Training courses and resources.

NHS England Becoming Simulation Faculty

Becoming Simulation Faculty is a national programme supporting the development of a multiprofessional faculty of educators, practitioners, technicians and managers from higher education institutions and NHS organisations who want to design and deliver simulation and immersive learning. This programme also recognises the capabilities required by colleagues interested in applying simulation and immersive technologies to patient safety and quality improvement workstreams.

The programme is designed to support colleagues across healthcare organisations as they explore teaching with simulation and immersive learning approaches, and to provide a platform on which further local training can be based. After completing the programme, colleagues will have evidence of professional development in this field that can be used to help focus further attainment of skills and practise, as well as within personal portfolios for appraisal purposes.

The North East Simulation Network recommend that anyone interested in utilising simulation based education complete the online Becoming Simulation Faculty modules before attending any face to face Introduction to Simulation or debriefing training. Some centres will require completion certificate prior to attendance. https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/760529

At present the national programme workshop is still in development for our region and a train the trainers event is being held in January 2025.

Details of the local simulation centres and available training are found below.

Following completion of an introduction to simulation course, it is highly recommended that educators should have the opportunity to practice debriefing with peer support. Each centre has multiple multiprofessional opportunities to facilitate this and would welcome this with a variety of training opportunities each centre is involved with – please do not hesitate to contact your centre manager or simulation lead for how to get involved.

Below is a list of training courses delivered at our North East Simulation Centres.

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All things debriefing (Full day)

Course information

The North East Simulation Network (NESN) is delighted to announce that we have organised further training days for the 'All Things Debriefing' course in association with CAE. There are 20 places per workshop available and these are fully funded by the Faculty of Patient Safety.

The course is available to those, from any professional background, that have completed an 'intro to sim' course at one of the NESN centres or Higher Education Institutes (HEI) within the last 5 years.

'All Things Debriefing' is a fantastic opportunity to develop or refresh your debriefing skills under the guidance of expert faculty.
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Course information

Simulation Faculty Development Course (1 Day)
This course is for staff with a significant training or teaching role that includes simulation-based education or who wish to develop such a role.
• For those who have some simulation and debriefing experience
• Human factors & Non-Technical Skills
• Creating scenarios and learning objectives
• Afternoon dedicated to debriefing and good practice
• Scenario practice

Half Day Debriefing (1/2 Day)
Aimed at those who have previous simulation experience.
This session will help you:
• Practise some key skills that can help improve reflective debriefs
• Structure your debrief
• Gain confidence in debriefing areas outside your own expertise!
It is not a session that contains lots of high-fidelity simulation as we want to focus our time on the art of debriefing rather than the delivery of sim more broadly.

Nu2Sim (1/2 Day)
This course is aimed at all healthcare professionals who are interested in simulation and have little or no previous experience. This half day Nu2Sim training course is to introduce you to simulation and the technology in easy steps.
The course objectives will enable you to utilise the manikins and the software to get the most out of your simulated scenarios.
• Course includes:
• Facilities introduction
• SimMan introduction
• Software Introduction
• Scenarios set up
• How to run scenarios
• Basic programming

Contact us:
Email: DASH@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Phone: 01670 529282 / 01670 529730
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Course information

The train the trainer day is an introduction to facilitating a sim session and developing a sim course at Newcastle Hospitals Trust. The course is primarily for Clinical Educators and medical faculty who are involved in the delivery of training at Newcastle Hospitals, but is open to anyone with an interest in simulation-based education - please get in touch using the contact information below if you have any questions about enrolling on the course.
Topics covered:
• What is simulation and how can it be used in a healthcare setting?
• Theory behind and evidence for simulation based education.
• An introduction to human factors and how they apply to the clinical environment.
• An introduction to the manikins, moulage and other resources we have on offer in the Trust and how they can be used in your teaching.
• The fundamentals of writing a scenario and how get the most out of your simulation session.
• The use of debriefing in simulation, best practice for facilitating a debrief and different models of debriefing that are available.
The day also involves a practical session where you will put into practice what you have learned with your classmates, running a simulated scenario for a candidate.
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Contact us:
nuth.simulation@nhs.net
0191 21 38129