Simulation Learning Strategies - Facilitator Development Course

September 19th and 20th, 2015 at BC Children’s Hospital Simulation Centre

• Are you a healthcare professional engaged in clinical teaching?
• Are you an educator?
• Do you want to learn how to use simulation as an effective learning tool?

This 2 day course may be for you!

Course Learning Objectives:

During the course participants interact in small group workshops that provide a mixture of theory and practice. There is an emphasis on providing a practical debriefing/feedback training relevant for simulation educators.

This course aims to provide an experience that will allow learners to:

• Review the use of simulation as an educational tool
• Examine the elements in the construction of a simulation educational intervention
• Identify the concept of realism as applied to simulation and the principles of orienting learners to the simulation environment
• Discuss requirements for effective team-working
• Review and examine the principles of human factors in healthcare
• Practice giving and receiving structured feedback
• Discuss adult education principles
• Learn and practice the use of structured debriefing in simulation based training
• Plan and develop a simulation scenario
• Facilitate a simulation scenario

Target Audience:               Health care professionals who want to use simulation as a teaching method.

Open to health care professionals involved in clinical teaching.

Course Cost:        British Columbia Staff Physicians $600.00

Residents/Fellows and Non-physicians $450.00

$1200.00 for Non British Columbia participants

Register: via the LearningHub – https://learninghub.phsa.ca/

For more information: contact Debbie Cain – dcain@cw.bc.ca

ACCREDITED by UBC CPD: This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity eligible for up to 14 Section 3 credits as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.  This program has been reviewed and approved by UBC Division of Continuing Professional Development

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Dear Colleagues,

I have some very exciting news to share.  Last week, the UBC Residency
Allocation Committee and the Ministry of Health have provided full
approval and funding to launch the Pain Medicine Residency program
starting in July 2015.   This is the second program in Canada to be
approved by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the
second program  to receive a funded training position since the
sub-specialty was recognized in 2013.   UBC  has much to be proud of in
its role in shaping the future of Pain Management in BC and in Canada.

Initially spearheaded by Dr. Brian Warriner’s vision as UBC department
head in 2011, a pain medicine residency committee consisting of 3 key
multidisciplinary pain centres (SPH, JPOCSC and Nanaimo), anesthesiology,
physiatry, rheumatology, neurology, pediatric pain, palliative care,
oncology, sleep medicine, psychiatry and addictions medicine was formed.

Over 100+ faculty spanning three health authorities and the faculties of
medicine, nursing, pharmacy, psychology, physiotherapy, nursing and
dentistry helped create the current 2 year UBC pain medicine curriculum.
We will have the first electives in pelvic pain, community pain medicine
models, ultrasound guided interventions and radiology.

As this is a small program, innovations in the academic program include
connecting residents nationally, shared webinars with key knowledge
leaders  from across Canada  and a central repository of resources through
the  McMasters National Pain centre website.
While it has been a long road to make this program a reality, it has been
a privilege to  help chair  our UBC residency taskforce and work with so
many passionate healthcare providers in making formal pain training and
therefore care standards possible.

I have a strong  commitment to improve accessibility of much needed pain
services to patients in their own communities. A significant part of this
accessibility is to ensure there are enough trained providers to deliver
these services.

Due to the significant task ahead, I will be dedicating further focused
time to help this program take root and thrive.

Effective May 1, 2015, I will take an academic sabbatical for about one
year from my clinical duties at St. Paul’s Hospital.
I will be supporting pain teaching activities with clinicians and
residents at our community based clinic CHANGEpain to expand experience
with interdisciplinary pain management and the opportunities for
preventative and early intervention pain care.  I will also continue
anesthesiology teaching activities  at SMH.

I am very grateful to you all for your contributions to letters of support
in helping to make this  training program a reality.  I am also very
grateful for your continued support of numerous key leads of pain services
as we continue our work together to improve access to pain services  both
in and out of hospital settings.  I will keep you updated on the progress
of the program.

Warm Regards,
Brenda Lau MD, FRCPC, FFPMANZCA, MM, CGIMS, FRCPC Founder (Pain Medicine)
Clinical Associate Professor, UBC Department of Anesthesiology,
Pharmacology  & Therapeutics
Interventional Pain Specialist, St. Paul’s Hospital
Anesthesiologist, Surrey Memorial Hospital
Co-founder and Medical Director, CHANGEpain

The 9^th Annual APT Research Day was held this past May 5th.  On behalf of the organizing committee, we want to thank the attendees, participants and judges for another successful day.

The award winners are:

1) Oral presentation (ANA): Peter Rose & Cristin McRae

2) Oral presentation (PCTH): Michael Yau & Steven Booth

3) Poster presentations (ANA): Jeannine Stone & Sadiq Abdulla

4) Poster presentations (PCTH): Robin Kim.

The success of our event is entirely dependent on the generous time donated by our judges.

ANA Judges: Laura Duggan, Carolyne Montgomery, Alana Flexman, Stephan Schwarz, Richard Merchant, Simon Whyte, Clinton Wong, Stephan Malherbe, Juliet Atherstone, Cynthia Yarnold, Ray Tang, Peter Choi & Vit Gunka.

PCTH Judges: Andrew Horne, Tillie Hackett, Bernie MacLeod, Ricardo Rivera Acevedo, and Tim Kaan.

Pascal and I would also like to thank the organizing committee who make this day possible: Aileen To, Jessica Yu, Jill Delane, Katharine Garcia, Susan Van Bruggen, Andy Jeffries and Matt Klas.

Finally, thank you to all the participants who spent countless hours conducting their projects, preparing their abstracts and presenting their work.

In the coming weeks, we will begin working on the event for next year.  Any feedback or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Kindest regards,

Dr. Donald Griesdale & Dr. Pascal Bernatchez
on behalf of the APT Research Day Organizing Committee

UBC is pleased to announce the launch of the new UBC Research + International website: research.ubc.ca

The site shines a spotlight on UBC’s accomplishments as a global research player, and focuses strongly on research excellence, innovation and impact, and international engagement.

Highlights include:

• Research2Reality videos featuring UBC faculty discussing the value and impact of their research
• An expanded service portal offering one-stop support and resources to UBC researchers
• A comprehensive overview of UBC’s international engagement strategy and initiatives
• Research-specific news and announcements
• Curated research and international stories from faculties and units across both campuses.

We encourage you to visit the site to explore the depth, reach and impact of UBC-led research—and to share the link widely with your respective networks. Thank you.