March 2010 Conference Workshops

As well as plenary sessions delegates will be able to attend smaller parallel run workshops. To ensure that no single session is over-subscribed, delegates are asked to choose one workshop, for both the morning and the afternoon, from the list below. Please email your choice to David Marston.

Morning Workshops

  1. Distributed Simulation – A versatile portable platform for immersive trauma training – The team from Imperial College London, led by Dr Roger Kneebone, give a live demonstration using actors, surgical simulators and a simulated learning environment. Repeated in the afternoon.
  2. Simulated Patients and Consultation Skills: Making the most of a valuable resource – Annie Cushing, Head of the Clinical and Communication Skills Unit at Barts and the London explores the educational potential of using simulated patients; the use of reflection in action and reflection on action; and outlines guidelines for good practice.
  3. Patient Safety-Human Factors Video Resources – following their work developing a generic patient safety-human factors training module (launched at the STeLI stakeholders forum) Dr Peter Jaye, Director of Simulation & Dr Libby Thomas, Medical Education Fellow from Guy’s & St Thomas discuss specially developed video resources the general principles of human factors on patient safety.
  4. The Difficult Debrief - Dr Chris Chin, from Guy’s and St Thomas’, highlights the importance of effective debriefing within simulation-based training and examines how trainers can cope with difficult situations to ensure the benefits of the training are maximised.

Afternoon Workshops

  1. Distributed Simulation – A versatile portable platform for immersive trauma training – the team at Imperial College London led by Dr Roger Kneebone, give a live demonstration of a scenario using actors, surgical simulators and a simulated learning environment. Please note, this session is a repeat from the morning.
  2. Advanced Simulation-based Tools for Training and Assessment of Human Internal Examinations – The team from Imperial, led by Dr Fernando Bello, highlight the challenges of internal examinations that are taught almost entirely by feel and demonstrate a range of simulation-based tools for internal examinations training being developed, including Cognitive Task Analysis, enhanced pelvic models, use if pressure and trajectory internal exam
  3. 3D Online Virtual Patient Simulation – Dave Taylor, Programme Lead, Virtual Worlds and Medical Media, and Vishal Patel, Clinical Research Fellow, from Imperial College London demonstrate innovation in online healthcare learning environments and educational methodologies.
  4. Simulation-based Training Delivery In London- teams experienced in delivering simulation training discuss the practicalities and challenges faced, from developing and operating a simulation centre on a restricted budget, to creating multi-professional and foundation year training modules, to integrating simulation with a specialty’s curriculum.  Three overviews and a wealth of experience are offered by Nicholas Gosling, Head of Clinical Skills and Simulation at St George’s, Rachel Gill and the team at Whipps Cross Medical Education Training & Simulation Suite and Dr Mehrengise Cooper, Simulation Lead for the London Deanery’s Specialty School of Paediatrics

You may be able to sign up for a session at the conference, but equally your first choice may be fully booked.