Following the success of our previous events, our ‘Be a Better Paramedic’ Student Paramedic Conference returns for another day of engaging, challenging and interesting CPD.
Join us on Saturday 2nd March 2024 for this fantastic event.
NEW in the SW – NHS Paramedic Apprenticeship – Direct entry
Start dates of April 2024 and Sep 2024
The University of the West of England (UWE) are conducting a survey which will explore occupational stress among all SWASFT ambulance service staff. For a quick overview, please watch this short video: watch video We will ask about: stressors at work and their impact preferences for stress management support Your responses will help: Prioritise what…
The NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARC) Wessex are offering six internships specific to mental health research. These opportunities are open to anyone working in or with mental health or social care services across the Wessex region, including staff from NHS Trusts, universities, local government, health, social care or community care organisations, charities and the…
Making Sense of Health Research Annual Conference on Wednesday 21 September 22 (9.30 – 16.30) at Buckfast Abbey Conference Centre.
SW AHPs, AHP Support Workers, & Students – HEE SW invites you to our next SW AHP MASSIVE conference & networking event. 23rd May Exeter
*Bulletin on behalf of the Research Team* SVT is a regular narrow complex tachycardia, greater than 160 beats per minute. Patients may present with palpitations, chest pain, syncope or shortness of breath. The ECG below presents what SVT will looks like. SVT can be treated using the Modified Valsalva Manoeuvre which is explained…
South West Paramedics in Primary Care Conference Saturday 25th March 2023 09:30-16:00 Venue: Taunton Racecourse Confirmed speakers for this conference include: Helen Beaumont-Waters – Head Of Clinical Development For Primary And Urgent Care, College of Paramedics Dr Bridgette Carne – GP Rachel Hosznyak – Frailty Advanced Practitioner – Paramedic Dr Andrew Tressider – GP…
The PARAMEDIC-3 research team invite you to attend their free Pre-hospital cardiac arrest CPD webinar on Monday 8th August 2022, 19:00-20:20
HEE Placement Focus Groups for NQPs, Mentors, Supervisors and Assessors Health Education England are inviting Allied Health Professionals of all levels to join an online focus group. The overall aim of these focus groups is to develop an understanding and consensus on what ‘good’ looks like. The focus groups are intended to generate feedback, which…
PARAMEDIC SCIENCE QUALITY REVIEW – Focus Group
This group will be part of the incentivised PEd update day on 1st Dec 2022 – if you sign up for the whole day you will be paid as per the normal arrangement for update days. Students can drop-in for the focus group at 15:00 in an unpaid capacity.
The SW Clinical Senate currently have 2 vacancies for a Professional-in-Training on the Senate Council.
Applications are welcome from doctors, nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, pharmacists, dentists, and trainees from other specialisms that are currently represented on the Senate Council i.e. medical scientists.
The Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC) are working with Health Education England (HEE) to build on existing examples of good practice in preceptorship and have opened consultation.
The National Education and Training (NETS) Survey is back for 2022 and is open to all trainees and students working and training in healthcare services across England.
SWASFT are upgrading to Office 365 including MS teams. Want to know how to use all the new features and find out where your old shortcuts went? Free bitesize training is available
The Symposium will also include a lived experience panel with members of three emergency services, sessions on getting active, family support, managing fatigue and supporting new recruits, and a Wellbeing Hub space for delegates to unwind in.
Places are still available on a selection of HEI modules These places will be available on a ‘first come, first served’ basis and can be booked by contacting CPD Admin. A list of the modules with available places on them will be released via our upcoming email campaigns for SWAST CPD. *Please be advised…
HEE PARAMEDIC SCIENCE QUALITY REVIEW
An invitation to join a feedback session to share your experience of paramedic clinical placements for current students, NQP’s and Practice Educators.
New Clinical supervision page has been launched with more information for staff and students in SWASFT – click here for more
Hospital or Not? Conveyance Decisions for Over 65s Help inform future research by sharing your insight on how decisions are made on conveying patients who are over 65 to hospital. Open to those who are over 65 years old, or care for someone over 65, paramedics, geriatricians, ED clinicians or nurses. A…
The Mental Health Education For Ambulance Services Conference 2022, will be held at the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel, Milton Keynes on Thursday 27th October. Reserve your place today to join in person.
Young Black Men Mental Health Crisis Tools- Guides Supporting Young Black Men. These useful guides can be accessed free of charge.
SWASFT e-learning PEd course handbook now available!
The PARAMEDIC-3 research team invite you to attend their free Pre-hospital cardiac arrest CPD webinar on Monday 8th August 2022, 19:00-20:20
Health Education England South West Multi-Professional Educational Conference – For all multi-professional educators, trainers and learners – Oct 14th 2022 – Virtual & Face to face – Taunton racecourse – Abstract submissions open
The questionnaire is aimed at any individual currently working with people experiencing a mental health crisis and will help us to understand more about this workforce and their training and development needs.
This session aims to inform on the use of the ReSPECT form with an added Q&A session, and will touch on similar forms used in other areas.
INTERNATIONAL PARAMEDICS DAY
The first ever International Paramedics Day will be held on 8th July 2022 to recognise and celebrate the work carried out by paramedics and first responders around the world.
Mental health crisis workforce questionnaire *The closing date for the questionnaire is Friday 29th of July at 17:00* Funding will be allocated and training put in place as a direct result of the findings. This questionnaire is aimed at any individual who currently works with people experiencing a mental health crisis and will help us to…
After a couple of years of discussion and development, the IMPACT study is taking off with Diana and Lynn’s profiles now added to the website.
NIHR Emergency Care Incubator Interactive Symposium – Bristol – June 2022 *Self funded event*
We are pleased to share news that the SWASFT employee Sasha Johnston’s work Mental health continuum virtual poster – Sasha Johnston (primary author), Jo Mildenhall and Dr Jaimee Wylam (co-authors) – is being shared today at the Canadian Paramedicine Research day.
PARAMEDIC-3 research study PARAMEDIC-3 is an opportunity for paramedics to participate in a research study for patients in out of hospital cardiac arrest. Summary PARAMEDIC-3 hosted by Warwick Clinical Trials Unit is a multi-centre, individually randomised, superiority trial of an intraosseous access first strategy for adult patients who sustain an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Patients will…
The CPD staff survey for 2022 is now open for you to have you say on how you feel about the many opportunities we have on offer. Completing this survey will give you a higher chance of seeing more of what you would really like to see us advertise. This could be either more…
Welcome to the first edition of our new Practice Placement newsletter. Keeping students & PE’s up to speed on all things placement.
Stress awareness week – top tips videos , featuring SWASFT Academic Support Paramedic & PhD student – Sasha Johnston
SWAST, in conjunction with the University of Cumbria, are seeking a clinical lecturer (seconded from the Trust) for the SWAST Paramedic apprenticeship programme. You will work with the SWAST Programme Leader (SL) and other clinical lecturers to deliver the University’s BSc (Hons) in Paramedic Science to SWAST members of staff who are undertaking the…
Cambridge Diabetes Education Programme (CDEP) are pleased to announce the return of Hypo-Awareness Week for 2021. This awareness week is set to commence from Monday 13th September to Sunday 19th September. Hypos can be common in people living with insulin- or sulphonylurea-treated diabetes. They are a nuisance at best, but are often unpleasant…
A new and exciting opportunity has opened up for students in collaboration with the Review, Learn and Improve (RLI) team.
All ambulance staff invited to attend this session on learning through discomfort – and why feeling uncomfortable isn’t a bad thing.
NEW! Pre-Hospital PROMPT Videos PPH & Normal birth videos made in collaboration with SWASFT, PROMPT, UWE. Available here and on YouTube
New UoC student and Practice Educator page published with access to tons of resources for students and PEs
Flu Jabs for students – how do I get one? Where do Iget one? When are they?
(and do I still get a Costa voucher if I’m student? – Yes you do!)
Flu Jabs for students – how do I get one? Where do Iget one? When are they?
(and do I still get a Costa voucher if I’m student? – Yes you do!)
The University of the West of England (UWE) is pleased to announce a small number of awards to support allied health professionals (AHPs), nurses and midwives to undertake health research training as part of their clinical academic development.
PE’s nominated for Placement awards by UoP School of Health Professions
There are now more bookable training opportunities and E-Learning opportunities now available for the Gloucestershire county ONLY. Staff who serve Gloucestershire patients in the Hub fall into this category. Please bear in mind that it is not us that provide these training opportunities, but Gloucestershire County itself! Whilst Gloucestershire County Council are not able to…
These advertised courses are only for staff who work in Gloucestershire as they are funded externally by Gloucestershire-based organisations (this is their stipulation). Whilst Gloucestershire County Council are not able to deliver our regular face to face training (yet), they have been actively working to source and develop resources to deliver live via online platforms. The following…
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued hard work in providing a quality placement for all students! As your Practice Placement Co-coordinator (PPC) team, we would like to update you on the work we have been doing towards getting students from all of our partner universities returning to…
An exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of Paramedic education! Could you be the Senior lecturer in Paramedic Apprenticeships (Partnership secondment with SWAST)? App. deadline extended to 16/08
We need you! Could you be the student face of our flu campaign? This year has been anything but normal and even though we are still in the midst of a pandemic, planning is underway for the next flu vaccination programme with vaccines ordered and work progressing to ensure we are ready and prepared. We…
These advertised courses are only for staff who work in Gloucestershire as they are funded externally by Gloucestershire-based organisations (this is their stipulation). Whilst Gloucestershire County Council are not able to deliver our regular face to face training (yet), they have been actively working to source and develop resources to deliver live via online platforms. The following…
New sites added to Online Resources page New websites have been added to the Online resources page. This page has lots of really useful signposts to online education materials, reference websites, exam practice tools, & lots more! If you find an out of date resource or broken link, or something that shouldn’t be up there…
Frequent Callers Health & Science Research UK video presentation The Trust’s Frequent Caller Team have been invited to the Health and Science Research UK Conference this year. Below is the pre-recorded session related to High Intensity Users. We hope this will give you an insight into work being done nationally relating to service users that…
New video on iLearn if you havent seen it yet! Cardiac arrest procedures – COVID 19
A video produced by the Clincial team and the L&D team to guide you through cardiac arrest during Covid.
Covid-19 – BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) Colleagues – Trust Letter This letter has been sent out to recently to all staff via email. As you will have seen in the bulletin last week, as well as on the news and the updates regarding Covid-19 and in particular the disproportionate impact that this has…
YOU ask, WE listen – CPD survey – Closing date 23/06/20 We want to help you develop – Tell us what kind of CPD you want – What, where, who, how, what level, what subjects – Closing date 23rd June It should take around 5 mins to complete and it will help us plan how…
New- CHANGES to the Calendar view of courses Some changes have been made to avoid confusion when booking courses – Only the Day 1 of courses with multiple days will show on the clander from now on e.g. A 3 day course with attendance days on : • 01/01/21 • 10/01/21 • 20/01/21 Will now…
New sites added to Online Resources page New websites have been added to the Online resources page. This page has lots of really useful signposts to online education materials, reference websites, exam practice tools, & lots more! If you find an out of date resource or broken link, or something that shouldn’t be up there…
UWE DLP (Dip HE) Temporary Register SWASFT FAQs Please see the below email communication that was sent out on the 11th May to DLP students. You can also Download a PDF of the FAQs here related to staff enrolled on the DLP (Dip HE) program with UWE. ‘We are aware that a number of…
HEE/NIHR South West ICA Internship and Bridging Fellowship awards Internship, Pre-doctoral awards and Post- doctoral award. Closing date is 1st July 2020 Following the recent postponement of the HEE/NIHR South West ICA Internship and Bridging Fellowship awards, the awards are begin relaunched with updated guidance. There are 3 different awards – Internship, Pre-doctoral awards…
Paramedic apprenticeship with University of Cumbria & SWASFT
Further information
More detailed information can be found on the Working Wonders Aspire website.
The Cumbria University Apprenticeship program is administered via the HR Dept. directly.
If you have any questions at all, please contact the team at ODTeam@swast.nhs.uk
UoP 3rd yrs 2020 on film These lovely people are Year 3 students from the University of Plymouth who are either entering the Temporary Paramedic register early or becoming Emergency Care Assistants to help the trust during the COVID-19 pandemic. They’ll be out and about on the road soon! So please make them welcome, and…
SWAST & UWE collaborative working Cohorts 6 & 8 of SWAST Dip HE (ECA to Paramedic) students were about to reach the end of their course when COVID 19 threw a spanner in the works. UWE had to be closed just when they were about to attend and complete their final OSCEs. SWAST and…
UWE Paramedic Science guidance – Students There are a lot of queries at the moment regarding assessments, module materials and other matters related to your studies. A key message is that: students will NOT be disadvantaged as a result of the current situation. Please ensure that you engage with Blackboard and keep up to date with…
Click here to apply for the UoP Mentorship (L6 Accredited module) – now online The UoP Mentorship module has now moved to a virtual classroom as we adjust to Covid life. This course is a fully accredited UoP Level 6 module – it will require 4 days online attendance with submission of an assignment. Please…
COLLEGE OF PARAMEDICS LAUNCH TEMP. REG. PARA (TRP / NQP) SUPPORT SITE This is a great site (updated regularly) with lots of really useful ,reputable and user friendly site. It’s stuffed with content to support staff new to the front-line, and would no doubt be useful to all clinicians new or experienced. CoP says- …
STUDENT & PRACTICE EDUCATOR PAGE We have now launched a new Student & Practice Educator (PE) page! Here you will find links to all things Student & PE replicating the Mentor resources page on the intranet, but now accessible from any device. As well as this, we will be using these pages to post…
Please CLICK HERE to download the latest Advice & Guidance to Student Paramedics – COVID – 19 Please CLICK HERE to download the SWASfT Position statement on the Advice & Guidance to Student Paramedics – COVID – 19 Please CLICK HERE to download the SWASfT FAQs on the Advice & Guidance to Student Paramedics –…
Now open for applications – deadline May 4th The University of the West of England (UWE) is pleased to announce a small number of awards to support allied health professionals (AHPs), nurses and midwives to undertake a dissertation as part of a Professional Development Masters Degree. You can download the official UWE posters HERE &…
Digital Skills training at your fingertips
UWE Distance Learning Paramedic Science programme – applications now open (This post is copied from the Bulletin- please note that SWASTCPD are NOT looking after this course- all enquires should go via the contacts below) SWAST are pleased to confirm that the application window is now open for the next 2.5-year cohort of the UWE…
A one day symposium focusing on a range of topics related to Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine including keynote talks from Professor David Lockey, Chairman of FPHC and National Director of EMRTS Wales and Ms Esther Murray, Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology at Queen Mary University of London. Friday 4th October 08:30 – 16.30 at Aerospace Bristol…
Health Education England are hosting a multi-professional free event to share good practice from across the South West region. The event will take place from 09:30-16:00 on Wednesday 17th July 2019 at Park House, 1200 Parkway, Bristol, BS34 8YU. Share examples of good practice in effective communication focussing on the training and education environment Some…
The IT Skills Pathway has had an upgrade! Digital Learning Solutions (formerly The IT Skills Pathway) provides easy to use, customisable IT training and assessments covering the full range of competencies for users of the main Microsoft Office products, from basic through to advanced. It has been developed to provide an officially recognised route of…
In difficult situations some people find it harder to communicate, Inclusion Gloucestershire’s #TuneIn project will be working with emergency services to support organisations in thinking about the things that get in the way of good communication, and what support can be provided to tell others what help they need. A #TuneIn Wristband means someone may…
‘Back to Basics’ in house CPD sessions Written & delivered by SWAST Learning & Development Officers; these events will offer a real ‘Back 2 Basics’ refresher course in a variety of subjects to all staff. We aim to deliver at least 1 of each session in each of the 8 operational County areas. Sessions planned…
Email subscription news We are trying out an email subscription service function. The idea being that if you sign up, you will receive an email notification as soon new Higher Education (HE) modules are released, Short Course dates and updates are released, and any new website resources. The software is new to us, so we…
‘Living well with cancer’ This FREE session from Macmillan Cancer care is open to all patients who would like to: ✓ Have a better understanding of cancer related fatigue and how to manage it ✓ Understand more about how you can make small changes to your lifestyle to feel more in control and improve your…
MacMillan Open All Hours – Cancer care Open All Hours is a high quality ambulance specific 1 day CPD session around Cancer, End of Life and Palliative care from MacMillan. It is a great opportunity to learn, share experiences and help you approach these difficult situations professionally. Using information provided within the case studies, knowledge…
We are playing around with setting up an email subscription service. The idea being that will pick up new posts and content as it is added, and email you if you sign up to a mailing list. This is a test post to see if the email subscription service plug in will will pick it…
The Pre-hospital Evaluation of Sensitive Troponin (PRESTO) study If you are a Paramedic and convey patients to Musgrove Park, Southmead, Royal Devon & Exeter or Derriford Emergency Departments you can participate in the PRESTO study. Chest pain is the most common reason for emergency hospital admission with 1.3 million patients presenting with chest pain in England…
Zero Suicide Alliance The Zero Suicide Alliance is a collaborative of National Health Service trusts, businesses and individuals who are all committed to suicide prevention in the UK and beyond. The alliance is ultimately concerned with improving support for people contemplating suicide by raising awareness of and promoting FREE suicide prevention training which is accessible…
A new Clinical decision support tool from BMJ including evidence-based research, guidelines and expert opinion is now available to all SWASFT staff and students on placement from April 2019 for three years (purchased by Health Education England). To access please visit https://bestpractice.bmj.com/oafed You will need a SWASFT NHS Athens account to access. Once logged in you…
Today we received a lovely thank you from a Paramedic who completed their BSc using funded Modules, accessed via www.swast.cpd.co.uk This made our day to see that we have helped someone achieve academic success. We know it involved a lot of hard work and commitment from them and want to celebrate their success. Well done! Hi I’m not…
Mind’s independent research shows that members of the emergency services are even more at risk of experiencing a mental health problem than the general population, but are less likely to seek support. Mind is delivering the Blue Light Programme to provide mental health support for emergency services staff and volunteers from ambulance, fire, police and search…
The Results of AIRWAYS-2 – What does it all mean? The AIRWAYS-2 team are hosting a free educational event in London for all the paramedics who contributed to the success of the AIRWAYS-2 research study on Wednesday 26 September at Cavendish Venues in London. The day will include the results of AIRWAYS-2, the results of the Pragmatic Airway…
Masters Loan
You can also apply for a loan to study an MSc . This type of loan can be used to complete a Masters program in most areas. You will need to check your eligibility , and it will need to be a full Masters course. (it can be part time).
NIHR CLAHRC South West Peninsula invite you to attend their free Making Sense of Health Research 1 day Conference on Friday 16th November 2018 at Buckfast Abbey Dr David Nunan, the lead tutor for the internationally renowned Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine course provided by the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, University of Oxford, will be this year’s key note speaker. To find out how our…
We’re excited to have launched the brand new SWAST CPD website. The new site includes changes to navigation, with improved menu and filtering functions that direct you to the information most relevant to you on both mobile and desktop versions. We’ve also improved the structure of our content and simplified the booking process so you’ll get…
The SWASFT staff, friends & family survey is now open until 29 June 2018.
Visit membra.co.uk/swasft1 to provide your feedback and help improve our services.
A range of resources are freely accessible to all staff on the Emergency Medicine Cheltenham and Gloucester (EM CAGE) Website.
Visit the Distance learning FOAMed Page here
http://emcage.net/
Jointly commissioning by Gloucestershire CCG and Gloucestershire County Council, ‘Risking Happiness’ was created by the Reckless Kettle Theatre Company and The Roses Theatre in 2015. The characters and story of the play are fictitious, but the process of writing it drew from real people, situations and experiences. The purpose of the play has been to…
