FPHC Crowd Doctor and Practitioner Course

Course Overview

We are currently operating a waitlist for the course. Join the early access waitlist to receive priority booking access when applications open.

Please email fphc@rcsed.ac.uk to add your details to the waitlist.

The course covers the curriculum through a multimodality learner centred approach including pre course reading, discussions to deliver clarity, hands on practical skill acquisition and application through simulation. Knowledge, skill acquisition and application are assessed through continual formative and summative assessment processes

The course is delivered by experienced faculty from the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care including experienced crowd doctors, nurses and paramedics. The teaching faculty aims for the courses to be enjoyable, supportive and non-threatening, to respect and build on candidates’ prior experience through a learner centred approach, engaging them in their own learning and encouraging self-reflection and development.

The Crowd Doctor & Practitioner Course is endorsed by the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care being assessed on its curricula content, educational delivery, assessments and teaching faculty every four years. Candidate feedback is taken on every course and considered in the continued course development.

The course is run twice a year currently, September in the London area and March in the Yorkshire region.

Suitability

From April 2018 the Course was renamed 'Crowd Doctor & Practitioners Course', to reflect the diversity of professions involved in providing care at stadia. Applications to join the Course will now be accepted from suitable Health Care Professionals with the ability to provide care on site, prescribe and discharge from the stadia/event.

Applicants must be registered with the GMC, HCPC or NMC.

Paramedics and nurses should have completed prescribing course to prescribe in a pre-hospital setting and able to discharge from the scene.

Applications to join the Course will now be accepted from professionals matching Levels G & H of the PHEM competency framework. The competencies required are most of G and some of H. Please refer to the “Additional Information” section to view the relevant framework document.

Successful candidates are required re-certificate every 4 years.

Course Format

The curriculum over the 5-day course includes:

Days 1-3: Pre face to face course knowledge acquisition with pre course materials and reading.

Day 4:

· Initial assessment: ABCDE

· Airway Management skills

· Basic & Advanced Life Support

· Breathing & Chest Trauma including management of life-threatening chest conditions/trauma

· Circulation & Shock including Abdominal & Pelvic Trauma management

· Head & Facial Injuries

· Spinal Trauma including spinal immobilisation and patient handling skills

· Musculoskeletal Trauma

· Medical Emergencies

· Core Skills assessments

Day 5:

· Management of a Major Incident

· Role of the Medical Incident Commander and Health & Emergency Services

· Personal & Medical Equipment

· Major Incident Triage including triage tool utilisation

· Radio communications & voice procedures

· Table top exercise

· Simulation Practice

· Summative simulation and written assessments.

Course Objectives

The course aims to provide a positive training environment to enable appropriate knowledge and skill acquisition to facilitate application through simulation to display the gain of the required competencies of practice as listed above

This will be achieved through multi-modality of learning with a candidate centred approach by faculty from the event health care sector.

Course Director

Andy Smith, Chair, Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care