Simulation Suite

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Designed to provide a training environment, that can be used, by a variety of healthcare teams from hospital or community-based backgrounds to showing.

The Simulation Room can be altered to mimic the workplace appropriate for the staff involved in the training exercises. The manikin and other equipment require participants to interact and make decisions in real-time with little or no involvement of a 'trainer' during the scenario; to create a life like medical environment allowing realistic scenarios to be reproduced and enacted without any risk to the patient the manikin can 'talk' to the team members if appropriate, blink his/her eyes, breathe, and respond appropriately to a wide range of drugs and fluids administered intravenously via a specially designed 'bar-code' reader. A dedicated telephone line permits communication with 'laboratory staff' or 'difficult colleagues', or can be used for calls to the 'emergency services'. All activity within the Simulator Room can be recorded via several fixed cameras and microphones for subsequent feedback to the team.




The Control Room contains the computer equipment, which controls the human patient manikin, and the audio-visual recording apparatus for the Simulation Room and the seminar room. During a training exercise this room will contain an instructors and a technicians who are directing and observing the scenario.

The Seminar Room allows other staff to observe the scenarios via one-way glass, and subsequently is used by the instructor(s) to facilitate a debriefing exercise for the team and observers, which can be reinforced by playing back recorded components of the scenario if required. This powerful form of immediate feedback, along with the ability to observe colleagues participating in scenarios, provides an unparalleled opportunity to highlight communication, awareness, team-member and leadership skills which are otherwise difficult or impossible to teach on an interprofessional basis in the clinical setting.

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Clinical Skills

A flexible space that can be set up to deliver a range of training from, for example, moving and handling training to advanced surgical skills.

The area can be set up to meet identified needs from small workshop type space to a large room for group training. The Centre will offer courses and also a self-directed learning area whereby students can practice in their own time with the support of a technician as required.

The Centre is developing a store of core equipment to support training, this includes one of the new Trust beds, couches, manual handling equipment, laparoscopic equipment for surgical skills training.

The space can be used as one large room or subdivided into 3 smaller areas:

Clinical Skills Room 1	Lectern with audio visual facilities and can be linked to operating theatres at QMC
Clinical Skills Room 2	Flexible space, wash hand basins, work benches
Clinical Skills Room 3	2 bed positions with fully working medical air, oxygen and suction.

The clinical skills rooms are designed to be flexible to meet different course needs and will predominantly focus on specific skills or aspects of training. Designed for the multidisciplinary team, training will include a range of skills based sessions, for example canulation, use of medical equipment and moving and handling training. Ability to record teaching in this room via ceiling camera points.

In addition the centre offers nationally recognised courses including Resuscitation Council approved courses.

Course currently being offered/developed include:

• Basic Surgical Skills - Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh approved
• Advanced Surgical Skills - nationally recognised courses teaching advanced laparoscopic skills incorporating live links to theatres
• Advanced Airway Management Skills
• Medical Equipment Strategy - development of a strategy for QMC incorporating medical devices training, issues of competency and assessment
• Endoscopy Users - a high fidelity endoscopy simulator is available to support existing and new training in endoscopy and bronchoscopy as well self directed learning.
• National Life Support Courses - APLS, ALS, CCrISP, ILS
• Nottingham Regional Anaesthesia Course- A regular conference offered on a national basis.

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Self Directed Learning

TSCSC offers self directed learning sessions on an endoscopy simulator and also provide sessions using the laparoscopic trainers and equipment.

These sessions are designed to allow individuals the opportunity to practice specific skills and procedures. Although teaching is not provided, it is expected that individuals will work through a series of exercises identified by him/herself and a clinical supervisor tutor.

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Endoscopy Simulator Self Directed Learning Sessions

The endoscopy simulator (by Immersion Medical) uses sophisticated computer technology to produce realistic procedures and cases. The centre offers the following procedures:

Bronchoscopy patient simulations including:

• Introduction to bronchoscopy
• Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL)
• Endobronchial sampling
• Paediatric fibre optic laryngoscopy cases
• Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (TBNA)

Lower GI Endoscopy patient simulations including:

• Introduction to flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy: supplementary cases
• Colonoscopy: biopsy and basic polypectomy

Upper GI Endoscopy patient simulation including:

• Introduction to OGD & ERCP

Modules include patient history, indications and contraindications and have 3D interactive anatomical models and tutorials. Post simulation case review and procedural review data can be stored on your personal user database. Includes didactic content to aid and deepen understanding.

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Laparoscopic Self Directed Learning Sessions

The Laparoscopic trainer includes a body torso simulator, cameras, light source and instruments and can be set up to support practice in a range of surgical techniques.

Our laparoscopy simulator provides an ideal opportunity to practice the basic laparoscopic skills using genuine instruments, camera and telescope with an excellent monitor. As used on accredited courses. This laparoscopy simulator is a valuable tool for improving suturing, cutting, grasping, manipulation, orientation and depth perception skills and managing first second and third paradox.

Grasping & manipulation Skills	Suture Pad	Gloves & Water Balloon	Manipulation & Cutting
Stack sugar cubes and place Polos over toothpicks, or set a destination for placing an object.	For suturing. Please supply your own sutures	Extract the water balloon	Excise the disc without cutting both layers of the glove.

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TSCSC technical staff are available to give assistance in developing new models for courses.

Ectopic Pregnancy	Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Vault Closure	Ovarian Cystectomy
For endoloop practice	Practice suturing	Extract the cyst without bursting

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