RE: Basic surgical skills for remote medics at Keele

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In article <ACEPKDPKAOBGINBGKJABMEKHGBAA.ross.boardman@...>,

Ross Boardman <ross.boardman@...> writes

>Folks,

>

>The inaugral BSS course finished it's run today

>and we have the first 8 graduates. Whatever we

>taught, these guys took on board very well and

>indeed we added more content to the course to

>compensate for the speed of learning (which will

>be in the new syllabus and manual). Student

>feedback was excellent and we received 4.9 out of

>5.0 on a perception rating for instructor quality.

Hi Ross - well done - I know how difficult it is to run good courses -

and also that great feeling when the students learn so much.

Cheers

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[Guest guest]

Have just got back to work having attended the Basic Surgical Skills course.

This was a very enjoyable and educational course with most of the course

being of a practical nature. The course was taught by two very knowledgeable

instructors with some excellent training aids.

Although I think the Mark 1 Boardman surgical airway simulator needs some

further development.

This course was definitely value for money and I can thoroughly recommend

it.

Well done & Ross for a great course. I cant wait for some of your

other courses.

Regards

Geoff

Capital Medical

Basic surgical skills for remote medics at

Keele

> Folks,

>

> The inaugral BSS course finished it's run today

> and we have the first 8 graduates. Whatever we

> taught, these guys took on board very well and

> indeed we added more content to the course to

> compensate for the speed of learning (which will

> be in the new syllabus and manual). Student

> feedback was excellent and we received 4.9 out of

> 5.0 on a perception rating for instructor quality.

>

> We will be looking to run the next course in

> August or September this year at Keele again.

>

> There were some good moments on the course and

> some real eureka events when a student saw the

> penny drop and took a new skill to heart. Having

> stood outside blowtorching lumps of lamb for burns

> management, I learnt all the jokes from passers

> bys and can vouch for the number of mates who have

> asked if there is a steak for them or where the

> beer is for the BBQ. The Boardman Mk1 combined

> knot tying simulator and surgical airway simulator

> is probably going to be the Mk2+ for the next run

> and my improvisation skills certainly improved as

> we discovered new materials and procedures that

> matched.

>

> Some photos will be published shortly on the

> RemoteMedics website to give a feel for the course

> and the training methods.

>

> Many thanks to all who attended and especially to

> Iain Rhind who was the top student on the course.

>

> Cheers,

>

> Ross

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Thanks to all for your kind words and to the guys

who came along for the first run.

We have a lot more to think about for our next

line up and will certainly include a number of the

extra skills we taught into the standard course.

Hopefully the Mk2 (or 3) Boardman surgical airway

simulator will be up and running by then.

and myself got a lot out of it too which helps

when you are teaching as it really does increase

the enthusiasm.

Yes, the beer and curry evening will have to be

included in the next runs of all our courses. For

all the lightweights, y and myself took part

in a course review on tuesday night too in a few

pubs and a Thai, a lot of fresh ideas came from

there.

Again, thanks to all and looking forward to the

next time.

Ross

> Basic

> surgical skills for remote medics at

> Keele

>

>

> Hello All.

>

> I've just finished this course which

> was run over the last week. I would

> advise everyone to get on it if

> possible as the standards taught by &

> Ross were excellent. All the hard work

> & planning put in by Ross &

> paid off and everyone who attended was

> glad they had. I believe another will

> be arranged for Aug/Sept time this year.

> The " Beer & Curry " evening went down

> particularly well !!!.

>

> Many Thanks to Ross & for their efforts.

> Cheers

> Dave.