ABSTRACT
This narrative-report presents the activities of the 13th Field Camp of Italian Emergency Psychologists which, due to the restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, was held remotely one year after the planned date, on 9 and 17 April 2021. The voluntary organisation Psicologi per i Popoli - Federazione (OdV), on the strength of the training experience of the Field Camps that since 2006 it has been planning and - together with the association Psicologi per i Popoli - Trentino (ODV) - it has been managing at the Centro di Addestramento della Protezione Civile in Marco di Rovereto, puts at the centre of this online event the theme of the training of emergency-urgency psychologists. This training should be accredited by means of a postgraduate specialisation that also legitimises access to the emergency and urgency services of the National Health Service through competitive exams. The article also presents the results of the groups' work in proposing guidelines for the definition of "operational models" for emergency intervention.
ABSTRACT
Hands-on wet lab simulation training is a vital part of modern surgical training. Since 2010, surgical 'boot camps' have been run by many UK deaneries to teach core surgical trainees basic entry level skills. Training in advanced skills often requires attendance at national fee-paying courses. In the Wessex Deanery, multiple, free of charge, core surgical 'field camps' were developed to provide more advanced level teaching in the particular specialty preference of each core surgical trainee. After the COVID-19 pandemic, national hands-on courses will be challenging to provide and deanery-based advanced skills training may be the way forward for craft-based specialties. The experiences over 2 years of delivering the Wessex core surgical field camps are shared, giving a guide and advice for other trainers on how to run a field camp.