Training activity information
Details
Take part in the management of community acquired infectious diseases for groups that have been under-served and/or have experienced health inequality
Type
Developmental training activity (DTA)
Evidence requirements
Evidence the activity has been undertaken by the trainee.
Reflection on the activity at one or more time points after the event including learning from the activity and/or areas of the trainees practice for development.
An action plan to implement learning and/or to address skills or knowledge gaps identified.
Considerations
- For example, prisons, homeless hostels, women’s refuge, street homeless, detention centres, people who inject drugs and refugees
- Impact on sampling in complex situations
- Management and outcomes
- Ethical considerations including consent and capacity
- Importance of field work
- Adaptation of communication skills for the audience
- Commissioning services and targeted interventions
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 7 |
Outcome
Practice in partnership with health protection and field services teams in the routine management of infectious diseases and surveillance of notifiable pathogens and diseases and in response to outbreaks and incidents |