How has your center determined the best plan for the initial training and education of bedside ECLS specialists? Review the ELSO Guidelines. How is your plan based on the core requirements listed in the ELSO guidelines? How are learning and development needs identified and translated into your plan? Have you incorporated new techniques recently? How do you ensure that all members are oriented and competent to provide safe care to patients? How are orientation tailored for individual needs? 4.4 Do you incorporate evaluated feedback into future training plans? How do you assess a new ECLS Specialists’ competency? Is the written test comprehensive? Is an oral or performance test required? What is the passing score? Is a review process to assess the effectiveness of such a competency evaluation? If your team is perfusion based, how do you assess competency for the specific skill set of ECLS? What are your educational requirements? How do you Achieve the Criteria? (Who will answer this question?) Review Are you Meeting your Goals? (Describe barriers, opportunities, successes if applicable) Plan Criteria Do you Meet Criteria? How has your center determined the best plan for the continuing education of bedside ECLS specialists? Review the ELSO guidelines. How is your plan based on the core requirements listed in the ELSO guidelines? How are learning and development needs identified and translated into your plan? Have you incorporated new techniques recently? How do you ensure that all staff members are competent to provide safe care to patients? How do your ECLS meetings meet your educational goals? How have you incorporated water drills or simulations into the continuing education? 4.5 Do you have a mechanism to evaluate annual education needs and do you incorporate feedback into future education plans? Do you maintain attendance and educational records for review? What are the attendance requirements? Can you detail the journey of a specific ECLS Specialist from initial education through their annual education requirements for several years?
4.4 How has your center determined the best plan for the initial training and education of bedside ECLS specialists? Review the ELSO Guidelines. How is your plan based on the core requirements listed in the ELSO guidelines? How are learning and development needs identified and translated into your plan? Have you incorporated new techniques recently? How do you ensure that all members are oriented and competent to provide safe care to patients? How are orientation tailored for individual needs? Do you incorporate evaluated feedback into future training plans? How do you assess a new ECLS Specialists’ competency? Is the written test comprehensive? Is an oral or performance test required? What is the passing score? Is a review process to assess the effectiveness of such a competency evaluation? If your team is perfusion based, how do you assess competency for the specific skill set of ECLS? Review What are your educational requirements? How do you Achieve the Criteria? (Who will answer this question?) Plan Are you Meeting your Goals? (Describe barriers, opportunities, successes if applicable) Criteria Do you Meet Criteria? 4.5 How has your center determined the best plan for the continuing education of bedside ECLS specialists? Review the ELSO guidelines. How is your plan based on the core requirements listed in the ELSO guidelines? How are learning and development needs identified and translated into your plan? Have you incorporated new techniques recently? How do you ensure that all staff members are competent to provide safe care to patients? How do your ECLS meetings meet your educational goals? How have you incorporated water drills or simulations into the continuing education? Do you have a mechanism to evaluate annual education needs and do you incorporate feedback into future education plans? Do you maintain attendance and educational records for review? What are the attendance requirements? Can you detail the journey of a specific ECLS Specialist from initial education through their annual education requirements for several years?
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