NES Physiotherapy Education Advisory Sub Group – WORKPLAN Education Related Issues National Health Boards CSP & SIGs Scot Gov HEIs & Colleges Health Board Action Progress/ Barriers Level 9: More Senior Staff Level 8: Consultant Practitioners 8.1. Senior AHPs require on-going access to Leadership skills with a regularly running or recognised leadership course. One-off and inconsistent provision makes access to developing leadership skills challenging. NMAHP Consultant meetings. Prof Doc at GCU, QMU & RGU Ayrshire & Good to Great (Band 7 to 8) Lothian’s Delivering Leadership Excellence 8.2 Access to appropriate CPD courses for consultant roles is an issue. 8.3 Encourage 5pt credit leadership courses. 8.4 Agreed minimal level of education for consultants and advanced practitioners. Level 7: Advanced Practitioners 7.1 (more senior/ specialist courses at SCQF 11) practitioners require a uniform approach to delivering specialist training in clinical areas. Currently sporadic provision especially for static staff. Standardised educational packages would be useful e.g.: X-ray training (imaging requesting) Supplementary prescribing Injection therapy these be accredited programmes?) 7.2 Discrepancy regarding Supplementary prescribing educational need & provision. There is an opportunity to use Learnpro Need to create a mechanism to identify specialism core learning and education to share resources across all boards. EDD resources to support WBL packages development PEF Programme Standards of practice to be used to meet specialised recruitment. CSP Accreditations kitemark Policy driver’s e.g. safe quality strategy and rehab framework. Post-graduate: MSc modules in prescribing, MSK, Neuro and sports rehab module. (specialist specific courses - McKenzie, Bobath) Short course in medicine management (RGU) There is a module at QMU for Radiographic Imaging for Physiotherapists (QMU) Research programmes available from HEIs Workbook for Band 5, 6, and 7 e.g. MSK, community Lothian Pain, Lanarkshire Band 5. Tayside Workbooks for Band 5, 6, 7 MSK, Community, Orthopaedics & Stroke.
QMU developing a Sup & prescribing course Level 6: Senior Practitioners Educational Priority NES CSP & SIGs Scot Gov HEIs & Colleges Health Board Action Progress 6.1 Level 6/7 (senior/specialist) practitioners require a uniform approach to delivering/ access specialist training in clinical areas e.g.: Leadership Maintaining specialist skills. Specialist clinical knowledge & skills in current best practice accessible to all 6.2 NHS need to understand the third sector and to be familiar with local services that are available Leadership Course Providing clinical courses in their special interest group, SIG. KSF – generic. Quality Strategy. Several AHP Consultant secondments PG Cert Ed at the HEIs to support provision of education locally Level 5: Practitioners Educational Priority NES CSP & SIGs Scot Gov HEIs & Colleges Health Board Action Progress 5.1 Scottish Government Policy requires a shift in staff levels from Acute to Community. Therefore, NES should support the capacity for student placement provision in Community settings. Clarification of roles. Solutions group – now dissolved? Reinstate support Big priority in line with change fund. National AHP leads for Dementia, Mental Health and Vocational rehab. Still pushing for placements. Still patchy provision of placements. Limited by capacity. AHP Actions Group? Physio representation. 5.2 Health Improvement is a growing requirement for AHPs in relation to the Quality strategy. NES should assist in identifying methods through which staff and student knowledge can be increased within budget and staff capacity, the identification Suicide prevention training. All levels in uni courses have Mental Health written in and Health Improvement. Survey and training education work – Mental Health. (Executive Summary) Poor Mental Health Provision. Level 2 Existing Pain Training. Assessment. COSMIC workshops – Champions Of Self Management In Care (COSMIC) currently in its infancy offering free training for me information)