Emergency Practical Skills Course: Essential Procedures for Acute Care Trainees
This practical, one-day workshop is aligned with the 2021 RCEM Curriculum and is specifically designed to support clinicians in achieving Specialty Learning Outcome (SLO) 6: ‘Proficiently deliver key procedural skills needed in Emergency Medicine’. The course provides structured, hands-on experience in emergency procedures that are time-critical, life- or limb-saving, and occasionally performed for the first time in practice after training.
Specification and Relevant GPC Domains
SLO 6 recognises that Emergency Medicine physicians must be able to perform essential procedural skills, even when these are rare or high-stakes. This course enhances clinical readiness and ensures participants are prepared to deliver these skills confidently and safely.
- This course maps to the following Generic Professional Capabilities (GPC) domains:
- Domain 1: Professional values and behaviours
- Domain 2: Professional skills
- • Practical skills
- • Communication and interpersonal skills
- • Dealing with complexity and uncertainty
Who will benefit:
East Midlands Acute Care Trainees
Who is eligible:
East/West Midlands Trainees
Venue:
DREEAM, A Floor, West Block, QMC Campus, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH.
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Start and finish times:
09:00 – 16:00 (breaks built into the course timetable)
Refreshments:
Light lunch and refreshments provided
Emergency Practical Skills Covered
- Chest Drain Insertion (Seldinger and Open Technique)
- Large Joint Aspiration
- Lateral Canthotomy
- Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV)
Learning Outcome
By the end of this course, participants will be able to demonstrate safe and effective performance of key emergency procedures in a simulated environment, appropriate to their level of training.
Course funded by HEE
Previous Course Attendees said:
"Excellent session! Everyone had own models to practice on with lots of teaching and practical time! Absolutely loved it!”
“Excellent course with loads of hands-on experience. Knowledgeable instructors. Very valuable to my learning.”
“It was a good teaching day. I found the simulations really useful and helpful. Thank you”
“Very useful and refreshing course to the ED skills needed”
“Great course, enjoyed thoroughly!”
“Very well organised and good skills”
Timetable
How to express an interest in this course
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