Back Module: S-BG-S4

Service Delivery and Development

Module information

Module details

Title
Service Delivery and Development
Type
Specialist
Module code
S-BG-S4
Credits
15
Phase
3
Requirement
Compulsory

Aim of this module

This module aims to introduce trainees to the concepts required for service delivery and development within healthcare services. Trainees will develop an understanding of the processes involved in setting up and maintaining a new service and integrating this into an existing laboratory management structure.

Work-based content

Training activities

# Learning outcome Training activity Type Action
# 1 Learning outcome 1 Training activities

Identify or respond to a bioinformatics service development need and make recommendations for improvement

 Type DTA Action View
# 2 Learning outcome 1, 7 Training activities

Review established practice to inform a bioinformatics service development need

 Type DTA Action View
# 3 Learning outcome 1, 2, 7 Training activities

Carry out a feasibility study by engaging with key stakeholders

 Type DTA Action View
# 4 Learning outcome 1, 2, 7 Training activities

Complete an options appraisal and cost benefit analysis for a new piece of equipment, software or health data system

 Type DTA Action View
# 5 Learning outcome 1, 2, 3, 7 Training activities

Determine feasibility and steps required to ensure compliance of a new piece of equipment, software or health data system with IT and information governance policies

 Type DTA Action View
# 6 Learning outcome 2, 3, 4, 7 Training activities

Draft a management process or project plan for a bioinformatics service development

 Type DTA Action View
# 7 Learning outcome 1, 4, 7 Training activities

Develop a bioinformatics solution through iterative development, engaging stakeholders in prototyping and testing

 Type DTA Action View
# 8 Learning outcome 3, 4, 7 Training activities

Plan and execute verification and/or validation of a service improvement or new development to demonstrate readiness for deployment into clinical service

 Type DTA Action View
# 9 Learning outcome 5 Training activities

Review a change to bioinformatics practice and assess its success and appraise the change process

 Type DTA Action View
# 10 Learning outcome 6, 7 Training activities

Plan and deliver training for a bioinformatics service development

 Type DTA Action View
# 11 Learning outcome 7 Training activities

Use existing formats and coding/classification schemes to exchange data between systems

 Type DTA Action View
# 12 Learning outcome 5, 7 Training activities

Critically appraise and present new bioinformatics methods and asses clinical use in rare disease

 Type DTA Action View
# 13 Learning outcome 5, 7 Training activities

Critically appraise and present new bioinformatics methods and asses clinical use in haematological oncology

 Type DTA Action View
# 14 Learning outcome 5, 7 Training activities

Critically appraise and present new bioinformatics methods and assess clinical use in solid tumours

 Type DTA Action View

Assessments

Complete 3 Case-Based Discussions

Complete 3 DOPS or OCEs

Direct Observation of Practical Skills Titles

  • Train another user in a routine bioinformatics task.
  • Select and demonstrate a standardised data format for data exchange.

Observed Clinical Event Titles

  • Discuss a requirement for a bioinformatics development with a stakeholder.
  • Discuss justification for a bioinformatics development with IT/information governance.
  • Present your recommendation for improvement in response to a bioinformatics service development need.
  • Advise another healthcare professional on the use of standard data formats.
  • Present a new development service to a patient group and gather feedback.
  • Assist in delivery of an EQA report.

Learning outcomes

# Learning outcome
1

Identify, design and develop services for bioinformatics to meet stakeholders needs.
2

Prepare feasibility studies and evaluate risk for developments in bioinformatics services.
3

Summarise the benefits and risks of developments in bioinformatics appropriately to stakeholders.
4

Plan to efficiently integrate service developments in bioinformatics with existing practices.
5

Critically appraise new technologies and methods objectively.
6

Prepare and deliver training to end-users for developments in bioinformatics services.
7

Practice in accordance with relevant standards and guidance.

Clinical experiences

Clinical experiences help you to develop insight into your practice and a greater understanding of your specialty's impact on patient care. Clinical experiences should be included in your training plan and you may be asked to help organise your experiences. Reflections and observations from your experiences may help you to advance your practice and can be used to develop evidence to demonstrate your awareness and appreciation of your specialty.

Activities

  1. Meet with and appreciate the role of the manager responsible for business and service development and budget management.
  2. Appreciate the interface between clinical bioinformatics and health informatics.
  3. Attend a meeting/conference where future bioinformatics methods and their translation into practice are discussed.
  4. Shadow Clinical Bioinformaticians in discussions about service development with external providers or organisation wide services.

Academic content (MSc in Clinical Science)

Important information

The academic parts of this module will be detailed and communicated to you by your university. Please contact them if you have questions regarding this module and its assessments. The module titles in your MSc may not be exactly identical to the work-based modules shown in the e-portfolio. Your modules will be aligned, however, to ensure that your academic and work-based learning are complimentary.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this module the trainee will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate the ability to identify stakeholders and capture user requirements for a service implementation.
  2. Describe the basis of economic evaluation of a health service technology and undertake a cost-benefit analysis.
  3. Critically evaluate technologies and service developments relevant to genetic and genomic testing.
  4. Apply an effective project management strategy for a bioinformatic development including a risk analysis.
  5. Demonstrate a critical awareness of the ethical and governance concerns regarding service development in the NHS.
  6. Critically evaluate guidelines and standards which are relevant to bioinformatics services including the importance of validation and accreditation.
  7. Plan and deliver training to bioinformaticians.
  8. Present proposals and reports for non-bioinformatics staff using appropriate language and formats.
  9. Describe the principles of data interoperability in the NHS and healthcare.

Indicative content

Project management

  • Project management using agile principles
  • Stakeholder analysis
  • Requirements capture

Economics

  • Economic evaluation
  • Cost/benefit analyses

Ethics and governance

  • Ethics in genetics and genomic health services
  • Governance and ethical frameworks in place within the NHS and across the public health

Genomic healthcare

  • Application of genomics to healthcare in the NHS
  • Professional societies, accreditation services and national/international projects and their role in standardisation, best practice and guidelines
  • Validation methods
  • Data representation and exchange formats, including: HL7, FHIR, XML, JSON and SNOMED-CT

Communication skills

  • Planning and delivering a training session
  • Presentation and writing for lay and non-bioinformatics audiences

Module assigned to

Specialties

Specialty code Specialty title Action
Specialty code SBI1-1-22 Specialty title Clinical Bioinformatics Genomics [2022] Action View
Specialty code SBI1-1-23 Specialty title Clinical Bioinformatics Genomics [2023] Action View
Specialty code SBI1-1-24 Specialty title Clinical Bioinformatics Genomics [2024] Action View
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