Russian—UK Academic—Industrial Collaboration

1998 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 362-366
Author(s):  
J. R. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Training Programme ◽  
British Council ◽  
Industrial Base ◽  
Femtosecond Optics ◽  
Vital Importance ◽  
Training Course ◽  
Laboratory Facilities ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Active Training ◽  
Industrial Collaboration

A collaborative programme is described that was established in 1997 between academic and industrial partners in Russia and the UK, and is supported by the British Council, to provide an active training ground for students from the Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudnyi. Imperial College's Femtosecond Optics Group has made available training course and laboratory facilities in association with IP Fibre Devices in the UK who have given financial and equipment support for the project as well as actively participating in the training programme through hosting students at their R&D facility The overall programme was conceived by the IRE Polus Company in Moscow, in an effort to maintain a mechanism to train students in key technological areas that will be of vital importance to the development of an internationally competitive associated Russian industrial base.

Defence Medical Services’ REBOA training course

2021 ◽  
pp. bmjmilitary-2021-001926
Author(s):  
Max E R Marsden ◽  
C Park ◽  
J Barratt ◽  
N Tai ◽  
P Rees
Keyword(s):  
Training Programme ◽  
Balloon Occlusion ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Skill Retention ◽  
Training Course ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Haemorrhage Control ◽  
Surgical Teams ◽  
The Uk ◽  
First Time

Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) enables temporary haemorrhage control and physiological stabilisation. This article describes the bespoke Defence Medical Services (DMS) training package for effectively using REBOA. The article covers how the course was designed, how the key learning objectives are taught, participant feedback and the authors’ perceptions of future training challenges and opportunities. Since the inaugural training course in April 2019, the authors have delivered six courses, training over 100 clinicians. For the first time in the UK DMS, we designed and delivered a robust specialist endovascular training programme, with demonstrable, significant increases in confidence and competence. As a result of this course, the first DMS REBOA-equipped forward surgical teams deployed in June 2019. Looking to the future, there is a requirement to develop an assessment of skill retention and the potential need for revalidation.

Collaborative Benefits of International Exchange Scholarships

1996 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Project Management ◽  
International Exchange ◽  
British Council ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University ◽  
Engineering Projects ◽  
Industrial Collaboration

Consulting engineers Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick and the University of Reading established a TCS (Teaching Company Scheme) programme in 1993 to introduce the application of information technology to support project management methods used within the firm. Young graduates in TCS are eligible to compete for an annual scholarship to visit Hong Kong and China. The scholarship, sponsored by the British Council, provides an allowance for a six-week visit. In this article, Carrie Thomas, the 1995 scholar, details her experiences during the visit, which enabled further investigation of the methods, techniques and circumstances surrounding the management of engineering projects in Hong Kong compared to those in the UK. She also comments on the benefits of this kind of academic-industrial collaboration and of international exchange scholarships.

scholarly journals Training: improving antenatal detection and outcomes of congenital heart disease

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. e000276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orhan Uzun ◽  
Julia Kennedy ◽  
Colin Davies ◽  
Anthony Goodwin ◽  
Nerys Thomas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Detection Rate ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Referral Rate ◽  
Cardiac Anomaly ◽  
Cardiac Ultrasound ◽  
Detection Rates ◽  
Antenatal Detection ◽  
The Uk

ObjectivesThis study describes the design, delivery and efficacy of a regional fetal cardiac ultrasound training programme. This programme aimed to improve the antenatal detection of congenital heart disease (CHD) and its effect on fetal and postnatal outcomes.Design setting and participantsThis was a prospective study that compared antenatal CHD detection rates by professionals from 13 hospitals in Wales before and after engaging in our ‘skills development programme’. Existing fetal cardiac practice and perinatal outcomes were continuously audited and progressive targets were set. The work was undertaken by the Welsh Fetal Cardiovascular Network, Antenatal Screening Wales (ASW), a superintendent sonographer and a fetal cardiologist.InterventionsA core professional network was established, engaging all stakeholders (including patients, health boards, specialist commissioners, ASW, ultrasonographers, radiologists, obstetricians, midwives and paediatricians). A cardiac educational lead (midwife, superintendent sonographer, radiologist, obstetrician, or a fetal medicine specialist) was established in each hospital. A new cardiac anomaly screening protocol (‘outflow tract view’) was created and training on the new protocol was systematically delivered at each centre. Data were prospectively collected and outcomes were continuously audited: locally by the lead fetal cardiologist; regionally by the Congenital Anomaly Register and Information Service in Wales; and nationally by the National Institute for Cardiac Outcomes and Research (NICOR) in the UK.Main outcome measuresPatient satisfaction; improvements in individual sonographer skills, confidence and competency; true positive referral rate; local hospital detection rate; national detection rate of CHD; clinical outcomes of selected cardiac abnormalities; reduction of geographical health inequality; cost efficacy.ResultsHigh levels of patient satisfaction were demonstrated and the professional skill mix in each centre was improved. The confidence and competency of sonographers was enhanced. Each centre demonstrated a reduction in the false-positive referral rate and a significant increase in cardiac anomaly detection rate. According to the latest NICOR data, since implementing the new training programme Wales has sustained its status as UK lead for CHD detection. Health outcomes of children with CHD have improved, especially in cases of transposition of the great arteries (for which no perinatal mortality has been reported since 2008). Standardised care led to reduction of geographical health inequalities with substantial cost saving to the National Health Service due to reduced false-positive referral rates. Our successful model has been adopted by other fetal anomaly screening programmes in the UK.ConclusionsAntenatal cardiac ultrasound mass training programmes can be delivered effectively with minimal impact on finite healthcare resources. Sustainably high CHD detection rates can only be achieved by empowering the regional screening workforce through continuous investment in lifelong learning activities. These should be underpinned by high quality service standards, effective care pathways, and robust clinical governance and audit practices.

A ‘Sound Investment’? British Cultural Diplomacy and Overseas Students: The British Council's Students Committee, 1935–1939

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-283
Author(s):  
Alice Byrne
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diplomacy ◽  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Overseas Students ◽  
British Council ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Foreign Office ◽  
Run Up ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Second World

This article explores the UK government's first foray into cultural diplomacy by focusing on the activities of the British Council's Students Committee in the run-up to the Second World War. Students were placed at the heart of British cultural diplomacy, which drew on foreign models as well as the experience of intra-empire exchanges. While employing cultural internationalist discourse, the drive to attract more overseas students to the United Kingdom was intended to bring economic and political advantages to the host country. The British Council pursued its policy in cooperation with non-state actors but ultimately was guided by the Foreign Office, which led it to target key strategic regions, principally in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin.

Industrial collaboration in the UK non-university sector

1987 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-116
Author(s):  
J.A. Wylie ◽  
A. Young
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Industrial Collaboration

Industrial liaison activities by non-university HEIs are of value for their input to teaching and also in their own right. This article outlines the organization of non-university higher education in the UK, examines the sort of industrial liaison activities they should undertake and discusses the balance that should be maintained between teaching and non-teaching activities.

scholarly journals Overseas doctors' training scheme

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 701-702
Author(s):  
R. A. Adeniran
Keyword(s):  
Training Programme ◽  
Training Scheme ◽  
Early Arrival ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Uk

About a year after applying to come on the Overseas Doctors' Training Scheme (ODTS), I was offered a post. The letter arrived about two months before I was to start work in the UK; it contained pertinent information about my job, the training programme, and the community I would live in. The information and its early arrival enabled me to make adequate preparation for my trip.

scholarly journals The Society for Acute Medicine (UK) Acute Medicine Training Survey 2007

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-54
Author(s):  
Hannah Skene ◽  
◽  
David K Ward ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Workforce Planning ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Acute Medicine ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The Uk

An online survey of training in Acute Medicine was conducted to assemble a true picture of the current situation in the UK. The specialty is flourishing, with over 60 trainees having predicted CCT dates in Acute Medicine in 2010 and 2011 alone. 128 respondents highlighted a multitude of issues, including the need for improvements in management and special skills training and part time opportunities. We have used the results of this survey to suggest action points for Deaneries, Training Programme Directors, the Society for Acute Medicine (UK) and those involved in workforce planning.

The rate and impact of substance misuse in psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs) in the UK

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hattie Catherine Ann Moyes ◽  
Lana MacNaboe ◽  
Kate Townsend
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Substance Misuse ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Content Type ◽  
National Quality ◽  
Improvement Programme ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to understand the current scale of substance misuse in psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs), identify how substance misuse affects members of staff, patients and the running of wards and explore with staff what resources would be most useful to more effectively manage substance misuse and dual diagnosis on PICUs. Design/methodology/approach The paper used a mixed-methods approach, using a quantitative survey to determine the extent of substance use in PICUs and a co-design workshop to understand the impact of substance misuse on PICU wards, staff and patients. Findings The estimated rate of substance misuse in PICUs over a 12-month period is 67%, with cannabis the most frequently used substance. Despite the range of problems experienced on PICUs because of substance misuse, the availability of training and resources for staff was mixed. Research limitations/implications The findings may not be fully generalisable as research participants were members of a national quality improvement programme, and therefore, may not be representative of all PICUs. Data was collected from clinicians only; if patients were included, they might have provided another perspective on substance misuse on PICUs. Practical implications This paper emphasises the importance of substance misuse training for PICU staff to adequately respond to patients who misuse substances, improve the ward environment, staff well-being and patient outcomes. Originality/value This paper provides an updated estimation of rates of substance misuse in PICUs over a 12-month period and make suggestions for a training programme that can better support staff to address substance misuse on PICUs.

Searching for the true attrition rate of UK paediatric trainees

2021 ◽  
pp. archdischild-2020-321415
Author(s):  
Melody Grace Redman ◽  
Davide Carzedda ◽  
Nicola Jay ◽  
Simon J Clark ◽  
Marie Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Area ◽  
Workforce Planning ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Attrition Rate ◽  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Retrospective Data Analysis ◽  
Level Of Training ◽  
The Uk

ObjectiveTo quantitatively analyse the number of doctors leaving the paediatric specialty training (ST) programme in the UK, to assist with evidence-based workforce planning.DesignData were sought on those leaving the UK paediatrics training programme between 2014 and 2019 from Heads of Schools of Paediatrics and Freedom of Information Act requests.SettingRetrospective data analysis.Outcome measuresOverall attrition rate, attrition rate across level of training, attrition rate across geographical area, recorded reason for leaving.ResultsAll results must be interpreted with caution due to limitations in record keeping and analysis. The annual attrition rate across all ST levels between 2014 and 2019 is estimated at 3.7%–4.2% (ie, 749–845 trainees may have left the paediatric training programme over 2014–2019). No reason for leaving was recorded for three-quarters of individuals, around 630 doctors. Of those leaving paediatrics, significantly more (χ², p=0.015) did so at ST3 (20.3%) versus the next highest training year, ST2 (13.6%).ConclusionsThis project seems to demonstrate worryingly poor record-keeping of the true attrition rate of paediatric trainees by organisations responsible for workforce planning, including Health Education England, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and individual paediatric schools across the UK. To allow evidence-based workforce planning for the benefit of UK children, it is vital that accurate records on trainees who leave the training programme are kept and shared across the UK.

scholarly journals Competence in using the arthroscopy stack system: a national survey of orthopaedic trainees in the UK

2020 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-152
Author(s):  
G Manoharan ◽  
N Sharma ◽  
P Gallacher
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Electronic Survey ◽  
System A ◽  
Ensure Patient Safety ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Orthopaedic Training ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Arthroscopic Procedures

Introduction Surgeons are required to have a sound knowledge regarding all operating theatre equipment they wish to use. This is important to ensure patient safety and theatre efficiency. Arthroscopy forms a significant part of all orthopaedic subspecialty practice. Proficiency in performing arthroscopic procedures is assessed during registrar training. The aim of this survey was to determine the competence of orthopaedic trainee registrars in setting up the arthroscopy stack system and managing intraoperative problems. Materials and methods Electronic survey forms were sent to all orthopaedic training programme directors in the UK to be forwarded to trainees in their deanery. The electronic survey contained 13 questions aimed at determining trainee experience and competence level with working with the arthroscopy stack system. Results A total of 138 responses were received from 14 deaneries in the UK. Almost all registrars had experienced intraoperative delays because of equipment malfunction that required addressing by more competent staff. However, 82% of respondents had not received any formal training for operating the arthroscopy stack system. Some 82% of registrars of ST7 grade or above, who had performed over 50 arthroscopic procedures and achieved a level 4 PBA competence, were unable to set up the stack system and successfully address these delays. Conclusions Inadequate training is delivered to orthopaedic registrars from both the training programme and arthroscopy-themed courses with regards to set-up and operation of the arthroscopy tower system. This training should be part of the curriculum to ensure patient safety and efficient theatre practice.

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