Remote and Rural Healthcare Education Alliance

The morning session will provide an overview of the national and international remote, rural and island healthcare education and research initiatives and will describe how these align to the Scottish Multidisciplinary Remote & Rural Advanced Practitioner Educational Pathway. 

The afternoon session will provide an opportunity for delegates to review the draft Scottish Multidisciplinary Remote & Rural Advanced Practitioner Educational Competencies and provide feedback to RRHEAL.   

Click on the links below to view the following background reports:

• The Remote and Rural Advanced Practice Educational Pathway report (July 2019) provides detail of the Remote and Rural national and international background context, the rationale for the development of this programme of work and the consultation work that RRHEAL has undertaken with national and international Universities. 
• Developing a Remote and Rural Advanced Practitioner Educational Pathway in Scotland: Summary of Stakeholder Consultation report (November 2019), gives an overview of the results of the focus group sessions undertaken in all NHS Remote and Rural Board areas and provides further evidence for the development of a standardised, multidisciplinary rural advanced practice educational pathway in Scotland.

• Remote & Rural Adanved Nurse Practitioner Report (2013) Rural Teams RNP Final Report. Mapping of advanced level nursing competencies to support the development of the Rural Nurse Practitioner role. The purpose of this report is to consider skill clusters and competencies that may be required by an advanced rural nurse practitioner working across community and hospital settings. It is anticipated that the report will act as a catalyst for both remote, rural and island boards and their education providers, to discuss, develop and deliver education and training that will be required to support and maintain these roles.

• RRHEAL Rural Advanced Nurse Practitioner Education Needs Report (2017) As part of ongoing work to help develop accessible, affordable and sustainable education and training, the Remote and Rural Healthcare Educational Alliance (RRHEAL) sought to explore the specific education and training priorities for rural Advanced Nurse Practitioners (rural ANP). This was in the context of persistent enquiries from territorial NHS Boards seeking efficient routes to both develop and maintain the knowledge and skills of such staff. NHS Highland developed an inventory of education and clinical skills needs in the context of rural ANPs. With helpful permission, RRHEAL further developed this inventory into two skills matrices for: Core education needs of ANPs: Specific Paediatric education needs.