Foreword; Sarah Perkin is one of our fantastic Registrars who at the time (of this SIM) was Education Academy Fellow for Emergency Medicine.
She organised many training sessions for our team members including a wide variety of SIM scenarios – providing as close to a ‘real life’ experience as possible – often involving incredible acting skills, high tech equipment and SIM dummys.
Dr Perkin is an active member of the LGBTQ+ A&E group where she also organised a Trans awareness training session for all staff members in A&E.
It was hugely successful and lead to discussions of designing a Trans SIM.
Below is detailed the SIM itself and the learning points from it including key advice for medical professionals.
We hope you enjoy reading about it!
A massive thank you to Sarah and all the hard work she does advocating for the LGBTQ+ community – you are the definition of an ally.
Siobhan Cockram, Staff Nurse, A&E, Royal London Hospital and LGBTQ+ co-site lead RLMEH and Prescott Street.
You can find the full training SIM here
Note from #TheBlonde - I believe this is an important must read for everyone involved in health and social care and I appreciate your sharing of this SIM - I have learnt a lot