Competency: 16

Details

Medical device training:

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

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