1 / 12

Wilderness Medicine

Wilderness Medicine. Objectives. By the end of this presentation: You will understand what will be learned during the SSC and how it will be learned You will understand what will be involved in being a student on the SSC

pamelia-asker
Télécharger la présentation

Wilderness Medicine

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Wilderness Medicine

  2. Objectives By the end of this presentation: • You will understand what will be learned during the SSC and how it will be learned • You will understand what will be involved in being a student on the SSC • You will have a better idea whether or not you want to apply (≡ informed consent) and, if so, how to do so

  3. Aims of the course • Enhanced capability to care for a casualty in remote/wilderness setting • Enhanced generic knowledge and skills to improve patient care, whatever the environment

  4. Generic skills • Useful/necessary whatever the setting • Communication • Teaching • Teamwork • Leadership • Working to deadlines & handling stress • Finding and using information • Risk management

  5. Better generic skills Wilderness medicine training Better outcomes

  6. Engaged learners learn more

  7. Integrating clinical and generic learning enhances both

  8. What is the SSC like? • Active, adult learning • Lots of clinical knowledge and skills • Lots of learning outdoors • (Very) hard work • Often cold or wet • Likely to involve being in a cave or on a crag • Self motivation and self reliance needed • Expensive (accommodation & travel)

  9. Who am I looking for? • Motivation • Experience • Personality

  10. Application and selection • Short listing based on application form (deadline 21:00 February 24th) • Selection centre (March 13th) for up to 16 short listed students • 8 students selected • Health clearance • Health declaration/GP confirmation of fitness

  11. Now over to the people you really need to listen to

More Related