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WELCOME!
We hope you enjoy your time in ICM. You have a diversity of educational needs, and we hope you can get the training you want between the rich clinical case mix and formal teaching here. There are plenty of opportunities for clinical learning, procedures and supervised patient management. Below is a list of meetings and activities you can get involved in while you are here and our educational time agreement. Our biggest ask is that you practice and promote a culture of looking after each other in the team. It is a spread-out critical care service so check that colleagues aren’t swamped and share out the load if you can.
For new nurses and specific nurse teaching including STEP competencies there is a separate section under construction. More information to follow |
EDUCATIONAL SUPERVSIONYou will be allocated an ES +/- clinical supervisor. Contact the secretaries if you don’t know who you have been allocated. You should make an appointment with them in the first two weeks. Prior to the meeting, think about areas you would like to improve and projects you would like to explore. Your supervisor will discuss and agree an educational contract with you including how you will use your no-clinical time. You will then have a mid-point and end of attachment meeting (with additional meetings if required). Responsibility for arranging meetings and completion of your portfolio is your own. INDUCTION RESOURCESPlease view the central line insertion and other packages on your email or on your teams' files in preparation for clinical work and procedure training. AGREED EDUCATIONAL TIME EDT / SDT1) All colleagues have non-clinical paid hours. These are for departmental teaching/SPA/portfolio and can be delivered flexibly 2) You should agree with your ES what you will use this time for and will be expected to demonstrate your activities 3) Failure to attend departmental teaching and demonstrate SPA activities could prevent satisfactory completion of this post 4) For external SL, submit requests to ICU rota maker at least 6 weeks in advance. Where rota-makers are unable to grant SL a lieu day at a mutually convenient time may be considered when you have attended in your own time. Please ask 5) You may ask the day team if you can attend your own choice of educational activity at the following times:
| THURSDAY DEPARTMENTAL TEACHING AND MDT SIMULATIONThese are built into your rota each Thursday. MDT In-situ Simulation takes place from 13:30-14:30 in GCC (or in GCC seminar room if no side rooms). You will participate or observe. Senior trainees may be asked to help deliver. Tutorial style teaching takes place from 14:30-16:30 in GCC seminar room and via ms teams . The timetable rotates between Junior and middle grade teaching. You are most welcome to attend either session, but you must ensure the intended recipients are freed up from clinical work to attend. We expect you to attend or dial in to 60% of teaching. Your attendance is registered by completing the feedback link (you need your NHS mail portal login). Please don’t forget to do this small curtesy to your speakers! Please note, we do not expect you to attend when you are on the rota for night shift. Discuss with your ES if you are finding difficulty attending either on-duty or remotely. The links for videos of many sessions are available on the MS teams files. The timetable and feedback links are below or on your teams' files and on notice boards. Contact Dr A Hyde for middle grade program enquiries and Dr M Shaw for sim and other teaching. |
JOURNAL CLUBI-line (Dr Rob Darke and Ben Beatty) are hosting regional ICU journal club. You email vjc@a-line.org.uk to be added to the ‘team’ in order to attend and to request to present. | CLINICAL GOVERNANCE MEETINGYou can attend for education or to present audits, QI projects or new guidelines. Please contact Dr Isabel Gonzalez They occur on 2nd Wednesday of the month 12:00- 13:30. Dates are available from the Secretarial Team. | MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY REVIEWYou are expected to prepare at least one review summary while you are here. You will discuss it with your ES or CS who will submit the review to the hospital system. If you want to present it to the department, please discuss you’re your ES and ask secretaries who is leading the next meeting. |
RESEARCHThere are opportunities to understand and participate in ICU research. Please speak to Research nurses or Dr J Henning. Completing your GCP qualification is your first step (4 hours e-learning). The research team have monthly meetings. Speak to one of the team for dates. | CRITICAL CARE MULTIDISCIPLINARY REVIEWSThe general critical care MDT meets every Tuesday 13:00-14:00 in GCC seminar room for longer term patients (ask OT or senior physiotherapists). Opportunity to present or to map to MDT ICM competencies. | Trainees SHADOWING Registrars or CCOTThis should be agreed between team members where adequate cover on units can be ensured. |
MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCES FOR MIDDLEGRADES1) Daily handovers ICU seminar room POCUS/ECHOWe have a range of high-quality machines for echo and POCUS. We have supervisors and mentors in the department to support you through POCUS accreditations (contact Dr A Hyde). Mentors: AS, AH, SW, EW, DMc, MS, UF, JM, AP, AW to name a few. Dr Andy Hyde is running additional Echo teaching events. Contact him to be included. | CLINICS / THEATRE / OTHER MEETINGS
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