2009 Conference Workshops

Please email your choice of morning and afternoon workshops to David Marston.

1140:  MORNING WORKSHOP SESSIONS
Delegates must choose in advance ONE of the following options.
Workshop 1:
Scenario Design and Conduction
Dr Peter Dieckmann

Workshop 2:
London School of Paediatrics STeLI ‘Excellence in Education’ Plans
South Thames Retrieval Service & Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
An informal, interactive workshop exploring the use of a paediatric simulator to achieve hands-on multidisciplinary learning in the clinical environment.  The workshop will be based around a simulation session as currently delivered by the team to nurses and doctors in the district general hospitals that receive the outreach education programme provided by STRS.  The workshop is intended to stimulate interest in getting equipment out of boxes and using it outside of a simulation centre and to illustrate what can and cannot be achieved in this environment.
           
Workshop 3:
Crisis Resource Management & Non-Technical Team-based Training - Dr Simon Edgar, Scottish Clinical Simulation Centre, Stirling:  "Delivery of safe, high-quality healthcare requires many different professionals to work together as a team." (CMO 2009)
Team performance relies on much more than a summation of individual team members knowledge and technical skills.
This workshop will highlight the inherent and vital part that awareness and demonstration of good non-technical skills play in quality team process.

Workshop 4:
How to Get Learner Engagement - Role Call
An advanced workshop aimed at the Trainers of Simulation scenarios and will encourage their ability to drive and direct the session and to enhance their confidence and capability during narrative work.  The session uses improvisation skills to help trainers find the flexibility within themselves to drive scenarios through and guide trainees back on track. They will find the confidence to trust their skills in an ‘on the fly’ situation.

Workshop 5:
Distributed Simulation:  Widening Access - Dr Roger Kneebone, and team from Imperial College London
Distributed Simulation (DS) is the concept of lightweight, portable clinical environments which provide many of the features of full-immersion simulation but at a fraction of the cost of static facilities. This makes contextualised simulation available to those who would otherwise be unable to access it. The workshop will introduce demonstrate the concept of DS, using a purpose-designed operating theatre, followed by a critical discussion.

1445:  AFTERNOON WORKSHOP SESSIONS
Delegates choose in advance ONE of the following options.

Workshop 1: 
London School of Paediatrics Case Study - STeLI Excellence in Education Plan: Development of the plan - Claudine De Munter, Imperial College London

Workshop 2:
Crisis Resource Management & Non-Technical Team-based Training- Dr Simon Edgar, repirse of the morning session.

Workshop 3:
Bringing Crisis Resource Management to Life - Interactive Learning on Interaction - Dr Peter Dieckmann

Workshop 4:
Behaviour Observation - Role Call.
An advanced workshop for Trainers of Simulator Scenarios to learn key directing skills for scenarios delegates will use a variety of areas to focus on including verbal and non-verbal situations, script work and scene direction.  The aim is to empower the Trainer to recognise typical behavioural problems when directing a scenario and to find an effective solution that can be communicated clearly.

Workshop 5:
Hybrid simulation and the assessment of procedural skills - Dr Roger Kneebone and team.
Hybrid simulation combines benchtop simulators with Simulated Patients (professional actors) to create realistic clinical encounters for learning and assessing procedural skills. Scenarios allow a range of skills to be addressed at different levels of challenge, complementing assessment in the workplace. This workshop will demonstrate the concept of hybrid simulation, illustrate our group's use of technology for assessment and debriefing, and explore the potential of this approach within postgraduate clinical practice.