Courses Archive - NHS Education Centre

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Breast Conditions Update – GP Education

Breast Cancer Update - including Audit of referrals, Scottish Breast Cancer Referral Guidelines, Management of Benign Breast Conditions & an update on Patient Led Follow-Up.

Booking details: dg.educationcentre@nhs.net
Max participants: 82
Target audience: GPs, GP Trainees & ANPs
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Education Centre, DGRI, Cargenbridge, Dumfries, DG2 8RX
Booking notes: Evening Meeting
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Mandatory Resuscitation Skills Inc CPR and AED Use (In-House Only)

Mandatory Resuscitation Skills Inc CPR and AED Use for community based staff (not hospitals) and AHPs region wide. Contact Eilidh ...

Booking details: eilidh.stenton@nhs.net (direct dial 34968)
Max participants: 12 (minimum 3 delegates)
Target audience: In-House all community medical & nursing staff & AHPS
Venue: Clinical Skills Room, Education Centre, DGRI
Booking notes: 3hr Sessions (9-12 or 1-4)
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Paediatric Life Support (PLS) (In-House Only)

PLS exists to teach the practical procedures necessary for the initial effective management of childhood emergencies.

Booking details: eilidh.stenton@nhs.net (direct dial 34968)
Max participants: 12
Target audience: In-house medical staff, nurses and all professions allied to medicine (PAMS)
Venue: Clinical Skills Room, Education Centre, DGRI
Booking notes: 08:00-18:00 1 day course (usually Wednesdays)
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Recognition and Management of the Deteriorating Patient (In-House Only)

Recognition and Management of the Deteriorating Patient

Booking details: eilidh.stenton@nhs.net (direct dial 34968)
Max participants: 12 (minimum 3 delegates)
Target audience: In-house for those requiring to be clinically compliant, all DGRI nurses & physios
Venue: Clinical Skills Room, Education Centre, DGRI
Booking notes: 3hr Sessions (Morning or Afternoon)
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The Scottish Core Teaching and Training in Emergencies (SCOTTIE) (In-House Only)

SCOTTIE designed to cover the fundamental aspects of maternal emergencies and is suitable for all maternity-care professionals working in all care environments.

Booking details: diane.dickie@nhs.net (direct dial 33207)
Max participants: 20 (Minimum delegates 8)
Target audience: In-House health-care professionals who participate in the care of pregnant women
Venue: Clinical Skills Room, Education Centre, DGRI
Booking notes: 2 Day course, delivered twice a year (usually June and October)
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Immediate Life Support (ILS) (In-House Only)

Immediate Life Support (ILS) is run over one day and the course programme consists of one lecture, skill stations and cardiac arrest simulations

Booking details: eilidh.stenton@nhs.net (direct dial 34968)
Max participants: 6 (Minimum 3)
Target audience: In-House Doctors, medical students, nurses working within CCU, ED, MAU, Galloway Community Hospital, Core Midwives, ANPs
Venue: Clinical Skills Room, Education Centre, DGRI
Booking notes: 09:00-16:00 1 Day
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Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS)

The 3-day APLS course comprises of a flexible 1-day on-line component (VLE) and a 2-day face-to-face course.

Booking details: Samantha.jamieson@nhs.net (direct dial 33707)
Max participants: 20
Target audience: Medical & RNs working in A&E, Anaesthetic, Paediatric departments
Venue: Clinical Skills Room, Education Centre, DGRI
Booking notes: 08:00-18:00 3 day course (usually ran twice a year, April and October)
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Acute Life Threatening Events Recognition and Treatment (ALERT) (In-House Only)

Acute Life Threatening Events Recognition and Treatment (ALERT)

Booking details: michelle.skirrow@nhs.net (direct dial 36824)
Max participants: 20 (Minimum delegates 8)
Target audience: In-House RGNS in DGRI, GCH, Cottage Hospitals & Medical Skills if Requested
Venue: Clinical Skills Room, Education Centre, DGRI
Booking notes: 1 day course 08:00-17:00
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Advanced Life Support (ALS)

Advanced Life Support (ALS) course programme consists of lectures, workshops, skill stations and cardiac arrest simulations.

Booking details: sarahkirkpatrick@nhs.net
Max participants: 24 - 30 (Costs: £350 External or £250 Internal)
Target audience: Healthcare professionals who would be expected to apply the skills taught as part of their clinical duties.
Venue: Clinical Skills Room, Education Centre, DGRI
Booking notes: 08:00-18:00 2 day course, delivered twice a year, usually May and November
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RCPE Evening Medical Update – Keeping Up With Modern Medicine

Popular series of talks from the RCPE. This month’s topic is The 21st Century Consultant: Looking to the Future.

Booking details: https://events.rcpe.ac.uk/keeping-modern-medicine
Target audience: Any staff with a relevant professional interest
Venue: Seminar Room 1, Education Centre, DGRI
Booking notes: 18:30-20:15
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Human Factors Course

Understand the situations under which humans make errors, implications, how to improve reliability and tools to support increased reliability.

Booking details: dg.educationcentre@nhs.net
Max participants: 16
Target audience: Anyone working in healthcare, particularly those working in teams
Venue: Education Centre, DGRI
Booking notes: 2 full days
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Supervisors (FDA) Training Course

Aimed at those undertaking an educational role, covers the fundamentals of both Clinical and Educational Supervision.

Booking details: dg.educationcentre@nhs.net
Max participants: 16
Target audience: Doctors wishing to become educational or named clinical supervisors
Booking notes: 09:00-17:00
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