Leadership in training: a Q&A with Ian Corrie
Abstract
As well as the use of practical clinical scenarios, the training weekend was also used to provide leadership and development training for senior members of the regiment. In this special Question and Answer feature, the man in charge,
A. As the Honorary Colonel of 335 Medical Evacuation Regiment and a Principal Lecturer in Nursing Health and Professional Practice at the University of Cumbria, I was able to gain Paramedic Lecturer and Kendal Mountain Rescue Team support for a unique clinical skills and leadership training weekend as part of 335's annual training cycle.
At the University of Cumbria, within the Department of Nursing Health and Professional Practice, we train emergency medical technicians (EMTs), paramedics, Ministry of Defence paramedics, and undertake the delivery of a wide range of related continuous professional development (CPD).
I am in a privileged position where I was able to ask our paramedic lecturers to support the delivery of this weekend (jointly with Kendal Mountain Rescue Team), and Dr Louise Nelson (Head of Department) offered the university clinical skills labs at our Ambleside Campus where we train NHS paramedics.
A. The weekend was based on Lieutenant Colonel Kelvin Wright's first full training weekend with 335 Regiment as the new commander, with him linking the clinical skills required within the various evacuation roles and the leadership element required within clinical and non-clinical teams into a multidisciplinary weekend.
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