trainee at the beginning of the module and regularly thereafter in order to set learning objectives and targets for skills acquisition for the forthcoming few months as well as review progress of the previous period. Acquisition of practical skills at the clinical placement Supervised practical training with the trainer aims to achieve the skills specified in the logbook. The following factors need to be taken into consideration Pre-existing experience in gynaecological ultrasound. Availability of training opportunities for both trainers and trainees. Practical training would include at least 60 directly supervised scans. It is likely that many of the available training sessions would fall within special interest sessions of a consultant gynaecologist or the early pregnancy assessment unit. A variety of gynaecological problems may be encountered and the number of women seen may not be consistent as with a stand-alone ultrasound list. In other cases it may be possible for the trainee to be supervised by a radiologist or a sonographer. In such circumstances, it is the trainer’s duty to ensure that the relevant professional is suited for the task and is familiar with the training programme requirements. For this reason it is suggested that a set number of sessions, or cases per session, may not be appropriate and that the trainee should log the sessions and number of cases encountered to demonstrate the case-mix and that the minimum number of supervised scans should be achieved to demonstrate acquisition of the skills. Example of image anonymity Patient’s name & number concealed Hospital and Date of Scan retained
trainee at the beginning of the module and regularly thereafter in order to set learning objectives and targets for skills acquisition for the forthcoming few months as well as review progress of the previous period. Acquisition of practical skills at the clinical placement Supervised practical training with the trainer aims to achieve the skills specified in the logbook. The following factors need to be taken into consideration Pre-existing experience in gynaecological ultrasound. Availability of training opportunities for both trainers and trainees. Practical training would include at least 60 directly supervised scans. It is likely that many of the available training sessions would fall within special interest sessions of a consultant gynaecologist or the early pregnancy assessment unit. A variety of gynaecological problems may be encountered and the number of women seen may not be consistent as with a stand-alone ultrasound list. In other cases it may be possible for the trainee to be supervised by a radiologist or a sonographer. In such circumstances, it is the trainer’s duty to ensure that the relevant professional is suited for the task and is familiar with the training programme requirements. For this reason it is suggested that a set number of sessions, or cases per session, may not be appropriate and that the trainee should log the sessions and number of cases encountered to demonstrate the case-mix and that the minimum number of supervised scans should be achieved to demonstrate acquisition of the skills. Example of image anonymity Patient’s name & number concealed Hospital and Date of Scan retained
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