About this Event
‘Registrar Ready’ is a simulation course designed to help you with your transition into a medical registrar role. The day will include common scenarios that a registrar may experience on the acute medical take. It will give you an opportunity to take on this role in a safe and confidential environment with the chance to reflect on the experience in a facilitated manner. The aim is to equip you with skills and help you to gain confidence as you progress towards a time when you will be doing this in real life.
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If you would like to attend but have not been granted study leave, please get in touch with Dr Sajid Khan, at .
One-Day Intensive Simulation & Leadership Course
Preparing IMT Doctors to Step Confidently into the Registrar Role
Course Overview
Transitioning from IMT to Registrar level is a significant step that requires confident decision-making, leadership, prioritisation, and effective communication under pressure. This one-day Registrar-Ready Programme is designed to equip trainees with the clinical, non-technical, and human factors skills essential for safe and effective on-call practice as a medical registrar.
Who Should Attend
- IMT2 / IMT1 or 3 trainees preparing for registrar roles
- Doctors stepping up to medical registrar on-call duties
- Trust-grade doctors aiming to demonstrate registrar-level competence
Learning Objectives
- Manage deteriorating patients as the on-call registrar
- Prioritise and delegate effectively during on-call shifts
- Manage mental health and toxicology emergencies
- Initiate and review NIV and recognise treatment failure
- Conduct difficult conversations with families
- Apply human factors principles to improve patient safety
Program Timetable
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:15 Welcome & Course Introduction
09:15 – 10:00 Talk 1: Stepping Up to Registrar Level – Decision-Making & Leadership
10:00 – 11:00 Simulation 1: Managing the Deteriorating Patient – On-Call as a Registrar
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15 Simulation 2: Mental Health / Toxicology Emergency
12:15 – 13:00 Talk 2: Referrals, Escalation & Managing Complexity
13:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:15 Talk 3: Human Factors, Leadership & Patient Safety
14:15 – 15:15 Simulation 3: Acute Respiratory Failure – NIV Decision-Making
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 Simulation 4: Difficult Conversation – Withdrawal of NIV with Family
16:30 – 16:45 IMT Trainee Experience
16:45 – 17:00 Course Summary, Feedback & Close
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Kettering General Hospital, Rothwell Road, Kettering, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
