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An effective procedure skills training programme for GIM registrars
Bavithra Vijayakumar1, Gareth Hynes2, Jamie Kitt3
1Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK.
Background:
The Royal College of Physicians' Acute care toolkit 8 recommends procedural training for medical registrars at all hospitals. We aimed to determine the interest and need, and to pilot the delivery of such training in the procedures outlined by the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board (2017).
Methods:
An online survey was sent to general internal medicine (GIM) trainees within the Thames Valley Deanery in January 2019. This identified a need for procedure skills training. Ninety per cent of trainees felt simulation training would improve their confidence in the outlined procedures.
Abstract:
We trialled a simulation programme for GIM registrars between September 2019 and October 2019. Sessions lasted 3-3.5 hours and trainees rotated through four stations. Feedback was obtained from trainees and trainers during each pilot session.
Results:
Thirty-two trainees attended across both sites. Excellent feedback was obtained and trainee confidence improved by visual analogue scale scoring post-training for all procedures. Almost 90% of trainees felt the sessions would improve safety on GIM on calls.
Conclusion:
Simulation training is an effective way to improve trainee confidence in procedural skills and this pilot shows such training is desired and necessitated in higher specialty training. Further work will assess its impact on maintaining trainee skillsets and impact on patient safety.
