Cost: £350 per person

Start Date: Tuesday 23rd  and Wednesday 24^th January 2024

For enrolment,  please email [email protected]

Entry Criteria: Registered professional working in a clinical area where cervical screening is offered to women.

Course Lead: Senior Lecturer Kairen Roche email [email protected]

Course Overview:

Public Health England Education Pathway (2020) have set guidelines to support education in sampler taking, this includes-

Pre theory session: completion of workbook (3 hours) considering Anatomy and Physiology (A/P) of pelvic organs supported by access to e-learning for health module (self- directed study)

Taught content: 6 hours theory – [online delivery]

Practice: 3 hours simulation – on campus - skills lab at Black Heath Lane

Initial theory – delivered online over 12 hours with 3 hours practice simulation taught on campus. There will be Clinical Practice component undertaken whilst working with a cytology mentor. Final cytology sample taker assessment is undertaken in clinical practice by a cytology practice assessor.

This one-day interactive course allows participants to use a range of models in a variety of contexts including care settings, academic settings for teaching, learning and change.

This ALS programme targets key areas of resuscitation and will help build the confidence needed to take the lead in an emergency.

As part of the course, you’ll have the opportunity to flex your practical skills with simulations and workshops and broaden your understanding of ALS with lectures and skill stations. 

During the course, you will develop the knowledge and skills required to:

• Recognise and manage the deteriorating patient using a structured ABCDE approach;
• Deliver standardised CPR in adults;
• Manage a cardiac arrest by working with a multidisciplinary team in an emergency situation;
• Become an effective and confident team member and leader by utilizing non-technical skills.

ILS certification is recognised across the UK, the EU and Australia.

During this one half-day course, you will develop the skills to:

• recognise and treat the deteriorating patient using the ABCDE approach;
• identify the causes and promote the prevention of cardiopulmonary arrest;
• undertake the skills of quality CPR and defibrillation (manual and /or AED) and simple airway manoeuvres;
• utilise non-technical skills to facilitate team leadership and effective team membership.

The ILS course is suitable for doctors, medical students, nurses, nursing students, midwives, paramedics and student paramedics, physiotherapists, dentistry professionals and other health and care professionals. It may also be suitable for fire service technicians, police personnel and prison officers.

This two-day course is aimed at those new to simulation or who are considering implementing this within their work or area of practice e.g. hospital, community, social care setting, school, or college.

Instructors are identified when they’re Candidates on one of our ILS courses. Our Course Directors and Faculty identify candidates who they feel would make excellent Instructors and recommend them as having Instructor potential (IP). Those Candidates then receive a letter inviting them to book a place on an ILSi course.

PILS is the ideal course for healthcare staff who need to develop their skills further than Basic Life Support, but do not need to train in Paediatric Advanced Life Support.

The PILS course teaches the knowledge and skills to:

• understand the structured ABCDE approach that facilitates rapid recognition of seriously ill children;
• provide appropriate initial treatment interventions to prevent cardiorespiratory arrest;
• treat children in respiratory or cardiorespiratory arrest until the arrival of a resuscitation team or more experienced assistance;
• become an effective team member who can respond appropriately in an emergency.