Facilitator Handbook 2005 - PRIMIS

Introduction
PRIMIS Facilitator Handbook
Introduction
The aim of the Primary Care Information Services (PRIMIS) Facilitator Handbook is to support
the information facilitator’s individual learning portfolio by introducing each of the training topics
offered as part of the PRIMIS training programme. The Handbook does not replace the need to
attend the training, but serves to prepare the facilitator for the training and give references for
additional reading which facilitators can choose to pursue, either in preparation for the training
day or for further information following the training. Detailed information on the setting up and
running of a local PRIMIS scheme is contained within the PRIMIS Guidelines.
In addition to the Facilitator Handbook and PRIMIS Guidelines there are also workbooks to
support the majority of the PRIMIS training modules. These workbooks, made available to
those attending the training, include background information and practical exercises and
scenarios, and are designed to build up a full resource for future use. A manual for the
MIQUEST data extraction software is made available separately to those attending the
MIQUEST Process training module.
This Handbook is divided into sections that mirror the training modules offered by PRIMIS, as
shown below:
PRIMIS Training Modules
• Training Needs Analysis and Scheme Management
• What Is Primary Care?
• Quality Data, Quality Outcomes
• Clinical Coding
• The MIQUEST Process
• Data Analysis, Interpretation and Feedback
• Facilitation Skills
• Annual Review
• CHART
• Action Planning and Supporting Change
• Information Governance
• Path to Paperless
• Data Quality and Patient Safety
• Supporting Quality Outcomes
• Supporting Quality Services
• Supporting Quality Review
• Primary Care Data Uses and Abuses
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