#stemlynsWILD will cover many of the generic and speciality competencies relating to any speciality/career dealing with critically ill/injured patients.
Although #stemlynsWILD is taking part in the Lake District it is not specifically a prehospital or wilderness conference. We are going there to learn and test generic skills in a challenging environment. We will be using the location, experience and opportunities that an immersive event in an unfamiliar environment offer. Hospital based clinicians should be assured that the activities and learning will be highly relevant to their practice. UK clinicians may find the following curriculum mapping useful when applying for study leave.
Illustrative curriculum and competency mapping for Emergency Medicine.
| Source | Competency | Related activity examples* |
| RCEM Curriculum | Dom 2. Professional Skills Dom 3. Professional Knowledge SLO3.Resuscitation skills SLO6. Procedural skills | Airway workshop: Laryngoscopy skills (DL/VL) SALAD techniques Intubation skills Drug choice in ED RSI |
| RCEM Curriculum | Dom 2. Professional Skills Dom 3. Professional Knowledge SLO3.Resuscitation skills S LO6. Procedural skills | Cardiac arrest/vascular workshop: Emergency vascular access, USS facilitated vascular access |
| RCEM Curriculum | Dom5. Leadership and team working SLO3.Resuscitation skills SLO6. Procedural skills SLO7. Complex and challenging situations | Complex cardiac scenarios including cardiac arrest. Special circumstance cardiac arrest. |
| RCEM Curriculum | Dom5. Leadership and team working SLO3.Resuscitation skills SLO4. Acutely injured patients SLO5. Care for children SLO6. Procedural skills SLO7. Complex and challenging situations | Complex trauma scenarios including paediatric trauma |
| RCEM Curriculum | Dom5. Leadership and team working SLO3.Resuscitation skills SLO7. Complex and challenging situations | Mountain route comprising 5 clinical and 5 leadership tasks to be solved/led/participated in as team of 9 clinicians. Emphasis on Domain 5 in this activity with feedback from faculty on individual and team performance. |
| RCEM Curriculum | Dom 9. Research and Scholarship Dom 8. Teaching and training | Narrative learning sessions at conference. Facilitated discussions on learner led experiences. All participants will have the opportunity to teach colleagues on a topic of their choice, with faculty feedback |
| EM leaders | Leading Self | All participants will be presented with complex scenarios requiring individual challenges both clinically and personally. The participants will experience challenges and invited to reflect on their reactions when placed in such circumstances with faculty feedback. |
| EM leaders | Leading Teams | Participants will work in teams of up to 9 persons. These teams will be tasked to complete a range of clinical and non-clinical tasks. All participants will experience leadership and followership roles during the event. They will have the opportunity to reflect on these experiences with faculty support. |
| EM leaders | Leading People | Mutual support and narrative sharing of lived experiences and skills is a core part of the conference. All participants will experience the leadership of peers and the experience of being led. These opportunities will take place under challenging conditions allowing participants to understand their abilities and coping mechanisms when challenged. |
Suggested text to TPD/HoS in emergency medicine
Dear HoS/TPD,
I am writing to ask for your support in attending the #stemlynsWILD conference in June 2023. The conference is aimed at clinicians involved in the care of the acutely unwell and injured patient.
I wish to attend in order to develop my leadership, resuscitation, team working, teaching and learning skills. I have enclosed a brief curriculum mapping table from the #stemlynsWILD website indicating several high level generic professional capabilities and speciality learning outcomes. The organisers have assured me that there is a strong emphasis on team working and leadership skills which also link to the outcomes of the EM leaders framework.
I believe that the event will help me to become a better leader, clinician and educator and would be delighted if you agree to request for time and financial support to attend.
Yours sincerely,
A clinician who want to make the world a better place.