Freedom of information requests

Medical Devices Training

Questions

1. Do employees at the trust undertake clinical end user training for medical devices?

2. Which departments or employee titles are required to undertake medical device end user training?

3. How is training provided?

4. Who provides/produces the training?

5. What types of medical devices are subject to such end user training?

6. If the training is online/e-learning, what Learning Management System (LMS) does the Trust use for employee training? Examples: Moodle, Totara, Mindflash, Google Classroom.

7. If you do use Learning Management Software, does it enable managers to see whether their staff are up to date with training?

8. Is annual recertification of competence managed manually, or does your Learning Management System automatically send reminders and allocate the appropriate courses to users? 

9. How much funding has the trust allocated to e-Learning in the past year?

 

Response

1. Yes 

Advanced Practitioner

Midwife

Midwife - Specialist Practitioner

Nurse - Advanced Practitioner

Practice Nurse

Sister/Charge Nurse

Specialist Nurse Practitioner

Staff Nurse

Advanced Practitioner

Health Care Support Worker

Healthcare Assistant

Healthcare Science Assistant

Healthcare Science Associate

Nursing Associate

Physiotherapist

Speech and language therpapist

3. combination of online and in person 

4. manufacturer and someone who is directly employed by the trust 

5. Therapeutic and diagnostic devices such as infusion devices, wall and portable suction, ECG machine, bladder scanner, thermometer are examples of some of the devices. 

6. The Trust uses 'Moodle' for online training.

7.The learning management system (LMS) is used for mandatory training and for booking and recording medical device course attendance not compliance. Compliance is monitored through the medical device database eQuip. It shows percentage compliance and identifies training gaps. 

8. As per the response to the previous question, the LMS is not used to manage compliance. Our current database does not send automatic emails but that is something we desire for the near future.We are currently in the process of installing a microsite site which is an online version of the database for access to training records via the intranet. 

9. None