Competency information

Details

Medical device training:

  • Complete a competency-based training programme for a medical device
  • Shadow company representatives delivering equipment training to clinical users
  • Contribute to the delivery of training to support the use of a medical device in the clinical setting in conjunction with training officers in theorganisation

Considerations

  • How organisations develop training material for medical devices and where material is drawn from.
  • Practical approaches to delivery of training to clinical users of medical equipment, including the requirements for and approaches to record keeping.
  • The competency-based approach to training schemes.
  • The key elements required in device training to enable a generic approach to be developed to aid the trainee in writing training materials later in the training programme.

Relevant learning outcomes

# Outcome
# 3 Outcome Carry out the following device life cycle technical tasks:
  1. identify the key elements involved in a medical device procurement exercise