Homerton: Homerton simulation centre

Education and training

Homerton simulation centre

We provide general hospital services to Hackney and the City of London and specialist care in obstetrics, neonatology, fetal medicine, laparoscopic surgery, fertility, bariatric surgery, obesity surgery and neurorehabilitation across east London and beyond.

We were one of the first 10 NHS foundation trusts in England.

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We recognise that staff are our most valuable asset and that in order to maintain high levels of performance and staff retention it is vital to address employees’ essential, personal and professional development needs

The purpose of Professional Education is to support the achievement of the Trust’s corporate objectives. Our role in this is to design and deliver a comprehensive range of learning and development opportunities based on service and individual need thereby, ensuring our staff develop the right knowledge, skills and attitude to be competent in their specific roles resulting in safe, high quality care for our patients.

We aim to create the right systems, processes and learning opportunities that help create a culture where learning and development is accessed by all and seen as an important component of people and organisational development.

The Simulation and Clinical Skills Suite
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The Simulation and Clinical Skills Suite

Using Patient Simulators in healthcare education allows us to create a safe and realistic learning environment. We can manage realistic scenarios without the risk of causing harm to patients, simulate everyday situations, re-create untoward incidents to learn from them or allow participants to experience scenarios that do not occur frequently or ‘on demand’ in practice.

By working through scenarios with professional colleagues skills of assessment, communication, team working, management and problem solving will improve in a safe environment.

Clinical skills development includes:

IV cannulation and phlebotomy
IV medication, fluid balance
blood glucose monitoring
male/female catheterisation
measuring vital signs
assessment of clients in their home
central venous pressure monitoring
tracheostomy care
central venous
line insertion
lumbar puncture
airway management
chest drain insertion
and many more for qualified staff of all levels.

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Our simulators:

We have three simulators; SimMan; SimBaby and SimNewB.

SimMan
SimMan is a portable and advanced patient simulator for team training. It has realistic anatomy and clinical functionality and provides simulation-based education to challenge and test participants’ clinical and decision-making skills during realistic patient care scenarios.

Sim man

SimBaby
SimBaby is an advanced infant simulator for team training with realistic anatomy and clinical functionality and allows learners to practice and perfect their skills in a risk-free environment.

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SimNewB
SimNewB meets the training requirements of neonatal emergency medicine and is authentic and comprehensive. The simulator represents a full term, 50th percentile newborn female and allows teams to practice in a safe environment.

Sim baby

LapSim
The LapSim creates the environment of abdominal keyhole surgery, providing a safe and effective learning experience. It utilises advanced 3D technology, to provide the trainee with a realistic virtual working environment. Practice sessions can vary in graphic complexity as well as in the level of difficulty.

GI-Bronch
The GI-BRONCH Mentor is a combined platform for virtual reality simulation training of GI endoscopy and Flexible Bronchoscopy.

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