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Objectives The safeguarding process involves a number of different components and multidisciplinary professionals working in both community and hospital settings. This workshop provides an integrated simulation teaching package, to demystify the Strategy Meeting and offer insight into the role of the of the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH). Video Simulation – highlight challenges to parental and multi-professional communication, consider key points in a safeguarding history and examination, and referral processes. Multidisciplinary Teamworking – provide an awareness of challenges of multi-agency working, understand roles and responsibilities of professionals at a strategy meeting and its purpose. Level 3. Safeguarding – contributing towards the acquisition of knowledge, skills and competencies required for the specific professional roles, supplementary to core Level 3. Methods The workshop followed the journey of an originally filmed mock paediatric case (non-accidental injury in a non-ambulant child), from presentation in the GP surgery, to assessment in the Emergency Department and hospital discharge. It included: Multidisciplinary group discussion – 'hopes and fears' for the day and interactive discussion. Video simulations – filmed 'mock Strategy Meeting' of the case with real life members of the interprofessional team, from Health & Social Care, Safeguarding, GP leads, Emergency Medicine, Paediatrics, Police and Radiology. Presentations – MASH and referral processes, with expert speakers. A multidisciplinary faculty included the Trust's named doctor for safeguarding, MASH leads, representatives from General Practice, Paediatrics and the Simulation team. Participants included staff from Paediatrics, the Emergency Department, Primary Care, wards and the community. Results Course feedback was extremely positive, with participants unanimously stating their knowledge and confidence regarding safeguarding cases increased, with 100% of participants interested in future similar training opportunities. Participants highlighted that the interactive nature of the training was a very valuable adjunct to their core Level 3 Safeguarding training. Opportunity to discuss and share knowledge across multidisciplinary background and specialties, as well as insight into each stage of the patient journey (primary and secondary care), offered a unique insight into the safeguarding process. Conclusion Use of video simulation to follow the patient journey, alongside interactive multidisciplinary discussions, provides valuable insight into challenges of safeguarding cases. In combination with an expert multidisciplinary faculty, the workshop was highly informative, generated insightful reflections and was enjoyed by participants. There is scope for expansion of this innovative package to other Trusts and interdisciplinary teams, to increase confidence around challenging cases and provide a multidisciplinary approach to learning.
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