to collaborate in a
multidisciplinary delivery of training
• Input from TBMSs +ve and -ve feedback 9 months to complete - best estimate
• portfolio training is a good basis for CPD record - a natural continuation
• cycle some modules for support grades
Some of the Challenges
• Persuading lab staff to shift focus in training from specialty to generic training
• explaining the portfolio ( again and again)
• defining, organising, cross referencing evidence
• maintaining momentum
It Gets Easier!