Internal Reference Number: FOI_7089
Date Request Received: 24/03/2023 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 05/04/2023 00:00:00
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Request Summary: medical devices.training
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: This request relates specifically to the training (if any) that the Trust provides to its clinical staff, for example nurses, in how to correctly use medical devices. Medical Device = A medical device is any device intended to be used for medical purposes. For the purposes of this query, examples such as Anaesthetic machine, patient monitor, Infusion device, ECG Machine, defibrillator, thermometers, etc. Do employees at the trust undertake clinical end user training for medical devices? | |
| Answer To Question 1: Yes | |
| Question Number 2: Which departments or employee titles are required to undertake medical device end user training? | |
| Answer To Question 2: Clinical staff | |
| Question Number 3: How is the training provided? 鈥� Online/E-learning 鈥� In person 鈥� Combination of online & in person 鈥� Other (please state) | |
| Answer To Question 3: Online/E-learning + in person. | |
| Question Number 4: Who provides/ produces the training? 鈥� Manufacturer 鈥� Someone directly employed by the trust (please provide job title) 鈥� A third party (please provide the name of the provider) 鈥� Other (please state) | |
| Answer To Question 4: Manufacturer + someone directly employed by the trust (Medical Device Trainer). | |
| Question Number 5: What types of medical devices are subject to such end user training? | |
| Answer To Question 5: All medical devices. | |
| Question Number 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 | |
| Answer To Question 6: Kallidus Learn. | |
| Question Number 7: If you do use Learning Management Software, does it enable managers to see whether their staff are up to date with training? | |
| Answer To Question 7: Yes. | |
| Question Number 8: Is annual recertification of competence managed manually, or does your Learning Management System automatically send reminders and allocate the appropriate courses to users? | |
| Answer To Question 8: Automatically send reminders and some managed manually. | |
| Question Number 9: How much funding has the trust allocated to e-Learning in the past year? | |
| Answer To Question 9: There is no funding/cost/charge associated to having training modules on MLE. | |
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