Competency information
Details
Locate and access sources of clinical knowledge and decision support and write a short report to explain how these resources can be used to improve patient care.
Considerations
- Derivation and uses of patient data for research and evidence-based practice.
- The range, purposes, benefits and potential risks of aggregating clinical data.
- Implications of computerised care pathways and clinical guidelines for patient care.
- Nature of decision support tools and how they are used to support clinical activity.
- Accessing the ‘knowledge base of health’ (scientific research, guidelines, protocols, etc.).
- The importance of coded data for clinical research, epidemiology, public health and the conduct of national audit.
- The nature and application of specific care pathways, e.g. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Pathways; Liverpool Care Pathway, Cancer Care Pathway, Map of Medicine; and local/regional/condition-based knowledge bases.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 4 | Outcome Access local and national clinical knowledge bases and care pathway guidance. |