Enhanced Recovery

ERP Training Courses, available at:

1.       St Mark’s Hospital, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
2.       Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
3.     Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust
 

SUMMARY OF COURSE DATES

COURSE SUMMARIES:

Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the course each delegate/ team should:

• Understand the background of the development of enhanced recovery
• Be able to describe the surgical and anaesthetic considerations for enhanced recovery after colorectal surgery
• Have an increased awareness of the impact on patients (and their relatives) undergoing enhanced recovery
• Understand the role of patients and carer in enhanced recovery
• Be able to discuss pre and post operative care and role of the theatre team.
• Understand the options available for pain control
• Have a greater understanding of the nutritional aspects of enhanced recovery.
• Understand the role of colorectal specialist nurse and stoma care practitioner in enhanced recovery
• Be able to describe the role of the physiotherapist and stoma care practitioner
• Formulate a plan to introduce, or update, an enhanced recovery programme in their own centre

Faculty:  Mr Nader Francis, Consultant Surgeon; Mr Jonathan Ockrim, Consultant Surgeon; Dr Roger Kipling, Consultant Anaesthetist; Dr Jeremy Reid, Consultant Anaesthetist; Sr Louise Evans, Senior Ward Sister; Sr Win Gillard, Laparoscopic Theatre Practitioner; Sr Dawn Wintle, Pain Control Specialist Nurse; Louise Albrich, Dietician; Julie Burton, Stoma Care Practitioner & Colorectal Specialist Nurse; Clare Wiltshire, Clinical Specialist in Respiratory Physiology.

Course Content:
A typical course will provide some or all of the following:

• Opportunities to attend the ward to observe colorectal enhanced recovery in action
• Opportunities to meet patients who have recently followed this care pathway
• Interactive discussions on common difficulties in establishing and maintaining enhanced recovery
• Short seminars on:
  
  • Background and history of ERP in UK
  • Surgical perspective
  • Anaesthetic considerations
  • Theatre practitioner’s role
  • Pre and post operative care
  • Pain control
  • Role of nutrition
  • Stoma care
  • Physiotherapy

Sponsors: This course is supported by the NTP, Ethicon Endosurgery UK

For more information, or to make a booking, please contact the SWLC Administrator, Elaine Cox  Email: elaine.cox@ydh.nhs.uk 
Course details can also be found at www.enhancedrecovery.org
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