Last week, Edinburgh Airport hosted its first training session for medical students from NHS Fife with help from Jet2, who provided the aircraft and aircrew, and Edinburgh Airport Fire Service, who provided their own training rig for the students.
The day of training was led by Dr Martin Clark and others from NHS Fife
Helping to host a full-day simulation event at the airport was Dr Martin Clark, a consultant anaesthetist, who led the medical students with help from Dr Charlotte Reid, an NHS Fife clinical teaching fellow and other medical staff from the NHS board.
This is the first time official training like this has been held in the UK, marking a groundbreaking new training day of realistic medical simulations for students from both St Andrews and Dundee universities.
Dr Reid declared that ‘We don’t have any training for out-of-hospital situations in medical school’, so this extra training fills a gap in which senior medical students may otherwise have little to no experience.
Hanna Akel, NHS Fife Simulation Centre Manager, said:
“This landmark training event gave our students a unique chance to learn and use their skills. Everyone involved, from the NHS Fife simulation team who were there on the day to the students themselves got so much from the opportunity.
“We’d like to extend our thanks to Edinburgh Airport staff, the Fire and Rescue Service at the airport and Jet2 for giving their time and facilities to us, it was a day we wont forget and are very grateful to have had the opportunity.”
Peter Barnes, Chief Operations Officer at Edinburgh Airport, said:
“Opening up aircraft and the airport to this kind of hands-on learning is not something we do every day, and it’s been brilliant to see how much the students gained from it.
“This is the first time we’ve collaborated on a medical training exercise of this scale, and we’re really proud to have played a part in bringing partners together to create practical experiences that future doctors can learn from.”
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