Eight members of the Kent Surrey and Sussex (KSS) Primary Care Simulation Faculty attended the Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) conference in Bournemouth last month. ASPIH is the national body for simulated practice in the United Kingdom and has international reach with attendees from over 26 countries.
Most of the faculty presented and these included oral presentations from Rosie Byars “Embedding virtual clinical experience in undergraduate pharmacy education: an observed simulation-based model to enhance primary care exposure” and from Nicola Steeds “Using tabletop simulation to promote understanding of total patient triage in General Practice in Surrey“.
There were thoughtful posters presentations:
- Leone Walker: “Hearing more than symptoms: co-production to strengthen safety netting of children in primary care“
- Caroline Allan: “Human factors in Primary Care: an innovative workshop to strengthen teams, Systems and Patient Safety“
- Samar Ahmed “Introducing translational simulation to enhance undergraduate medical education at KMMS Medical School“
West Kent Associate Dean, Locality Training Hub lead and WK GP, Jane Roome is the first GP to be appointed to the ASPIH Executive Committee where she is the Oversight Lead for all the 20 Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and was involved in delivering four workshops. These included a collaboration with the Emergency Medicine and Paediatric SIGs “Enhancing integrated care through sequential simulation: a co-produced exploration of emergency medicine, primary care and paediatrics” and presenting the work for which the faculty won a High Commendation in the 2025 HSJ Patient Safety Awards in “From simulation to impact: Advancing Healthcare with Translational Simulation“.
This was all wrapped around some insightful keynotes and interactive workshops including the growing ASPIH Primary and Community Care SIG- if you are interested in learning more or joining the evolving community please do get in touch jane.roome@nhs.net
