Poster for H818 Conference 2021
My project idea was to look at how feasible it is to try and teach clinical / practical skills to nurses and healthcare assistants using a video link rather than face to face teaching and demonstration.
The link for my multi-media poster is:https://youtu.be/99al-yGVl-Q
Abstract for poster presentation 15th February, 8.45-9pm London time (http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/OU-H818/ )
All registered healthcare professionals are required to maintain their skills and competency in order to maintain their registration with their Professional body, such as the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), General Medical Council (GMC), etc.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC), who are the regulatory body for services that deliver health and social care in England and Wales and Skills for Care (a registered charity who work as a delivery partner with the Department of Health) have commented that training may be delayed due to the prioritising of care delivery, however, providers (of care) should still “make every effort to ensure that their staff are competent, confident and skilled in providing safe care” (Skills for Care, 2021). They also recommend that face to face training is stopped during the current lockdown; this has been their recommendation since March 2020.
This leaves a dilemma for those who deliver and require clinical and practical training; how can you teach someone to perform a practical task, that may have severe consequences for a patient if not done correctly, via a virtual medium.
The aim of the project is to develop a method where we can safely and effectively deliver invasive, clinical skills training virtually, and remain cost effective in the health and social care industry.
The presentation will consider reasons for choosing this subject, and a brief overview of the current situation in the health and social care training industry; methods used so far, trainer and learner feedback, compared to feedback from more traditional presentation methods. Consideration will be given to use of open access online modules as an additional resource to the learners and the impact of this on the learner’s experience. As the project develops, the methods used for remote delivery will expand from using simulation mannikins to Artifical Intelligence simulation, an outline of how we see this working will conclude the presentation.
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References:
NMC (2021), Covid-19 and Revalidation [Online] https://www.nmc.org.uk/covid19-revalidation (last accessed 23/1/21)
Skills for Care (2021) Covid-19, Essential Guidelines [Online] Available at https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/About/News/COVID-19-Essential-training.aspx (last accessed 23/1/21)
Conference presentation at 8.45-9pm, GMT, 15th February at (http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/OU-H818/ )