Developing Diabetes Educator Competences

Dr Jackie Sturt

Dr Caroline Huxley

Aim

To produce a list of competences relevant for diabetes educators

Method

1. Identify and read relevant documents:

TREND: An Integrated Career and Competency Framework for Diabetes Nursing

DUK: An Integrated Career and Competency Framework for Dieticians and Frontline Staff

Royal College of General Practitioners Curriculum Statement: Teaching, Mentoring and Clinical Supervision

Metabolic Problems

NHS Education for Scotland: Trained Educator

Method:

2. Pick out education-related competences(88 in original list)

3. Review, refine and organise list

4. Discuss how to evidence competences(observation, Q&A etc)

No. Competency Reference How to Evidence?15 Discuss the importance of using available

resources and educational visual aids to all suitable resources and organisations

(DUK p.18, 30) Identify available resources: Q & A?

Diabetes Educator Competences

Sub-heading Total Knowledge Skill

Delivery of diabetes education 18 9 9

Audit/research of diabetes education 4 1 3

Quality Assurance of diabetes education 2 0 2

Education of trained educators 5 0 5

Management of diabetes education 3 3 0

Total 32 13 19

Task

Blue (competences 1, 5, 10)

How would you evidence the competence?

Handout: Delivery competences

Red (competences 3, 7, 17)Critique the competence