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Practical training in the administration of ECT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Richard Barnes  and
David Kingsley
Richard Barnes*
Affiliation:
Ormskirk and District General Hospital Wigan Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire L39 2AZ
David Kingsley
Affiliation:
Ormskirk and District General Hospital Wigan Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire L39 2AZ
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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Aims and method

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) Is widely used In Britain and in most cases is administered by junior doctors. Many are inexperienced in its administration and the variety of machines available makes acquiring experience difficult. This report discusses a unique training programme involving a specially constructed ‘dummy patient’.

Results

This allows trainees to experience the practical administration of ECT and also learn in detail about the working of the ECT machine and the interpretation of electroencephalograms prior to giving treatment to patients.

Clinical implications

We believe this training device will have a significant positive effect on the way junior doctors are trained in ECT.

Type
Trainees' Forum
Information
Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 22 , Issue 10 , October 1998 , pp. 633 - 634
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright
Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Footnotes

Declaration of interest

A patent application has been filed. We are currently in negotiation with manufacturers and acknowledge a conflict of interests.

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