1. Tissue Viability induction training for Nursing staff in an acute NHS Trust. A Pilot study using a Virtual Patient Simulation Simon Messer Senior Lecturer, University of the West of England Jo Witherstone Helen Morgan University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Medbiquitous Annual Conference 19 th – 20 th May 2014

2. Background UHBT 8,000+ staff over 100 different clinical services across nine different sites largest centre for medical training in the South West

3. The Project Collaboration between Trust and UWE Content provided by Trust’s tissue viability team Authoring expertise and asset creation by UWE Based on a real incident Stand alone CPD unit

4. The Pilot Evaluated by 42 ward sisters & senior nurses Self administered e-questionnaire captured: – Quantitative data – Qualitative data Statistical and thematic analysis

5. Evaluation - Demographics Number of participants = 42

6. Evaluation “very helpful to be able to do case studies” “case studies help you with understanding and confident” “it has given me more confidence in my ability” “I go through this exercise with all my new staff and student nurses so they know what they are looking for. It is excellent”

7. Evaluation

10. Next steps 36 other CPD units for Trust nursing staff Children’s Hospital – The deteriorating child – Cardiac course

11. Any questions? Simon.messer@uwe.ac.uk