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Welcome to the Spring CS MEN Newsletter
As you can see there has been lots going on from the Simulation Publications
Bulletin to a new, bigger MSU currently being built in Manchester. We were
delighted to be at the 20th Anniversary of the Scottish Centre for Simulation and
Clinical Human Factors and have an interview with the Centre Director, Michael
Moneypenny in the newsletter.
Scroll down for the following articles:
Interview with Michael Moneypenny
National Faculty Database of Simulation Based Educators
SMEC Conference in April
SCSN Conference in June
Information on the Mastery Learning Conference
Central Funding for simulation for core surgical training
Update on Resources
Update on the MSU
STOP PRESS: Date for your diary - Next Mastery Conference - 15 August 2018
Interview with Michael MoneypennyA few questions are below but click here for the full interview.What does your day to day job at the Sim Centre entail? Everyday is different. This week I was giving a talk to the Special Operations Retrieval Team, chairing interviews, running a course for anaesthetics and intubation in the hostile environment, organising a national conference and much more. The variety is something I love about the job.What is your biggest frustration? My biggest frustration are people who see the provision of simulation as a “zero sum” game with winners and losers. This means time and effort is spent on competition and reinventing wheels rather than collaboration.What do you enjoy most? I most enjoy seeing the same lightbulb moment in others that I had when watching the Martin Bromiley video. They suddenly understand that an understanding of human factors ergonomics (through the vehicle of simulation) is key to better performance and personal wellbeing.If you were put in charge of the NHS what is the first thing you would do? Click here to reveal his answer.
Simulation Publications Update Bulletin
A new service from CS MEN developed in partnership with NES Knowledge
Services is a Simulation Publications Update Bulletin.
We have identified key individuals with expertise in topic areas or in simulation
based education to review peer abstract publications every 2 months.
For each bulletin we identify over 30 accessible articles out of over 250 to share
in each bulletin which may be of relevance to the CS MEN in NHS Scotland.
The articles may also be of use in research. These articles are from those
journals we currently subscribe to. The focus for the first bulletin was
Psychiatry and the use of simulation – Click here to see the bulletin.
If you would like to suggest a focus topic or become a reviewer please contact:
National Faculty Database of Simulation Based Educators
The national Simulation Based Educators framework has enabled a national
faculty database to be created by CS MEN.
With the Scottish Government funding the new core surgical training we need to
ensure trainers are trained to a particular standard. Using a database we can
efficiently identify where gaps in provision of trained faculty are and can use
these data to request further funding as more simulation based education
becomes a mandatory requirement in postgraduate curricula. For more
information go to the CS MEN website.
SCSN Conference
The annual SCSN Conference will be held in Glasgow Caledonian University,
on the 6th and 7th June 2018. Click here for further information.
National Mastery Learning ConferenceThe 4th National Mastery Learning conference was held in the QEUH in Glasgow on
16th April. 35 delegates attended. A compelling case was made for the teaching of
practical procedures by simulation based mastery learning, and for the need for a
national standardised programme of teaching by this method. In the morning several
delegates presented examples of mastery learning teaching programmes from around
Scotland, including examples from medicine and anaesthesia, and also cannulation at
undergraduate level.
In the afternoon delegates were treated to a lecture on ‘What is an Expert’ by Michael
Moneypenny, Director of the National Simulation Centre in Larbert. This was followed
by ‘basic’ and ‘advanced’ workshops on Mastery Learning. The ‘basic’ workshop
examined the value of using a checklist to assess performance of a procedure, and the
process of creating a checklist which is more difficult than one might think. The
‘advanced’ workshop looked at innovation in mastery learning, and how to expand the
learning experience for advanced trainees. Finally a workshop on national mastery
programmes decided on priority procedures for a national programme, and the
development of standardised material for this.
**MASTERY CONFERENCE SAVE THE DATE**
The next National Mastery Learning Conference will take place at Forth Valley Royal
Hospital in Larbert on 15th August 2018 with special guests Jeff Barsuk, David
Salzman and Elizabeth Wylie from Northwestern University Feinberg School of
Medicine in Chicago. Workshops to include: Curriculum Design, Deliberate Practice
and Standard Setting Techniques for mastery learning. If you would like more
information about the programme or the next conference, please contact Paul Fettes
Tayside Simulation Based Mastery Learning ProgrammeThe Clinical Skills Unit in Ninewells Hospital runs a Mastery Programme of
simulation based teaching of practical procedures. Teaching of practical
procedures by mastery learning is a highly effective way of improving
confidence, and competence in skill performance, and has been shown to
reduce complications, and improve patient safety.
Teaching of lumbar puncture (LP) and central venous catheterisation (CVC) is
well established. With the recent acquisition of an abdominal paracentesis
model with NES funding, ascitic drain training is also now underway, and more
procedures are in the pipeline. The program has pre-course material and
practical training sessions with targeted and specific feedback, performed on a
one-to-one or one-to-two basis. Once deemed competent at performing the skill
on a manikin, the trainee is expected to undergo supervised clinical practice,
and complete formative and summative DOPS in the procedure before being
signed off as competent for independent practice.
If you would like to find out more about the Tayside Mastery Learning
Programme please contact Paul Fettes on [email protected].
Central Funding for simulation for core surgical training
The Scottish Government has recently committed to spend £157,000 on
Simulation Based Education for surgical training. This initiative has been spear-
headed by the Medical Simulation Collaborative chaired by Prof Claire
MacKenzie, in association with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Scottish trainers have collaborated to create a two-year simulation training
package, which is aligned to the GMC approved curriculum for Core Surgical
Training. In the first year trainees will attend an introductory four-day ‘Boot
Camp’. This will advance trainees’ technical and non-technical skills and
introduce them to some aspects of remote and rural surgery. This will be
followed by attendance at a two-day Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient
course which will cover both theory and practical skills. All trainees will be lent
a laparoscopic surgical training simulator to use at home or in the workplace
with monthly simulation based teaching sessions being provided regionally.
Resources UpdateComing soon is our new Ear Care: Assessment and Irrigation Resource
which will be going live on Turas Learn and available from the Resources
section of the CSMEN website soon.
We are continuing with our resource development and review programme, with
work now started on the Intravenous Medications Administration and
Lumbar Puncture resources.
Mobile Skills Unit UpdateThe MSU continues its travels with a spring tour to Mull, Tiree, Shetland and Orkney.
This year’s MSU visit to Mull saw partnership working at its best with the first BASICS
Portfolio Project being delivered on the MSU. Trainers from BASICS Scotland and the
Scottish Multiprofessional Maternity Development Programme (SMMDP) delivered 4
days of training to local healthcare professionals which included; Cardiac
Emergencies, Trauma Emergencies, Deteriorating Patient and Obstetric Emergencies
and Basic Neonatal Resuscitation. For more information on the Portfolio Project please
click here.
The CS MEN team is eagerly anticipating the arrival of the new MSU this summer.
The new unit will be bigger than the current one with 1 pod instead of 2. We have
sought to maximize the available learning, teaching and assessment space and are
incorporating a partition within the classroom area to allow for a separate debriefing
space.
The first MSU Faculty Development Course to be delivered on the new MSU will be on
16 & 17 August, there are still some spaces left, to find out more and register click
here. The chassis has been delivered and the build is underway!
If you would like to check out the whereabouts of the MSU and see if it will be visiting
your area click on the link to view the MSU Calendar.
