Competency information
Details
Develop a detailed functional specification through discussion with the client/users, eg clinician and/or patient and their carer
Considerations
- Relevant aspects of medical background or clinical setting
- How to elicit the clinical requirements from the client/user in a process of contract review
- Awareness of standards and models, such as British and international standards
- Awareness of importance of involving the end user in development of the specification and subsequent design stages
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Bring new items of equipment, systems, facilities and protocols into service safely and effectively |
| # 2 | Outcome Specify, design, build and bring into service pieces of equipment, using formal design processes, to be used either (a) in a biomechanical or functional assessment, including validation against current clinical methods, or (b) to meet a specific clinical need for a particular clinical problem, including measurement of performance |