National Screening Programme Trainer Frequently asked questions

							National Screening Programme
            Trainer

 Frequently asked questions


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What does it mean to be a National
 Screening Programme Trainer?
• Attend the trainer preparation day (today)
• Deliver and evaluate a series of half day
  workshops – eg three a year
• Raise local awareness of the Screening
  Choices learning materials
 The number of workshops will depend upon how many practitioners need
               to attend and the number of available trainers


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How will the training be rolled out?
Project training coordinators recruit 3-4 local training leads per SHA



               LTLs attend a special briefing day




LTLs network to continue to recruit a team of trainers per SHA patch
                   from a variety of disciplines




      LTLs organise and deliver one trainer preparation day with
             support and half-day workshops as able

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How will the training be implemented?
              LTLs develop a local database of NSPTs




 NSPTs work together to organise and deliver 2-3 half-day workshops,
        advised & supported where required by the LTLs




15 participants per half-day workshop targeting a multi-disciplinary team




          NSPTs maintain records of take up and evaluations
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 How will I know who are the other
      trainers in my area?
• Your Local Training Lead(s) have a
  database of all trainers in each SHA patch
  which will be shared with you
            (insert contact details)



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   Why liaise with other trainers?
• To exchange ideas on how to implement the
  training locally
• Agree the division of work
• Plan and co-ordinate local activity
• Share information and agree strategies to
  address local challenges
• Review local progress
• Provide peer support
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   How am I going to sell the
 programme to my colleagues?
• Enhanced quality of care offered to
  women
• Learning is potentially transferable
• The programme supports the concept of
  lifelong learning and continuing
  professional development
• Links to the other NHS strategy and policy
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       Which NHS initiatives?
                                   • NSF for children,
• Standards for better               young people and
  health                             maternity services
• Better information,              • NICE guidelines for
  better choices, better             antenatal care
  health                           • CNST maternity care
• Improving working                  standards
  lives                            • Knowledge and skills
                                     framework (KSF)
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      Who will support me?


• Regional Screening Team (Antenatal
  and Child Health)
• Local Training Leads


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What is the purpose of the half-day
            workshop?
• The workshop complements the learning
  materials available on the CD or from the
  website.
• It allows health professionals to share and
  explore difficult issues and dilemmas that relate
  to offering antenatal and newborn screening.

    It will normally last about 2.5 hours with an
               optimum of 15 participants
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 Where will I find the information I
  need to deliver the training?

• A detailed trainer’s resource pack can be
  accessed via the CD and/or the website

            www.screening.nhs.uk/cpd




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What is in the resource pack (1)
• Detailed briefing notes for you as the trainer
• Poster to advertise the workshop(s)
• Confirmation letter
• Handout with list of titles and rationales for each
  unit
• Programme for the workshop
• Aims and learning outcomes
• Registration form
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What is in the resource pack (2)
• List of ground rules
• Handout of Calgary-Cambridge model for
  Activity 2
• Materials for the various activities
• Evaluation sheet
• Evaluation summary form
• Certificate of attendance
• List of useful website addresses
• A PowerPoint presentation

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   What preparations do I need to
              make?
• Book dates and venue
• Book teaching equipment (Laptop/projector or
  OHP)
• Advertise workshops
• Receive bookings
• Send out confirmation letters and attachments
• Organise refreshments
• Organise labels, marker pens, flipcharts
• Arrange for handouts to be duplicated
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        Is there any money?
• There is no money for backfill
however
• There is a small sum of money available to
  cover the cost of refreshments – this will
  be held by the Regional Antenatal
  Screening Coordinators

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  When do I need to deliver the
     half-day workshops?
You should aim to:
• deliver at least one half-day workshop by
  the end of Dec 2005
• Plan a minimum of 3 half-day workshops
  in 2006
•
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  What local records will I need to
               keep?
Information about
• who attended each workshop and when
 (registration sheet)

• Participant evaluations (retain for 2 years)
• evaluation summaries prepared after each
  workshop

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   How will I benefit from being a
               trainer?
• Enhancement of professional profile –
  personal development plan, development
  review process
• Career enhancement – involvement in a
  national initiative
• Fulfilment of a designated education,
  training or practice development role
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    What recognition is there for
             trainers?
• We will issue a certificate of recognition
  agreed with the National Screening
  Committee Programme Director
• Local recognition as a resource on
  Screening Choices


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      Are the learning materials
             accredited?
There is no formal academic credit
 associated with the programme, but
 endorsement is being sought from:
  – relevant professional bodies
  – the National Genetics Education and
    Development Centre
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 What else can I do to promote the
 Screening Choices programme?
• Act as an ambassador for the programme
• Raise awareness at every opportunity
• Continue to “sell” the programme to colleagues
  by linking to other NHS initiatives
• Encourage colleagues to attend the workshop or
  become trainers


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                 Finally
We appreciate your commitment to being a
  National Screening Programme Trainer
     and will support and advise you.
Remember many „hands make light work‟ –
  share the responsibility and lighten your
                   load!
               Thank you!
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