Infection Prevention and Control in Children & Young People (GOSH/LSBU Partnership) (Level 7)

Overview

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This course is designed as professional development for multi-disciplinary healthcare staff to ensure best practice for infection, prevention and control (IPC) and apply that to Children and Young People (CYP). The module content provides the learners with specialist paediatric IPC knowledge and skills. 

Aims of the module:

•  Facilitate learning and enhance knowledge of infection prevention and control to improve clinical practice in a paediatric setting.

•  Analyse the value of learned information and apply data related to cause and spread of infection.

• Develop an improvement strategy to assist with the management of the burden of healthcare associated and acquired infections. 

Available as a standalone module:Yes 

Attendance: For attendance information, please see the top of this page or click on "APPLY NOW" to see attendance dates. Please note, if the module is full or closed for the intake(s) this academic year, dates may not appear. 

Typical intake(s): Semester 1, Semester 2

Venue: GOSH

Entry requirements:

Healthcare professionals who are currently working in a healthcare setting with paediatric patients. Evidence of level 6 study.

Pre-Requisites:N/A
Career benefits:

This module provides essential knowledge of infection, infection prevention and control in paediatrics. By using critical analysis and examining core components of infection prevention and control, multi-disciplinary healthcare-workers will develop skills in improvement strategies and data interrogation ensuring best practice in IPC in relation to paediatrics.  

It is essential for healthcare professionals to inform policy; this module will enable appraisal of evidence which will shape clinical guidelines and frameworks in IPC management in the paediatric setting

Assessment

Formative assessment:

Peer presentation on IPC improvement plan. 

Summative assessment:

30 minute Viva-Voce of quality improvement project related to infection prevention and control practices in the student’s area of practice

Learning outcomes:

Knowledge and understanding

• Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of microbiology and virology in relation to the control of infection including cause, spread and chain of infection

Intellectual skills

• Critically review the evidence base for paediatric IPC management, new and emerging infections, prevalence and epidemiology in paediatrics and the relation to the immune system and pathogenesis of infection within the Child and Young Person. 

• Critically evaluate the evidence base from healthcare-associated infections to formulate a strategy to reduce the burden of infection across health & social care

Practical skills

• Develop evidence based management strategies for infection prevention and control practices locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.

Transferrable skills

• Critically interrogate data from audit and surveillance including incident investigation and root cause analysis to inform quality improvement.