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Infection Prevention & Control: Resources

ANTIMICROBIAL USE AND RESISTANCE IN AUSTRALIA

https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/antimicrobial-use-and-resistance-in-australia/

Acknowledgment: Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP INITIATIVE

https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/our-work/healthcare-associated-infection/antimicrobial-stewardship/

Acknowledgment: Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

The Patient Safety Competency Framework

Competency frameworks constitute a blueprint for optimal performance in a given area of practice; and competency statements refer to the specific outcomes of learning. The knowledge and skill statements included in the PSCF were structured with reference to Miller’s pyramid of competence. In the PSCF knowledge statements are conceptualised as the foundation for competence. To practice safely nursing students must have a requisite level of knowledge. Next, they must know how to apply their knowledge using cognitive skills such as analysis, interpretation and evaluation. The third level of the pyramid refers to skills and behaviours, in particular showing how or demonstration of skills (for example in a simulated setting); and the fourth level refers to what the learner does with their knowledge and skills in a real-life clinical setting.

millers pyramid of competency
Figure 1: Miller’s pyramid of competency