P5 Using simulation based education to achieve personal and educational body needs in renal medicine

Background Simulation Based Education (SBE) can be used to support Senior House Officers (SHOs) achieve core competencies in a safe environment. Renal emergencies are common, life threatening and many can be out of hours, leaving the SHOs to manage the patient in the absence of specialist input. Knowledge and skills in renal medicine are core topics for medical trainees as outlined by the training body. For this reason, a renal simulation workshop was designed for SHOs at University Hospital Galway who had been in post for 9 months, based on their self-identified learning needs. Summary of work A training needs analysis, was conducted by survey prior to the workshop. Post workshop evaluation surveys evaluated if the programme addressed learners’ needs and post workshop semi-structured interviews with participants will evaluate acceptability as a method to achieving competencies. Summary of results 37 SHOs (n = approx. 35%) responded to a pre workshop survey. 38% reported that they commonly encountered renal emergencies with 69% reporting that these occurred out of hours. Over 78% reported that they would like more training in the management of renal transplant and dialysis and 95% were interested in attending a SBE workshop. A total of 6 SHOs who participated in the interdisciplinary designed SBE workshop responded to the post workshop questionnaire. 100% agreed or strongly agreed that they enjoyed the workshop. 100% agreed that the workshop was an effective method of teaching and learning and was relevant to their practice. Conducting and analysing the results of the post workshop interviews is in progress. Discussion and conclusions Conducting a needs analysis and identifying learner needs is a good way to ensure that the simulation workshop is relevant and up to date. Trainees at SHO level can recognise the importance of participating in these types of workshops to align with the 8 domains of clinical practice. Recommendations SBE can be an effective method of training SHOs in renal medicine and in supporting them to achieve their personal and educational goals.