Date

Title

Programme Content

Host

Trust Lead Contact

10 Sept

ACCS Induction

CT1/ST1 only   Morning

Deanery

Jennifer Farrant

10 Sept 2024 PM

SLO4

Focus on the principles of Major Trauma management:

The Trauma Team, A to E Assessment, head and spinal injuries, pelvic injuries, compartment syndrome, burns, imaging decisions, communication across teams, major trauma network relevant to transfer and bypass criteria

Derriford

Sally Pearson

8 Oct 2024

SLO 1 &

SLO2

Assessment of common Cardiology and Respiratory presentations including chest pain, breathlessness, palpitations, haemoptysis, and cough with a focus on: History taking, Differential diagnosis, Investigative decisions, Guidelines, Communication with other teams, Discharge planning, Safety netting

Truro

Jennifer Farrant

12 Nov 2024

SLO4

Management of Common Minor Injuries with a focus on upper limb (fractures and soft tissue injuries) and lower limb. Imaging decisions/pitfalls/guidelines e.g. scaphoid fracture, colles fracture, hand examination, NOF, back pain, wounds, finger and nail bed injuries, local anaesthetic techniques, foreign bodies in eye and ear. (note Major Trauma covered in a separate day)

Torbay

Luke Ball

10 Dec 2024

SLO 1 &

SLO2

Ultrasound

Assessment of common Neurology presentations including acute confusion, headache, seizures/status epilepticus, speech disturbance, hemiparesis/hemiplegia, gait abnormality, visual disturbance, weakness/paralysis, dizziness and vertigo with a focus on: History taking, Differential diagnosis, Investigative decisions, Guidelines, Communication with other teams, Discharge planning, Safety netting.

Introduction to Ultrasound for ACCS

Exeter

Adam Green

14 Jan 2025

SLO 11

SLO6 (leadership)

The principles of audit, Introduction to the Quality Improvement Project, Managing Complaints, Serious Incidents, Writing a Police Statement

EM Leaders introduction

North Devon

Liam Kevern

11 Feb 2025

SLO5

Procedural skills day (in person event) Pleural Aspiration of air, Chest drain: Seldinger Technique, Chest drain: open technique, External Pacing, Direct Current Cardioversion, Lumbar Puncture

Derriford

PEMDEF

Sally Pearson

11 Mar 2025

SLO 3 &

SLO8

Identifying the sick adult patient. Recognising the deteriorating patient. Organ dysfunction and support

 Team communication and specialty referral. Escalating to rapid response and intensive care. The septic patient. Blood gas interpretation, Shared decision making, involving families, Escalating to Intensive Care, Ceiling of care and end-of-life decision-making, Organ donation

Truro

Jennifer Farrant

8 April 2025

SLO 6

Managing workload, Clinical decision-making under pressure, Difficult interactions in the workplace, Managing the agitated or violent patient including the legal framework, Safeguarding vulnerable patients

Taunton

Laurence Chuter

13 May 2025

SLO1 &

SLO2

ARCP preparation

Assessment of Nephrology and Endocrinology common presentations including electrolyte disorders, Oliguria, Addisonian Crisis, Hyperglycaemia, Hypoglycaemia with a focus on: History taking, Differential diagnosis, Investigative decisions, Guidelines, Communication with other teams, Discharge planning, Safety netting.

Check in pre-ARCP (TPD)

Torbay

Luke Ball

10 Jun 2025

SLO1 &

SLO2

Assessment of Gastro (medical & surgical) common presentations including Abdominal and loin pain, Abnormal Swelling or mass, Ascites, Constipation, Diarrhoea, Haematemesis and melena, Jaundice, Anal pain and rectal bleeding, Nausea and Vomiting, Dysphagia with a focus on: History taking, Differential diagnosis, Investigative decisions, Guidelines, Communication with other teams, Discharge planning, Safety netting.

North Devon

Liam Kevern

8 July 2025

SLO 10

The role of clinical evidence in practice. The principles of critical appraisal. Data protection and sharing information. Introduction to research.

Exeter

Adam Green