Clinical Skills Suite

Leeds Metropolitan University

UK

Ann Sunderland

Academic Lead for Simulated Practice & Clinical Skills

Leeds Metropolitan University

• Situated in the county of West Yorkshire

• Over 27,000 students

• 2,800 staff

• Two main campuses

• No attached medical school but links with primary, secondary care and post graduate deanery

• Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust one of largest in the country serving 7 hospitals

• Clinical skills suite opened on 19 September 2012

Healthcare Disciplines(Degree courses)

Nursing

• Adult nursing (pre-

registration)

• Mental health nursing

(pre-registration)

• Healthcare support

workers (certificate)

• Advanced Nurse

Practitioners

• District nurses

Professions allied to health

• Osteopathy

• Sports and exercise therapy

• Physiotherapy

• Dietetics

• Speech and language therapy

• Occupational therapy

• Biosciences

• Physiology

• Social work

Clinical teaching space

Pre 2012

Leeds Met Clinical Skills Suite

£1.2m investment

Clinical Simulation Suite

Community apartment

Generic skills rooms

Simulation modalities used

Part task trainers

HybridLow/medium

fidelity manikins

High fidelity manikins

Simulated/ standardised

patientsOlfactory

Short courses and study days(Specialist skills & post registration development)

Acupuncture

• Treatment of sports injuries

• Treatment of upper and lower back pain

• Treatment of headaches

Long term conditions

• Asthma

• Chronic obstructive airways disease

• Coronary heart disease

• Diabetes

Health assessment

• Advanced health assessment/physical examination skills

• Assessment tools for occupational therapists

Skills

• Subcutaneous and intramuscular injections

• Athletic taping workshop

• Cannulation and IV drug administration

• Venepuncture

• Performing ECGs

• Basic clinical observations for healthcare support workers

Communication

•Communication in dementia care

•Counselling skills

•History taking and consultation skills

•Supporting people with communication difficulties

Professional

development

•Teaching and assessing clinical skills

•An introduction to immersive simulation

Primary

care

•Ear care

•Recognising and managing the acutely ill patient in primary care

•An introduction to travel health

Others

•Supporting feeding, drinking and swallowing

•The sporting knee masterclass

•Understanding dementia

Open to any healthcare profession

Research output, publications and awards

Effect of simulated practice on confidence and competence in post-registration nurses (MSc

Advanced Practice) when compared to current teaching

methods

Impact of simulated learning on patient outcomes in general

practice

Effectiveness of peripatetic clinical skills trainer in nursing

homes

Developing basic clinical observation training for

healthcare assistants in mental health settings

Patient safety

International Nursing Association for

Clinical Simulation and Learning

Excellence in Academia award 2013

Integrating Simulation into the

Curriculum

Future aspirations

Become established as a

recognised centre of excellence

including centre accreditation

Further develop interprofessional

and human factors training

Explore research opportunities with

partner organisations

Lead on faculty development with

regards to the pedagogy of

simulated practice

Provide placement opportunities for

national simulation technician

apprentice scheme

Any questions?