Tool for the Assessment of Patient Education in Diabetes in Scotland ...

6. AuditThe outcomes from an educational programmeshould be regularly audited. It is acknowledgedthat specific clinical parameters are capturedon SCI-Diabetes. It is our intention that patienteducation offered, attended and completed wouldalso be recorded on SCI-Diabetes. At this stage,it is acknowledged that data cannot normally becollected regularly for people who attend a ‘oneoff’ teaching session.It is recommended that the written curriculumis reviewed at a minimum of every secondyear for its reliability, validity, relevance andcomprehensiveness although it is expected to beresponsive to new research or innovations andadapted accordingly.Each MCN should retain information on thoseproviding patient education including: name, jobtitle, qualifications that meet the skills identified forthe role of a trained educator, date of peer reviewor when self reflection was undertaken.Patient education will be undertaken in a varietyof settings and through different media e.g. telemedicine.For each venue utilized, there should beprocedures for dealing with emergencies duringprogramme delivery where possible.For each educational programme that a patientattends, specific data should be collected that isexpanded in The Tool for Assessment of PatientEducation in Diabetes in Scotland (TAPEDS).5 TOOL FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT EDUCATION IN DIABETES IN SCOTLAND