From Hull to Chicago!
One of our very own technicians Stuart Riby is in Chicago this week to explain how Hull is leading the way in the field of Medical Education and Simulation.
Stuart will deliver the keynote speech at the SimGHOSTS (Gathering Of Healthcare Simulation Technology Specialists) 2014 Conference to an international audience of over 200 people. Within the presentation, he will discuss the development of the simulation technician’s role and that of the newly established regional simulation technician apprentice scheme, as well as using a live link-up between Hull and the US to give delegates a virtual tour of the Clinical Skills Building.
The whole trip has been fully funded by Laerdal, a provider of medical education training products and the Association of Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH).
On the morning of the 7th Stuart will be delivering the Laerdal Gold sponsored plenary address to the full conference! This will be centred around the ‘development of the UK sim technician’, the development and application of the Clinical Skills and Simulation Apprentice scheme’, ‘a spotlight on HILS and how we do things’.
Stuart explains
“We are really fortunate here in Hull to have some of the best simulation and medical education facilities going. In many areas, we’re leading the way nationally, and this is really beneficial when it comes to training our doctors and nurses of the future. I’m honoured to have been invited to speak at the conference, and hope that in doing so, I can share some of the best practice we’ve been developing locally, bring some innovative best practice back from other countries, and really help to put Hull on the map.”
Also Dr Makani Purva, Director of Medical Education for the trust says:
“Being invited to deliver the keynote address at the conference in Chicago is a real privilege. There’s a real interest in the simulation technician role within the field of medical education at the moment, and here at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, we have championed our technicians for several years because of the knowledge and benefits they can bring to the training of junior doctors and other clinicians. To be recognised globally for the approach we are taking and the work we are doing to support our current and future clinicians makes me incredibly proud.”
As this is such a privilege, BBC and ITV news came across to our centre last week to show off what we really do here at the Hull Institute of Learning and Simulation.
