The BASICS Scotland Annual Conference & AGM 2019 will be taking place at the Macdonald Aviemore Resort on the 6-7th September 2019. More information about the conference will provided soon. In the meantime please follow us on Twitter and Facebook for all the latest BASICS Scotland news! To contact BASICS Scotland regarding the 2019 conference please get in touch Read More …
Paediatric Tele-education will start on April 8th 2019 and run for 12 weeks with live case study discussions taking place on weeks 4, 8, and 12 at 7-8pm on set dates. For further information click here to go to the Tele-education page → Or if you are ready, click here to complete the online application Read More …
Please find below details for the next SPHECC joint clinical governance day which will take place at the Chancellor’s Building, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh on the 1st February 2019. SPHECC is the Scottish Pre-hospital Emergency Critical Care Clinical Governance Day and is free and open to anyone and everyone interested in Pre-hospital Critical Care. Registration will be Read More …
Adult Tele-education will start on January 7th 2019 and run for 10 weeks with live sessions taking place mostly on Wednesday evenings (some evenings will take place on the Thursday) 7-8pm. Live sessions are, as always, recorded and the recording made available shortly after in case you are unable to or prefer not to attend Read More …
This is a fund set up by The Sandpiper Trust that seeks to reflect how Mark’s family and friends remember him and his outlook on life. Mark died in October 2014, aged 48. Mark was involved in many areas of pre-hospital care and was instrumental in the setting up of the Grampian Immediate Care Scheme. Read More …
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh have developed a new Diploma in Urgent Medical Care for Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics across the UK. The 2-day exam will take place on Tuesday 12th March – Wednesday 13th March 2019, 8.30am – 5.00pm at the RCSEd, Edinburgh. For more information click here!
The Clinical Skills Managed Educational Network (CSMEN) has become the world’s first national simulation network to win the prestigious ASPIRE 2018 Award for Excellence in Simulation. The award from the Association for Medical Education in Europe recognises the work of NHS Education for Scotland (NES), BASICS Scotland and the Scottish Simulation Centre for Clinical Human Read More …
Authored by Aurélie Hay-David citizenAID® was founded in January 2017 by military and civilian clinicians in Birmingham, drawing heavily from lessons learnt from the military. With the increased prevalence of deliberate attacks it was developed to educate, and thereby empower, the public through simple skills and knowledge in order to prevent avoidable deaths. While the Read More …
The first event of the new Portfolio Project took place in Mull with resounding success. The new Portfolio system for remote and rural practitioners aims to provide bespoke training for participants by identifying their needs and the needs of individual health boards. The first area chosen to deliver this new and innovative approach to training Read More …
Al McLean has joined the BASICS Scotland team as our Clinical Lead for Remote Educational Development. Al joins us from the Scottish Ambulance Service and prior to that he served for 23+ years as a Military Paramedic. Al will work to develop new educational material for remote and rural practitioners. This includes exciting new opportunities Read More …
