PCRS Webinar: Maximising the use of digital technology in respiratory education and training

After starting her career as a staff nurse in an acute and high dependency respiratory ward Nicola found her passion for respiratory medicine and undertook a masters degree in long term conditions. She moved into specialist respiratory medicine as a clinical nurse specialist participating in pulmonary rehabilitation, outpatient clinics, oxygen assessments, and supporting ward staff in the management of respiratory patients. Inspired to take action earlier and prevent as many late diagnosis and emergency admissions as possible she then moved into primary care working as a practice nurse before qualifying as an ANP. Today she retains special interest in respiratory delivering updates in-house and externally and supporting the wider community of health care professionals through helping to run the South Yorkshire Respiratory Interest Group (SYRIG) locally and acting as vice chair to the PCRS conference organising committee. She is ARTP qualified in both interpretation and performance of spirometry.

Frances Barrett BSc (Hons) RN, is a Respiratory Nurse Specialist in General Practice. She is a Respiratory & Spirometry Trainer, PCRS committee and ARC core team member, First Aid @ Work & CPR Trainer, and a community first responder. Frances is also Director of Barrett McGrath Education and Mentoring Services Ltd. Website: www.barrettmcgrathems.com.

Charles is the Head of Faculty Technical Learning & Support in the Faculty of Education, Health and Human Science (FEHHS). Since joining the University of Greenwich in November of 2019, he has been instrumental in the redevelopment of the world class simulation facilities at Avery Hill and with colleagues in Health Sciences to launch GLASC, The Greenwich Learning and Simulation Centre, of which he is Technical Director. Charles is a leading in simulation in healthcare nationally and international, having started work in this field in the early days of simulation at the GAPS Centre, St.George's Hospital and later moving on to develop the Weston SaIL Centre (Simulation and Interactive Learning Centre) at King's College London. With over 22 years’ experience in Surgical/Clinical Skills and Simulation, running and developing medical and surgical courses across a wide range of clinical disciplines. Activities include the development of course and simulation material as well as developing live streaming events for online health programmes most notably King's Live with world leading endoscopist. FEHHS has continued with this innovation with Charles leading the design and delivery of an innovative Critical Care Simulation facility to ensure healthcare workforce skills in the critical care post covid, which was recently opened in October 2022.