MEERKATS

Medical Emergencies: Evaluation, Response and Keeping Attention on Team Communication and Patient Safety

Please click on any of the above three courses for more specific information.

MEERKATS is a set of educational programmes aimed at nursing shift leaders, junior and senior medical staff and HCA’s. It combines the essential elements of patient safety with good practice in communication and recognition and management of the acutely unwell patient.

All participants in simulation-based team training courses like above learn together, reflect together and discuss together in teams similar to the ones that deliver health care on the wards. Simulation courses include senior and junior doctors, nursing shift leaders, medical students and health care assistants working as part of the multi-dynamic team. Learners participate in the simulation exercises in their normal clinical role and work in realistic clinical teams communicating across a ward and two side rooms.

Simulation scenarios and content emphasis are based on audits of calls to the hospital at night teams with specific learning objectives aligned to the Trust’s priorities as  follows:

• Recognising the deteriorating adult, treatment and escalation.

Involving participants from various backgrounds (medical, surgical, A&E,) and observing the interactions within the multidisciplinary team with a focus on TEAM SAFETY & RESILIENCE

IMT 3 Simulation

Meerkats 3 is a 1-day team-based simulation course for IMT3s, RGNs, AHPS and HCA’s covering:

• Introduction to Teaching and Facilitating (1-hour session supported by a presentation on teaching and facilitating in simulation)
• TEP discussions and Escalation Plan (1-hour workshop with palliative care team)
• Three acute care clinical simulations

On completion of this course, IMTs trainees will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills gained to facilitate the learning of junior colleagues in MEERKATS 1 and 2, with the overall experience developing their ability to:

• Manage complex / acutely unwell patients independently
• Practice A to E assessment using simulation-based education
• Contextualise psychological signs with patient history and developing differential diagnosis
• Order/send appropriate samples/investigations to assist clinical decision making
• Escalate concerns, seeking advice and referring to the appropriate specialists
• Deal with ethical and legal issues related to clinical practice
• Communicate effectively and sharing decision making while monitoring appropriate situational awareness, professional behaviour and professional judgment
• Develop teaching and facilitating skills
• Act as a clinical teacher and clinical supervisor
• Apply leadership skills in simulated area

• Thursday 27th January 2022 (POSTPONED)
• Friday 11th March 2022
• Friday 1st April 2022
• Friday 17th June 2022
• Friday 28th October 2022
• Friday 9th December 2022