BASICS (Scotland) provides education and support in prehospital emergency care to healthcare providers throughout remote and rural Scotland. Nationally, the organisation enables 176 healthcare providers who respond to prehospital emergency calls in their locality in support of the Scottish Ambulance Service. Given the geographical challenges faced by rural responders wishing to attend such meetings, a […]
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In this session, I aimed to summarise the important contribution of seminal works (such as A Fortunate Man, A Country Doctor and Single Handed), and consider how to share effective images that provide insight to the modern rural practitioner, and consider social media streams available to share this work. Find out more by searching for […]
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I was privileged to present data from this recent report on behalf of BASICS Scotland. ‘It is possible to provide tele-education, at scale, to rural primary care staff; this requires relevant course content, good technical support and appropriate contextual setting. Online delivery saves resource, and fits the way modern primary care practitioners are asked to work. […]
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Presentation to the annual Scottish Trainees’ conference of the British Geriatric Society – background, case scenarios and workshop to introduce some of the challenges of providing complex care of the elderly and intermediate care in remote & rural settings. Delivered with Deena Deans, physiotherapist at Arran War Memorial Hospital. Lots of discussion and enthusiasm for […]