Modules
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Introduction to Year 2 and Year Outcomes
- Cardiorespiratory 2
- Metabolism 2
- Brain and Behaviour 2
- Human Development 2
- Human Sciences and Public Health 2
- Locomotor 2
- Cancer Week
- Moving and Handling Training
- Year 2 Lifesaver Programme
- Clinical Communication Skills
- Medicine in Society 2
- Extended Patient Contact
- Student Selected Component (SSC)
- Year 3
- Introduction to Year 3 and Year Outcomes
- Clinical Science and Professionalism (Weeks 1-3)
- Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Haematology (CR3)
- Gastroenterology and Cancer (MET3A)
- Public Health
- Endocrinology and Renal Medicine (MET3B)
- General Practice and Community Care
- Student Selected Component (SSC)
- Clinical and Communication Skills
- Year 4
- Introduction and Year 4 Outcomes
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Child Health
- HIV & Sexual Health
- Musculoskeletal
- Health Care of the Elderly
- Neuroscience
- Dermatology
- General Practice and Community Care
- Psychiatry
- Ear, Nose and Throat
- Global Health and Ethics
- Ophthalmology
- Clinical & Communication Skills
- Student Selected Component (SSC)
- Year 5
- Introduction to Year 5 and Year Outcomes
- Teaching Week 1
- Teaching Week 2
- Anaesthesia & ITU (AN & ITU)
- Breaking Bad News
- Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Community Care
- Doctors as Teachers and Educators (DATE)
- Emergency Medicine (EMERG MED)
- General (Internal) Medicine (G(I)M)
- Immediate Life Support (ILS)
- Student Assistantship
- Simulation
- Surgery
- Student Selected Component (SSC)
- Year GEP 1
Year 5 : Simulation
Teaching Material for this Module
Introduction
The simulation training day is provided by Barts Health Simulation Centre and serves as preparation for your future F1 role and has the following aims:
• Consolidate acute care skills
• Translate theoretical knowledge into practical transferable skills
• Practice managing medical emergencies through simulation
• Introduce the concept of crisis resource management
Sessions
- Station 1: Intravenous Infusions
Teaching Material for this Session
- Demonstrate the correct procedure for unwrapping & checking products to be used.
- Demonstrate the correct procedure for piercing fluid bag.
- Demonstrate the correct procedure for running through fluid.
- Demonstrate the correct procedure for eliminating air.
- Demonstrate the correct procedure for connection & securing to cannula.
- Demonstrate the correct procedure for use of pressure bag.
- Demonstrate the correct procedure for adding drugs to fluid & use of additive labels.
- Demonstrate the correct procedure for delivering more than 1 infusion via same cannula (compatibility, pH)
- Demonstrate the correct procedure for selection of correct giving set.
- Station 2: Oxygen
- Simulated Scenarios
- Use a structured approach.
- Conduct a patient history & examination.
- Institute appropriate monitoring.
- Review available information.
- Formulate a working diagnosis.
- Request appropriate investigations.
- Prescribe medications accurately & safely.
- Instigate immediate management.
- Demonstrate effective team working & communication.
- Call for appropriate senior help.
- Present an accurate handover to senior staff.
- Reassess & evaluate the effectiveness of treatment.
- Promote infection control & patient safety.
- Manage emergency situations effectively & safely.
- Use recognised protocols & guidelines where appropriate.
- Station 3: Drugs
Teaching Material for this Session
- Demonstrate the correct procedure for checking drug (chart, wrist band, allergies).
- Demonstrate the correct procedure for drug preparation.
- Demonstrate the correct procedure for selection of correct type & volume of diluent (displacement volumes).
- Demonstrate the correct procedure for drug administration.
- Demonstrate the correct procedure for safe disposal of sharps & waste.
- Demonstrate the correct procedure for completion of drug chart.
- Demonstrate the correct procedure for drug compatibility.
- Demonstrate the correct procedure for ensuring patient comfort & safety.
- Demonstrate the correct procedure for use of mini-jets.
- Demonstrate the correct procedure for safe handling of glass ampoules.
