Training activity: 10

Details

Shadow a GP or another community-based healthcare professional

Type

Observational training activity (OTA)

Evidence requirements

Evidence the observation or experience has been undertaken by the trainee.

Reflections on the observation or experience at two timepoints including contextualisation to the trainees own practice. E.g., for planned observations, a reflection before the observation and after, or for unplanned events a reflection one day after and another reflection a week later.

Considerations

• Common infections in the community
• Interactions with pathology and how lab results can impact practice
• How care is delivered in a community
• Interaction with Integrated Care Services (ICS)
• Patient centred care and support
• Antimicrobial guidelines
• Local, national and international guidelines and best practice
• Notifiable infections
• Links with other healthcare professionals
• The roles of other healthcare professionals and the multidisciplinary team involved in patient care in the community
• Infection prevention
• Specimen selection and collection, including self-collected specimens by patients

Relevant learning outcomes

#	Outcome
# 1	Outcome Explore the contribution of Clinical Microbiology in the hospital and community to patient care.
# 2	Outcome Identify the roles and relationships of the multidisciplinary team working in Clinical Microbiology in the hospital and community.
# 3	Outcome Describe the working practices of Clinical Microbiology in the hospital and community.
# 6	Outcome Compare and contrast the practice of Clinical Microbiology in the hospital and community with other specialties.