Ill Medical Patients' Acute Care & Treatment

All the skills required to manage acute medical take in two days
The IMPACT Course is a two-day course covering all aspects of core medical training to enhance trainee confidence in managing acute medical take.
What to expect
IMPACT provides “state of the art” online patient simulation and peer reviewed up-to-date e-learning as preparation for an intense two day face-to-face course. Key point presentations, workshops, “hands on” skills stations and critically ill patient teaching are given by trained senior doctors in a supportive environment.
Across the whole UK... and beyond
IMPACT is available at 19 IMPACT Course Training Centres across the UK and the Isle of Man. The programme is now expanding internationally and links are being formed with Australia and Croatia.

About IMPACT

IMPACT is designed to improve patient safety by enhancing the skills of senior medical trainee doctors who manage acute medical admissions. All major acute presentations are covered as IMPACT is mapped to the UK core medical curriculum. IMPACT is aimed at CT1/2 level trainees in Acute Medicine, General Internal Medicine and Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) programmes. Foundation doctors intending to embark on a career in any of the aforementioned specialties can undertake the course after completion of 8 months of acute medical specialities in their FY2 year but must bear in mind that the standard of teaching is pitched at CT1/2 level. You should have successfully completed an Advanced Life Support (ALS) course before you attend an IMPACT Course.


Yearly:

600

PARTICIPANTS

50

INSTRUCTORS

34

COURSES

21

CENTRES

Find an IMPACT Course Centre:

Why do IMPACT?

Recommended by Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board

Because IMPACT has been designed by senior doctors from many medical disciplines, including Acute Medicine, Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Renal Medicine, Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care, the JRCPTB actively support trainees in acute and core medical specialties to undertake an IMPACT course. IMPACT has been successfully running throughout the UK since 2004.

The best and most enthusiastic instructors

IMPACT attracts enthusiastic senior doctors keen to teach their specialist areas. Dedicated Instructor Days are provided to make sure that the standard of IMPACT teaching is high. Feedback is provided by candidates on every single course in order to maintain standards. The quality of teaching on current IMPACT courses is graded good or excellent by the vast majority of trainees attending the course.

Good administrative support

All of our IMPACT Course Training Centres has a dedicated Course Director and Administrator who will do their utmost to ensure that you have a good experience before, during and after a course. They are the point of contact when you wish to undertake a course.

For all enquiries related to course bookings please contact the Centre directly as each Centre deals with their own bookings. 

IMPACT COURSE TRAINING CENTRES

In addition, the National Co-ordinator for the IMPACT project is Elaine Millar. Elaine provides excellent administrative support to the Centres to ensure smooth running of the project both within the UK and abroad.

Always an IMPACT Course Training Centre nearby

IMPACT is available at 21 Course Centres across the UK, the Isle of Man, Sweden and the Republic of Ireland. Our Centre contact details and map are located under “IMPACT Course Training Centres” section on our Home Page.

Contact our IMPACT Course Training Centres or Book an IMPACT Course

Should you have any enquiries for a particular Centre or you wish to book a place on one of our planned IMPACT courses then please follow the links below. 

Please note that the Centre is the first point of contact should you wish to undertake a course and will be able to confirm course fee and availability.

IMPACT Course Training Centres

http://impactmedical.org/centres/

Planned IMPACT Courses

http://impactmedical.org/courses/

Testimonials

“I have just completed the face-to-face element of the course and just wanted to let you know that it was very well delivered and a valuable learning opportunity. Nigel and the rest of the faculty were supportive and enthusiastic teachers, delivering a well designed course. I am confident that consolidating my knowledge and skills through the IMPACT course has improved my confidence in the initial approach to acutely unwell medical patients”

“Congrats on a well thought out course that achieves its objective of getting medics to recognise the critically unwell patient and provide a system for addressing life threatening problems rather than getting tangled up in making a diagnosis while the patient gently expires in front of them”.

Latest News

09 Sep, 2018

IMPACT the Team

IMPACT National Co-ordinator, Elaine Millar is based in Glasgow and has worked for the…