STeLI is supporting the development of highly trained clinical facilitators to lead the integration of simulation into multi-professional clinical training.

The Course

Trainers can begin to acquire the key skills not only to develop better simulation training and non technical skills competence, but also to coach their colleagues effectively whilst in their normal course of duties. The Trust is offering a programme that gives trainers not only enhanced instructional and facilitation skills to manage simulation sessions and human factors issues, but also enhances their own personal human factors knowledge and non technical skills – such as communications, teamworking, leadership, workload management, situation awareness, problem solving and decision making.

What is simulation faculty development?

The London Deanery is working in partnership with the recently established STeLI Faculty Development Centres to deliver advanced ‘Training the Trainers’ courses.

Different Courses suit different levels of experience and all are run by experienced facilitator trainers and healthcare professionals.

These Courses equip facilitators with the ability to provide effective debriefing of complex professional behaviours to individuals and teams.

In preparation for full immersion training facilitators will develop advanced observational, communication and feedback skills, in particular around non-technical and crisis resource management skills. This allows learners to develop increased self-awareness and insight into complex team and individual professional behaviours.

All STeLI Faculty Development courses emphasise the important principles of safe patient care and focus on complex aspects of clinical practice by highlighting human factors in general and crisis resource management skills in particular.

The London Deanery’s STeLI Faculty Development courses are available free of charge and exclusively for facilitators training London Deanery trainees at NHS Trusts affiliated with the London Deanery

Testimonials

Quotes from STeLI Faculty Development feedback forms:

“Made me far more aware of how I learn and therefore how to support others learning needs”

“This was a great session…I learnt how to ‘depersonalise’ the debrief session, to remove the ‘humiliation factor’ and to use the ‘key points’ of discussion…”

“Very enjoyable, stimulating and relevant to me as a simulation instructor.”

“Human Factors have a major impact in crisis situations.”

“Detailed, effective debriefing can help identify complex issues relevant to patient safety and help formulate preventive behaviour.”

“Effective teamwork, communication and insight are central to crisis resource management.”

“Fantastic opportunity – learned so much and have extrapolated the skills I have learnt into my daily clinical practice.”

“Overall one of the most useful courses I have attended and [with] real application to practice.”

Upcoming 2-Day Courses at the UCH Education Centre, 250 Euston Road:

To apply for a the FREE course contact: chris.betts@uclh.nhs.uk

The UCH Education Centre has launched a new safety programme to support the implementation of the World Health Organisation (WHO) checklist in operating theatres. It involves theatre teams simulating the use of the checklist.

The checklist is part of a major drive to make surgery safer and aims to reduce the risk of avoidable complications and deaths as a result of surgery.

The checklist identifies three main phases of operation, each corresponding to a specific period in the normal flow of work: before the induction of anaesthesia (“sign in”), before the incision of the skin (“time out”) and before the patient leaves the operating room (“sign out”).

In each phase a checklist coordinator must confirm that the surgical team has completed the listed task before it proceeds with the operation.

The “sign in” phase, guarantees the coordinator has checked whether the surgical site on the patients body was properly marked and whether the patients known allergies were checked.
The “sign out” phase, guarantees instruments, sponges and needles have been counted to check that none of these is accidentally left behind in the patient’s body.

On the 1st September 2009 a team from UCLH theatres used the simulation theatre to pilot the WHO checklist course which will be rolled out Trust wide as mandatory training.

It is essential that simulations are as realistic as possible and the involvement of the full team is required to achieve this. Successful implementation is about creating the right attitudes and behaviours within the team.
Simulated learning allows this to be developed in a safe and realistic environment.

For more information please contact Loxley Matthews on 020 7380 9113 or email :education.centre@uclh.nhs.uk