Step 4 · After your course

Supervised Clinical Practice Logbook

Turn simulation practice into supervised clinical experience.

After the course, keep building your skills under supervision in your workplace. Use a log like the one below (or your own e-portfolio) to record each pleural ultrasound and chest drain you perform or assist with, and ask your supervisor to review it.

DateProcedure and indicationUltrasound findingsYour roleSupervisorReflection or feedback

Next steps towards competence

  • Supervised clinical chest drain insertions
  • Workplace-based assessments, such as DOPS
  • Regular pleural ultrasound practice and review of your images
  • Your local competency framework and sign-off
  • Ongoing review with experienced supervisors
Practise within your competence
Follow your employer's pleural procedure policy and local credentialing requirements. This course does not authorise independent chest drain insertion where local approval is required.

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