Unlocking the learning potential of simulation-based education.

Simulation is ubiquitous in the training of hospital-based doctors worldwide, often focusing on an individual level in traditional 'skills and drills'-based training. However, there has been an expansion in the use of simulation in healthcare practice and training. Simulation is being adopted into many disciplines that traditionally have not used this form of experiential learning.

'Visiting uncertainty': an immersive primary care simulation to explore decision-making when there is clinical uncertainty.

Doctors are required to be able to care for patients in a variety of settings, including the patient's home. Patients requiring urgent care in their own homes are at risk of acute deterioration. However, differentiating acute deterioration from self-limiting conditions in the primary care environment can be challenging, even for GPs who are experienced in managing clinical uncertainty and ambiguity.

SUPPORT FOR GENERAL PRACTITONERS DURING COVID-19.

Background: Evidence of initiatives to support General Practitioners (GPs) during the Covid-19 pandemic is scant.

Aim: To understand the impact of a novel method of providing support in the early stages of the pandemic.

Design And Setting: A mixed-methods study of GPs working in a socially deprived area of Belfast.