The London Air Ambulance (LAA) is a charitable foundation providing an Air Ambulance to the UK's capital city. Including both a helicopter service and physician response units, LAA has brought prehospital care to the streets of London for 25 years, and have treated over 30,000 patients. They serve 10 million people who live, work and travel within the M25 with just one helicopter and one team. The Prehospital Care Programme is exceptionally proud to support the work of LAA, and to bring students the opportunity to be mentored by the doctors and paramedics working with the Air Ambulance.
For more information, and to support the Air Ambulance, please visit the LAA website.
For more information, and to support the Air Ambulance, please visit the LAA website.
The London Ambulance Service (LAS) has been providing emergency medical care for over 50 years. They provide a free service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to the 10 million people who live, work, and travel in London. With a staff of over 4,500 individuals based in 70 ambulance stations, LAS work to provide prehospital care to anyone who calls 999 for emergency medical help. The Prehospital Care Programme has developed a fantastic relationship with LAS, and each and every student on the programme has their own paramedic mentor whom they join for shifts out on the road seeing real emergencies and learning first-hand the work the paramedics do.
For more information please visit the LAS website.
For more information please visit the LAS website.
The Institute of Pre-Hospital Care at London’s Air Ambulance was founded in 2013 to build and expand on the research, innovation and educational activities of LAA. Its mission is to drive excellence in pre-hospital care standards and practice through research, innovation and education; and by fostering collaboration across medical disciplines and institutions dedicated to improving outcomes for people afflicted by critical injury and illness.
The Institute remains closely aligned with London’s Air Ambulance, sharing its clinical and organisational leadership teams; drawing on its case studies to inform priorities; and collaborating to develop new clinical interventions, conduct research and educate the next generation of pre-hospital care experts. The Institute is directed by Dr Gareth Grier, who also acts as its Education Lead and plays a key role in the development of the Prehospital Care Programme.
For more information please visit the IOPHC website.
The Institute remains closely aligned with London’s Air Ambulance, sharing its clinical and organisational leadership teams; drawing on its case studies to inform priorities; and collaborating to develop new clinical interventions, conduct research and educate the next generation of pre-hospital care experts. The Institute is directed by Dr Gareth Grier, who also acts as its Education Lead and plays a key role in the development of the Prehospital Care Programme.
For more information please visit the IOPHC website.
The Prehospital Medicine programme was created and will be run as a collaboration between Barts and The London School of Medicine and London’s Air Ambulance - being delivered and supervised by faculty from both. Teaching will also be given by other experts in prehospital medicine and related disciplines.
This one-year intercalated BSc programme aims to provide students with a strong foundation in the science and practical skills required for a successful career in prehospital medicine - and is highly relevant to other acute care specialties as well as excellent preparation for FY1/FY2 doctors who are interested a career within a broad range of disciplines. Further, it will provide students with significant grounding in interprofessional working, leadership, and governance. Having embarked on this programme of study, students would be well prepared for employment in many diverse areas.
The programme builds on the acclaimed Prehospital Care Programme (PCP) for medical students initiated at Barts and the London School of Medicine, now replicated throughout the UK. Subspecialty recognition of prehospital medicine in the UK by the GMC is creating a formal postgraduate structure for training, which we hope that our graduates will be well placed to join.
Students who successfully complete this programme will have knowledge and insights into the medical sciences that underpin prehospital medicine. They will also understand the operations and contexts of the related services and be familiar with the wide range of team working and leadership elements at play, including governance processes. Students will have an opportunity to appreciate the impact of human factors on medical decision-making and on patient outcomes. The projects and the personal studies will not only enable students to demonstrate academic ability but also their commitment to learning and engagement within this area of study.
The Intercalated Degree in Prehospital Medicine was co-convened by PCP development leaders, Prof Danë Goodsman and Dr Gareth Grier.
This one-year intercalated BSc programme aims to provide students with a strong foundation in the science and practical skills required for a successful career in prehospital medicine - and is highly relevant to other acute care specialties as well as excellent preparation for FY1/FY2 doctors who are interested a career within a broad range of disciplines. Further, it will provide students with significant grounding in interprofessional working, leadership, and governance. Having embarked on this programme of study, students would be well prepared for employment in many diverse areas.
The programme builds on the acclaimed Prehospital Care Programme (PCP) for medical students initiated at Barts and the London School of Medicine, now replicated throughout the UK. Subspecialty recognition of prehospital medicine in the UK by the GMC is creating a formal postgraduate structure for training, which we hope that our graduates will be well placed to join.
Students who successfully complete this programme will have knowledge and insights into the medical sciences that underpin prehospital medicine. They will also understand the operations and contexts of the related services and be familiar with the wide range of team working and leadership elements at play, including governance processes. Students will have an opportunity to appreciate the impact of human factors on medical decision-making and on patient outcomes. The projects and the personal studies will not only enable students to demonstrate academic ability but also their commitment to learning and engagement within this area of study.
The Intercalated Degree in Prehospital Medicine was co-convened by PCP development leaders, Prof Danë Goodsman and Dr Gareth Grier.
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