Point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in European acute care hospitals (PPS)(training materials for train-the-trainers course)

These training materials may be used to offer a training for, e.g., the national coordinators for the ECDC point prevalence survey (PPS) 2016-2017  and other potential trainers for short courses at national level in EU/EEA countries.

📅 Start date: 2017 

👥 Audience: Trainers who wish to organise a training on the ECDC PPS

🎯 Objectives: The learning objectives of these trainings material are to:

  • Appreciate the aims, objectives & methodology of the ECDC PPS;
  • Identify healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) using standard ECDC PPS case definitions;
  • Understand the concept of reliability in the context of the ECDC PPS;
  • Enter EU PPS data in and export data from the HelicsWin.Net software package;
  • Describe the best approach, organisation and training techniques to deliver a short course on the ECDC protocol for PPS targeting hospital staff / data collectors;
  • Describe and discuss the principles of and approaches to training with adult learners and the importance of learning styles;
  • Critically evaluate the training approaches for working with groups, including questioning strategies to ensure engagement and understanding;
  • Identify and utilise approaches to evaluation of training.