Major incident clinical care
Background
Lights, Camera, Action. These words usually evoke images of a blockbuster action movie, not a collaborative clinical learning environment for higher education healthcare students from various disciplines.
But at UWE Bristol things are different. We orchestrated the largest multi-professional, mass-casualty simulation conducted to date within the UK. Delivered in immersive learning environments, the simulation was so realistic that it resembled a Hollywood movie-set.
"I’m blown away by the power of the film, the information, the learning and the overall narrative and production. This is truly transformational, and I’m incredibly proud of what has been achieved."
Sir Steven West Vice-Chancellor, President and Chief Executive Officer at UWE Bristol
Objectives
- Provide learners a first-class teaching and learning experience which narrows important theory-practice gaps, enables staff and students cross-faculty working opportunities and stakeholder engagement.
- Build new understanding in how people learn.
- Develop emotional preparedness and mental resilience amongst those training to work in disaster environments and emergency medical settings.
- Cultivate externally funded projects.
- Facilitate primary research opportunities.
- Deliver innovative and market-leading, practice-led teaching which pushes the boundaries of simulation-based learning within higher education.
About the project
Major incident clinical care was traditionally taught in classroom-based settings and assessed through reflecting on lessons learnt by our predecessors. Despite acknowledging the benefits of this learning, it doesn’t adequately prepare learners for real-world practice environments.
The dynamic sights, sounds and smells of these volatile scenes can become all-encompassing experiences, causing damage to the emotional and physical health of frontline workers. Without effective educational-based solutions to develop clinical acumen, emotional preparedness and mental resilience, we risk failing the next generation of our emergency services.
The project aimed to address learning concepts within this domain by using research-informed practices, pedagogic theories and a step-by-step teaching approach, encompassing a technical, tactical, life-like framework.
A new and successful six-week module in Trauma and Mass-Casualty Management now exists at UWE Bristol, which includes formal lectures, discussion-based learning workshops, table-top exercises, and high-fidelity simulations. This teaching and learning documentary provides insight into what has been achieved, whilst showcasing an industry-standard immersive and engaging learning experience within a higher education setting.
Major incident clinical care documentary
Learn how we do simulation-based learning at UWE Bristol.
Watch the full documentaryImpact
This industry-leading workstream provides an unrivalled learning opportunity for 300-500+ undergraduate/postgraduate students every year, studying up to 12 different courses. The simulations also involve 600 personnel who support learning, the emergency services, and UWE Bristol alumni.
This project has influenced over 100 university leaders across the UK, Europe and South America. In recent years, a growing national and international following has led to impactful conference presentations, primary research, and externally funded projects across the healthcare sector.
