EDUCATION, TRAINING AND MEDIA
The Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy is a 5-roomed, state of the art endoscopy facility, research department and national training centre, specifically designed for the provision and teaching of colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy. Over the last few years thousands of clinicians and nurses have visited the unit to attend Endoscopy training courses and observership programmes. Thirteen consultant grade users and three nurse endoscopists perform in the region of 9,000 procedures within the unit. It is linked to the Kennedy-Leigh Academic Centre from where teaching and research are coordinated.
Endoscopy - learning the trade
The Wolfson Unit is one of only three UK National Endoscopy Training Centres and has a commitment to improving the quality of endoscopy and endoscopic training. Current areas of research are evaluation of the impact of specialist courses in therapeutic endoscopy and colonoscopy, assessment of trainees' training needs and learning outcomes and initial validation of the Olympus colonoscopy simulator.
Current courses and events can be seen on our home page
For online training resources:
Wolfson Endoscopy e-learning Portal
Practical Colonoscopy online learning
St. Mark's Multimedia provides media teaching materials for students, doctors, nurses, research scientists, surgeons and patients to a professional standard.
A variety of educational materials of CDs and DVDs and interactive DVD-ROMs have been produced by Multimedia Producer Steve Preston, who has delivered consistently high quality productions for St. Mark's since 1999. You can order many of these titles on the St Mark's Hospital website shop, along with our lectures and grand rounds.
If you are interested in working with St. Mark's Multimedia, our services include:
- CD and DVD multimedia training and presentations
- Online Powerpoint presentations with video commentary
- Conference Productions
- Interactive questionnaire assessments
- Filming and Editing
- Photography
- Medical illustration
- 3D animation graphics
- Script-writing
- Video/CD/DVD ROM duplication
- Powerpoint presentations
- Video encoding for PC presentations
- Graphic design
- Posters, promotional literature, leaflets, booklets
FURTHER INFORMATION
Here are some of our releases which you will find in our online shop.
Practical Colonoscopy - The DVD - Endoscopy educational DVD-ROM with over 4 hours of footage, compiled from years of painstaking research and experience. Packed with information on everything from equipment to intubation technique, this is an invaluable educational tool.
Narrow Band Imaging in the Colon (NBI) - This DVD explains how NBI (Narrow Band Imaging) works to improve visualisation of the mucosal surface. It shows views of the normal colon, colonic polyps and colitis under NBI conditions.
Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) - This technique allows endoscopists to remove a polyp en-bloc, irrespective of its size. This DVD details the procedure and features a complete, unedited procedure as a special extra feature on the disk.
Dysplasia in Ulcerative Colitis - A visual appraisal of the visual stages of ulcerative colitis disease; the risk assessment of developing colorectal cancer in UC; surveillance strategies; post-inflammatory polyps; endoscopically resectable and non-resectable lesions; flat dysplasia; risk factors.
Polypectomy Training - This CDROM guides you through the complexities of polypectomy, showing a comprehensive list of lesions, and explaining associated equipment and accessories, teaching safe resection and complete excision.
ScopeGuide DVD - improving colonoscopy technique by providing a real-time three-dimensional display of colonoscope position and configuration. The DVD explores the benefits of ScopeGuide by using some real world examples to illustrate his points, whilst at the same time explaining the subtleties of scope control.
The Enteral Feeding Tubes DVD covers a range of techniques to place enteral feeding tubes as well as aspects of aftercare.
Insertion of Central Feeding Lines - This DVD describes two cases of Central Feeding Lines, utilising utrasound and fluroscopy guidance in order to place the lines.
Home Parenteral Nutrition (HPN) - This DVD provides patients with a practical demonstration of the procedures they will need when they continue with parenteral nutrition at home. Health care professionals will also develop an understanding of the procedures and techniques.
