We offer a wide range of courses aimed at individuals and teams covering a wide range of medical and clinical specialties. Delegates are drawn from NUH and the East Midlands region and from across the UK. We are also pleased to partner with national organisations to host specialist courses and conferences in the centre.
This three-day programme for all final year medical students at University of Nottingham will introduce and reinforce the core knowledge, skills, and behaviours required to provide immediate care for the acutely ill patient.
The training comprises three separate one-day courses:
Acute illness management (AIM) or acute life threatening events - recognition and management (ALERT)
Immediate life support (ILS)
Immediate ward management of the acutely ill patient (advanced simulation-based training)
The ILS and AIM / ALERT courses are designed to highlight a number of areas of knowledge and ability that can be put to good use in such situations, but often it is not the possession of these attributes that equates to good management of the problem.
The simulation training day is designed to provide further opportunity to rehearse the key clinical skills outlined on the previous two training days, and also to consider many of the other factors that can influence the patient's outcome.
It provides a safe, supportive environment in which to review individual knowledge and skills in the context of the simulated ward environment, further identifying individual and organisational factors that can influence effective patient management. Participants observe, practise, and, through facilitated debriefing, reflect upon the immediate management of acutely ill patients.
Course dates
Students are allocated a course date via their undergraduate co-ordinator and will attend during their critical illness attachment in CP3.
Venue
1st Floor Simulation Room, Simulation Hub, QMC
Timings
Registration is at 8.15 am. The course starts at 8.30am prompt
Finish time is 4.30pm
Notes
Bring ILS and AIM / ALERT manuals and your portfolio
Supporting Material
Supporting Video
Beyond Words: Communication at the end of life
Course description
Are you a registered nurse, nursing associate, clinical support worker or health care assistant?
Do you find communication at the end of life challenging?
Beyond Words is a reflective, practical course designed for health care professionals to support patients and their families at the end of life.
Through case studies, simulation-based education and guided reflection, participants will learn how to navigate through emotionally charged conversations. In moments where every word matters, silence often speaks loudest.
The simulation training is a ½ daytraining session designed around the care of the acutely ill ward based patient and aims to provide a safe learning environment in which to experience a series of simulated clinical challenges designed:
To consider individual, team, and organisational factors that might enhance or impede optimal, safe patient care in the ward setting
To raise your awareness of roles and responsibilities, skills and contributions of other members of the multi-professional team
To consider how relevant national or local policies and procedures contribute to risk management and patient safety where you work
For NUH and Lincoln trainees you are able to attend your simulation training at the NUH Education Simulation Hub on the QMC campus.
F2 simulation courses run October – March
F1 simulation courses run March – July
Each day has a maximum 6 trainee places
Places are limited and are allocated on a first come first served basis – the sooner you book the greater the choice available to you.
What to do next
Resident Doctors, Year1 - This training session is only available to Foundation Year 1 (F1) resident doctors. Eligible participants will receive a booking link via the speciality admin team.
Resident Doctors, Year2 - This training session is only available to Foundation Year 2 (F2) resident doctors. Eligible participants will receive a booking link via the speciality admin team.
New members of the Simulation Hub Faculty and provides an introduction to advanced hi-fidelity simulation based training
Topics covered
Simulation and Adult learning -Theoretical perspectives Clinical Human Factors
Simulation Design
Effective debriefing
In-situ Simulation
Delegate numbers
Maximum of 12 delegates per course.
Cost
FREE to NUH staff
Non-NUH staff: £200 per course
Places are allocated on a 'first come - first served' basis
Contact
For any other queries please contact Sharon Martin, Administrator, on 0115 970 9969 or 0115 924 9924 ext 87095 or email nuhnt.nuheducation@nhs.net
Generic Instructor Course (GIC)
NUH Education offers the GIC course on a regular basis. This is a two-day course designed to train potential instructors for their provider course. Only candidates who have been recommended by the faculty as potential instructor candidates from their provider courses are eligible to undertake the course.
Upcoming Dates
8th - 9th October 2026
Contact
For further information, please contact Simulation Hub on 0115 924 9924 ext 87095 or email nuhnt.nuheducation@nhs.net
Internal Medical Trainees (IMT) Advanced Simulation Course
Course description
As part of a regional approach to simulation-based education for core medical trainees in the East Midlands, we deliver simulation days which you will attend in years one and two of the Core Medical Programme. These multiprofessional days provide an opportunity for trainees and nursing staff to approach clinical scenarios in a safe learning environment, with consideration of the non-technical skills required for safe, efficient and professional practice. An in-depth debrief occurs after each scenario which supports development of trainees by considering both the technical components of the simulation and the role of human factors in the performance of individuals.
The scenarios have been standardised along four main themes:
Management of complex medical patients
Consent and capacity
Patient safety
Medical ethics i.e. DNAR
Target audience
This training session is only available to Internal Medical Trainee Doctors.
Course Downloads
Course objectives
By the end of this course, participants will have:
Experienced and practised the management of a variety of clinical scenarios
Considered non-technical aspects in the management of acutely unwell patients (e.g. leadership, teamwork and communication)
Gained insight into their personal limitations and abilities for development
Participated in clinical situations involving complex decision making, medical ethics and patient safety.
Faculty
The course is facilitated by a team of experienced faculty members including medical registrars and consultants.
Venue
NUH Education Simulation Hub, QMC
Dates
As allocated by the East Midlands North co-ordinator
Duration
Full day – 8am to 4pm.
Booking
Eligible participants will receive a booking link via the speciality admin team.
Multi-Professional Obstetric Simulation Training (MOST)
Advanced simulation courses for O&G trainees and qualified midwives in the East Midlands
This multi-professional one-day course has been commissioned by the East Midlands School of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for O&G trainees (ST 1-7) and for junior and senior midwives from trusts across the East Midlands region.
The day is designed around a series of simulated scenarios and workshops that consider the management of obstetric patients presenting with a range of common and uncommon serious clinical problems. Provision of care in the clinical environment will be addressed, together with key aspects of human factors, team working and attributes of leadership.
Objectives for trainees for this study day relate to team working, team leadership skills and leadership in acute emergency (ref Core module 19 on the curriculum).
Objectives for midwives
Demonstrate awareness of the roles and skills of others
Demonstrate the ability to manage a situation appropriately, including appropriate escalation to senior staff
Demonstrate situational awareness
For senior midwives
Demonstrate the ability to support and develop junior obstetricians and midwives
Show leadership
Demonstrate knowledge of the correct course of action
Course faculty are senior O&G trainees and consultants, senior midwives and TSCSC faculty.
Cost
The day is free to attend for East Midlands participants.