Medical Education Fellows blog, August 2023

Introducing the new medical education fellows! We’re all really looking forward to working in the medical education team over the next twelve months and wanted to briefly introduce ourselves: Peter Bannister I’ve come straight from Foundation in Brighton where I did both F1 and F2. I was also a medical student at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Areas I’m particularly interested in are obstetrics and gynaecology, public health and epidemiology. …

The great escape: innovative ‘escape room’ helps develop medical education

Education teams are combining technology simulating the clinical environment with a novel ‘escape room’ format to help medical students at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW) develop their skills. Simulation technology enables the Trust’s Medical Education teams to recreate scenarios they may rarely experience in real life, and tests healthcare professionals in challenging situations. Simulation manikins let the students practice, in safety, the technical and non-technical skills they need …