[Evaluation of continuous education in transfusion for professionals in hospitals and clinics].
Professional health workers need continuous update of knowledge in blood transfusion practice. To fulfill this expectation, the "Etablissement français du sang (E.F.S) Auvergne-Loire", in cooperation with the Department of Regional Affairs in Health Services in the Auvergne region, has set up a proximity-based and a dedicated continuous education course, for more than three years. The content of this update course was based upon regulatory recommendations. The course is one day long; an evaluation of the course by the teachers as well as an evaluation of the teachers' level after the course is carried out. Each course attendant is given a CD-ROM which comprises all of the presentations of the day, along with relevant law texts. We now report on our experience in teaching 127 individual professionals in eight sessions: 95% gave full appreciation. This experience reached - up to now - 53% of the public and private hospitals with transfusion services in the Auvergne region and the Loire district and 90% of structures having remote blood banks. This experience can easily be extended to other regional E.F.S. settings.
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EFS Auvergne-Loire, 25, boulevard Pasteur, 42023 Saint-Etienne, France. remi.courbil@efs.sante.fr
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D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D003479:Curriculum; D004496:Education, Continuing; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D010564:Personnel, Hospital