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Remote and RestorativeCourse Date: 16-17 May Location: Coverack Youth Hostel, Coverack, Cornwall https://www.yha.org.uk/hostel/yha-coverack#hostel-location-map Cost: Free: Includes overnight accommodation, tuition and meals Course Director: Dr Lucy Obolensky Tel: +447545971972 Course Faculty: Anna Shekhdar, Alex Cross, Josh Allison, Sophie Redlin Dear Doctor, Thank you for signing up to this two-day teaching, to be held at Coverack YHA, Cornwall. Please read the information below which should cover everything you need to know, including course outline, accommodation, location and kit. If you have any questions after reading this, please contact us at the earliest opportunity. Please note: • Teaching may vary depending on the weather on the day • The teaching will be conducted on coast path and beaches. Please be prepared to work in muddy, rough, uneven and potentially wet conditions We look forward to seeing you at Coverack and having a fantastic couple of days in Sunny Kernow Lucy and Endeavour Medical TeamCourse Description This two-day training is designed for doctors to learn new skills in remote medicine, explore fresh approaches to leadership and resilience and find safe spaces to share their own experiences working through the pandemic. The training will take place in the remote location of Coverack, a coastal YHA on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, and is taught by an expert faculty with skills in leadership, resilience, and remote medicine. Scenarios will focus on both medical and non-technical skills. Workshops will offer time and space in a beautiful outdoor environment to explore what we mean by resilience and how we can learn from each other’s experiences during the pandemic, both in this country and colleagues working across the globe in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs). Joining instructions Please arrive on time on 16 . There may be space to stay on the evening of 15 in Coverack if you would like to. Please contact the YHA directly to book a room. You will be sharing rooms in dormitories in the YHA. The dress code is informal, please see the kit list below. Meals and accommodation are included. Please a reusable mug for tea and coffee. Alcohol is not included. Weather pending, there will be an optional guided kayak trip which will cost £15 per person for two hours. This is entirely optional. Please bring a wetsuit and booties if you have them, change of clothes and shorts and rash vest and waterproof jacket to wear.KIT LIST The majority of the course will take place outdoors unless the weather is against us. Please bring appropriate clothing to be outside: Warm layers Warm hat and gloves Sun cap Waterproof jacket Appropriate footwear for outdoor and coast path Water bottle Change of clothes Towel Personal first aid kit Sun cream Small bag Pen and paper Money for tea / coffee Small daysack or bag Optional: Waterproof trousers Camping mat / Karrimat - optional but please bring if you have one Swimming kit – optional but advisable! SnacksPenknife Wetsuit & booties Course Outline Day 1 Focus: Leadership, resilience and remote medicine 09:00 Arrival 09:30 Introductions and individual goals 10:30 Leadership and heuristics workshop - What is our natural leadership style? - How can we learn from others? - How do human factors affect us in our work and general life? - Group examples and discussion 11:30 Break 12:00 Workshop 1 - See workshop list below 13:00 Lunch 14:00 Workshop 2 15:00 Tea 15:15 Resilience - What does Resilience mean to you? - Discussion in groups of 2 or 3 - To be continued on Day 2 16:00 Kayak trip (guided kayak trip £15 / person) Or optional beach activity19:00 Dinner 19:30 Optional inspirational talk if desired by group Day 2 Focus: Teamworking, communication and mental health 07:30 Wellbeing with Beach Yoga 08:30 Breakfast, pack bags and leave rooms 09:20 Review of day 1 and introduction to day 2 09:30 Mental health workshop – small group discussion. - Approach to mental health in remote environments - How can we adapt this into our NHS practice? - What can we do to support each other? 11:00 Break 11.30 Communication practical (opportunity to work in other groups) 12:30 Outdoor Scenario 13:00 Lunch 14:00 Workshop 3 15:00 Tea 15:15 Global Health challenges - How has the pandemic affected us as health professionals? - What are the strengths and weaknesses of our health system compared to others? - Hearing from health professionals in LMICs and their experiences (video) 16:00 Course round up - What was your most important learning point? - How will you adapt and move forwards?16:30 Depart Workshops Workshop 1 Desert Medicine: Heat Illness Intended learning outcomes - Identify the non-technical skills in a team task: leadership; team work; communication; human factors, lateral thinking - Understand the risk factors relating to heat illness - Apply different methods of cooling - Evaluate mechanisms of heat illness and management Workshop 2 Remote Trauma: Spinal Injuries Intended learning outcomes - Understand the practical application of Nexus rules - Explore methods of moving and packaging patients with spinal injuries - Utilise forms of leadership and teamworking when evacuating casualties over difficult terrain Workshop 3 Polar Medicine: Hypothermia and cold water immersion Intended learning outcomes - Understand the 1:10:1 rule of hypothermia - Review signs, symptoms and pathophysiology of cold injury. - Experience how quickly a team member can get cold. - Explore methods of rewarming working as a team. - Work within teams to move cold casualties safely. - Discuss team dynamics and leadership styles.