Mobile Skills Unit Update
A very busy month for the Mobile Skills Unit! At the start of May the MSU arrived at Mull & Iona Community Hospital on the Isle of Mull. Nursing, medical, social care and SAS staff benefited from training in clinical scenarios, speech and language training sessions, PICC line training, palliative care and obstetric emergencies.
The Mobile Skills Unit began its annual tour of the Western Isles. First stop was the Isle of Barra. Nurses, GPs, paramedics, fire and rescue and the coastguard came together for EMRS recognition of seriously injured/sick child and paediatric emergencies. The Scottish Centre for Simulation and Clinical Human Factors also delivered the two day Mobile Skills Unit faculty development course. It was the third course of 2024 but the first ever course to be run on the Island!
Next stop on the tour was the Uist & Barra Hospital in Benbecula. Activities included an EMRS liaison visit, Scottish maternity & neonatal course, chest drains and psychiatry simulation course.
The unit then travelled on to the Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway for more psychiatry sim, core suturing skills and lots more!
For further information about the Mobile Skills Unit and future MSU faculty development course dates please visit the MSU pages on the CSMEN website.
Edinburgh Napier University Simulation & Clinical Skills Centre
The CSMEN team held our quarterly review meeting at Edinburgh Napier University Simulation and Clinical Skills Centre. Professor Cathel Breen kindly gave us a tour of the excellent facilities and we met with some of the centre staff. We were impressed with the simulated home environment where we had the opportunity to observe teaching in progress. We were also delighted to see the extensive range of equipment and learn how the centre benefits students from a range of disciplines.
CSMEN are very interested in visiting other simulation centres in Scotland. If you would like to host a us, please contact csmen@nes.scot.nhs.uk
Funding applications for the Multidisciplinary Rural Advanced Practice (RAP) MSc Programme 2024
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) are providing funding for 10 Scottish Rural Nurses and AHP Practitioners currently working within Remote, Rural & Island Primary and NHS Community Care (this may include those who work in community hospitals and cover primary care services) to undertake the RAP MSc programme being delivered by the University of the Highland & Islands (UHI).
The closing date to apply to NES for RAP funding is Friday 31st May 2024.
The prerequisite to apply for a NES funded place is that practitioners will have already completed Clinical Assessment and Non-Medical Prescribing Modules, (these can be held at either SCQF level 9 or 11), which will enable entry into year 2 of the programme. Practitioners may exit the programme after year 2 with a Diploma in RAP or may choose to continue into year 3 and complete the full MSc RAPProgramme. Please note, only if places and funding allow, we may support some learners with NMP and Clinical Assessment Modules, on the understanding that they will complete to a minimum of year 2, P.G. Dip in RAP.
Receipt of NES funding is conditional on successful application for the UHI Rural Advanced Practice MSc. Please note the closing date for applications for the UHI Rural Advanced Practice MSc is Friday 21st June 2024. Early completion of the UHI application process to confirm your suitability to undertake the UHI Rural Advanced Practice MSc is advised.
To apply for the MSc in Rural Advanced Practice, you will require to meet the University of Highland & Islands admissions criteria. Please contact the programme lead: Dr Clare Carolan at clare.carolan@uhi.ac.uk for further information.
To apply for funding from NES please click on this link to complete the questionnaire https://forms.office.com/e/LAn8tRX61r
The NCRRHC Team
Greening the Scene Workshop – Sustainable Simulation in Healthcare
BASICS Scotland Update
A summary of how BASICS Scotland has contributed to clinical education across Scotland.
Please refer to the BASICS Scotland website for all 2024 course dates.
DIHS Scotland Update
DIHS Surgical Skills Centre, Level 5, Ninewells Hospital are excited to announce their second Cadaveric Open Radical Cystectomy and Urinary Diversion Surgical Skills Course run by Mr Mustafa Nandwani, to be held on 24th – 25th September 2024. For all information including an online registration form, please visit the website.
SCSCHF Update
Please refer to the SCSCHF website for all course dates
Conferences
The Scottish Sim Safety Summit 12 July – Larbert
