Yesterday was the final day of the 3 day VAST Course. We are running a facilitator training course today before escaping for a weekend adventure of mountain biking in the northern province.
We could not be happier with how everything went with the course. Back in July, Adam and I began to work on the initial concept and with many phone conversation with Christian the essential rational, ethos and scenarios began to form. The course would never have happened without the phenomenal contribution by Michelle. She made the scenarios feasible and real (fake blood, images of broken bones, and all the props).
From the start, we knew the course should reflect the real life needs of anesthesia providers in remote district hospitals. The course is a rich mesh of practical knowledge (general anesthesia, trauma, OB, paediatrics and pain management), non-technical skills (team working, anticipating, systematic practice), issues of patient safety in a hierarchical culture, ethics, decision making and professionalism. The beauty of this course is that themes are woven in organically and repeated. Scenarios become more complex throughout the course. At the end we had a commitment to change discussion about issues, barriers and potentials solutions.
We will continue to tweak and refine the course over the next few weeks but we are thrilled by the first run through. From a vision to a reality. Most satisfying indeed.
One more teaching day then off to the hills...
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| Participants entering their plans for change in their handbooks |
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| Happy course creators: Adam, Patty, Christian and Michelle |
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| VAST week 1 participants |
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