Department Teaching
“Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think”
In our emergency department we foster an environment of ongoing professional development at all levels of training and across all disciplines. From twice daily consultant led handovers, to shop floor teaching, formal registrar and SHO education programs, an active mentor-ship program and opportunities for directly supervised POCUS skill development, there is something to suit each practitioners individual learning needs.
The ED nursing foundation course is run each year by the departments clinical facilitators and ongoing regular updates and shop floor teaching occurs throughout the year.
Registrar teaching
Registrar teaching takes place on Monday mornings immediately after handover. This program is organised and delivered by the registrar group with consultant presence and support. This way registrars can identify and target their individual learning needs and ongoing professional development requirements.
We try to take a blended approach encouraging a mix of theoretical, practical, management and leadership topics.
SHO Teaching
The formal education program for the SHO’s and interns takes place on Thursday mornings immediately after handover and is consultant delivered.
The program is linked to the RCEM curriculum and through each six month period covers the range of presentations SHO’s would expect to see in the ED. Attendance is strongly encouraged.