Essential pre-course preparation

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You must take the time to complete the following pre-course preparation, before you attend the IMT1 Bootcamp.

Please note - some of the Lothian Mastery Learning resources are currently being updated to make them more accessible. If you require these in any other format please get in touch with med.website@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk.

Preparation for immersive simulation

This video on non-technical skills has been produced by two of the faculty, to allow you to get the best possible learning from the immersive simulation scenarios while attending the IMT1 boot camp.

Preparation for immersive simulation video

Content:

  • Teamwork
  • Communication
  • Situation awareness
  • Decision making and prioritisation

(7 minutes)

Preparation for mastery skills

'You will undertake peer assisted learning in scrubbing and gowning up and ultrasound guided central venous access. Neither of these skills will be formally assessed by faculty.

There is also the opportunity to be signed off as ‘ready for directly supervised workplace practice’ in lumbar puncture, guide wire chest drain insertion, diagnostic ascitic aspiration and abdominal paracentesis.  

In preparation, please review the resources for all these skills below in advance of your attendance on the course. 

It is usually very quickly obvious to faculty if you have not engaged with this pre-course learning. In this situation, it is ​unlikely you will achieve the required standard to be signed off in the procedures that are assessed.'

Scrubbing and gowning up video

Content:

  • Scrubbing and gowning up procedure

(3.5 minutes)

Clicking on the video will take you to The Mastery Skills Pathway website, the video is half way down the page. 

Lumbar puncture reading pack

Content:

  • Mastery ILOs and Videos
  • Decision making and communication
  • The procedure
  • Post procedure

(approximately 1 hour)

By clicking on the image to the right, you will be taken to the NHS Lothian Mastery website. Please then click on the link near the top of the page 'lumbar-puncture-mastery-pre-learning 07.2023' if this does not work please click on the PDF link below it.

Lumbar puncture (LP) exemplar video

Content:

  • Preparation, assistance and postitioning
  • Asepsis and anaesthetic
  • Procedural pause
  • Insertion
  • Anchoring and dressing
  • Completion

(20 minutes)

Diagnostic ascitic aspiration reading pack

Content:

  • Mastery skills pathway overview
  • Learning outcomes
  • Indications & risk assessment
  • Patient safety considerations
  • Potential complications
  • Anatomy & physiology
  • Equipment & resources
  • Ascitic aspiration procedure
  • Appendices

(approximately 30 minutes)

Diagnostic ascitic aspiration exemplar video

Content:

  • Preparation, assistance and postitioning
  • Asepsis and anaesthetic
  • Procedural pause
  • Insertion
  • Anchoring and dressing
  • Completion

(7 minutes)

Abdominal paracentesis reading pack

Content:

  • Mastery skills pathway overview
  • Learning outcomes
  • Indications & risk assessment
  • Patient safety considerations
  • Potential complications
  • Anatomy & physiology
  • Equipment & resources
  • Procedure
  • Appendices

(approximately 30 minutes)

Paracentesis exemplar video

Content:

  • Preparation, assistance and postitioning
  • Asepsis and anaesthetic
  • Procedural pause
  • Insertion
  • Anchoring and dressing
  • Completion

(12 minutes)

Central venous catheter (CVC) insertion reading pack

Content:

  • Mastery skills pathway overview
  • Learning outcomes
  • Indications and risk assessment
  • Patient safety considerations
  • Potential complications
  • Basic sciences
  • Equipment and resources
  • Procedure
  • Appendices

(Approximately 1 hour)

Central venous catheter video

Content:

  • Preparation, assistance and positioning
  • A three point procedural pause
  • Asepsis and local anaesthetic infiltration
  • Insertion.
  • Securing and dressing
  • Completion

(19 minutes)

Intercostal chest drain (ICD - guidewire) reading pack

Content:

  • Mastery skills pathway overview
  • Learning outcomes
  • Indications & risk assessment
  • Patient safety considerations
  • Potential complications
  • Anatomy & physiology
  • Equipment & resources
  • Chest drain procedure
  • Appendices

(approximately 1 hour)

Intercostal chest drain (ICD - guidewire) exemplar video

Content:

  • Equipment
  • Preparation
  • Procedure

(25 minutes)

How to get the most out of boot camp

Further tips from one of the trainees who attended boot camp last year can be found below.