A challenging interdisciplinary #WICOPSIM session today focusing on the perioperative medication management in an older patient admitted with a hip fracture. Many thanks to the orthogeris team with help from our UHW pharmacy colleagues Univ Hosp Waterford HSE/South East Community Healthcare

A brilliant start to the simulation skills series for medical SHO’s in UHW, todays sessions focused on ultrasound guided thoracocentesis with two excellent SpRs leading the sessions-Donal O’Malley and Cara Gill, thanks Dara Byrne and ICAPSS for the technical support!

We switched from postgrad to undergrad interdisciplinary gerontological sim today- 2nd year nursing and final year medical students worked effectively together to treat a PD patient with delirium. Great work 👏Thanks again to Mallow General Hospital for lending us smots™ equipment!

Delighted to host the National Clinical Stroke Programme team today WICOP Sim and to facilitate the AV equipment for the HSeLanD Stroke Swallow Screening initiative. Looking forward to viewing the final product📽️!! John Cooke HSE/South East Community Healthcare Dr.Ronan collins Univ Hosp Waterford

A great day filming for the new HSeLanD Stroke Swallow Screening initiative! Can’t wait to see the finished product 🎬

Today as part of Neville Coen Masters project we explored the feasibility of using virtual wards as part of the Nursing Home Liaison Service via sim. Some interesting results to follow! The Insitu smots™ gear helped us stream from multiple locations- thanks Mallow General Hospital

#WICOPSIMs Prof George Pope pictured participating in British & Irish Association of Stroke Physicians acute multidisciplinary stroke simulation course last week! Looking forward to advancing the skills and techniques in our simulation scenarios here at WICOPSIM! John Cooke UCC Medical Education Unit Univ Hosp Waterford

Nursing home liaison service, community virtual ward project +WICOP Sim topics adressed by WICOP team members John Cooke Neville Coen (Operational Lead) & Dr Sarah Mello (Consultant Geriatric Medicine) at today’s HSE Ireland Healthcare “Digital Health Redefining the South East”

Delighted to have the opportunity to showcase & acknowledge the contribution made by the ICT team HSE/South East Community Healthcare to the WICOP Sim project National Simulation Office

Today we teamed up with physio to work through a challenging case of OH in an older adult. Well done to all involved 👏#interdisciplinarysim #WICOPSIM #gerontologicalsim

Delighted to have the opportunity to host the Irish College of GPs CME evening in #WICOPSIM with some excellent sessions focusing on capacity, managing delirium in the home, TIA and frailty Univ Hosp Waterford National Simulation Office HSE/South East Community Healthcare

This week, Continuing Medical Education for General Practitioners (supported by HSE Ireland National Doctors Training & Planning Unit) saw 59 members of Irish College of GPs visit Waterford Integrated Care for Older People Centre & Gerontological Simulation Laboratory in Waterford.

🎧New IGS Podcast🎧 For the latest episode, Edel McDaid talked to John Cooke about gerontological simulation. Listen here ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/48I0pn… There will be a sim based session at this year's IGS ASM - register➡️ irishgerontology.com National Simulation Office NDTP WICOP Sim

Exciting lunchtime ahead WICOP Sim. At the end of our first full academic year Emily Buckley has, perhaps undemocratically, decided on 16 Oscars for people who have contributed to sims during the year. It's a lovely way to wrap up the year. National Simulation Office HSE/South East Community Healthcare Univ Hosp Waterford

Today WICOP Sim said farewell (for now) to the OG Emily Buckley. Such a massive contribution in just two years to our department & RCPI_Trainees HSE/South East Community Healthcare Univ Hosp Waterford National Simulation Office Best of luck in your next steps but don't forget we need you for the "live sim" Irish Gerontological Society 🙈

Sad to say the time has come to hand over the keys. It's been an absolute privilege to be part of the evolution of #WICOPSIM. It's a fantastic place to work with even more amazing people behind it. Roll on October! John Cooke Univ Hosp Waterford HSE/South East Community Healthcare

Yesterday, our new team of stroke registrars & SpRs Univ Hosp Waterford ran a FAST call WICOP Sim. Great to to work through the process together & ensure we all share understanding regarding the decision to thrombolyse / refer for thrombectomy National Simulation Office HSE/South East Community Healthcare British & Irish Association of Stroke Physicians