Project goals and objectives:
The project aims to improve first aid (including psychological) and emergency care training and delivery through the implementation of innovative integrated training courses based on the scenario-based learning methodology and simulation technologies for physicians, first responders (“first on the scene” category) and others present on an accident scene.

Objectives:
− to foster the development of the medical education system through training of teaching staff of the
partner Ukrainian universities using scenario-based learning and simulation medicine technologies
− to increase the expertise of medical teachers through training on the delivery of psychological first
aid to affected individuals, physicians and first responders, and others present on an accident scene
− to improve emergency care teaching/learning by designing realistic simulation scenarios on the
tactics of patient management during pre-hospital and hospital phases of emergency care
− to modernise the curricula in the partner Ukrainian universities by implementing developed courses
− to disseminate and sustain the developed innovative approach through creating a network of
educational and training centres for first aid and emergency care
− to evaluate the effectiveness of the new methodology and approach to teaching first aid and
emergency care using SBL and simulation technologies in the partner Ukrainian universities.

Activities:
− purchase the simulation training equipment for training centres in every PCU
− training for PCUs staff
− modification of the curriculum in each PCU
− designing of the simulation-based courses
− implementation of the innovative emergency care courses in each PCU

− assessment and evaluation
− dissemination of the results

Expected results:
− trained staff of the partner Ukrainian universities competent to assist in emergencies (minimum 10 persons in each partner university)
− a network of educational and training centres for first aid and emergency care (one in each of the
partner Ukrainian universities)
− designed scenarios for the most common emergencies (10 scenarios for each target group)
− implemented a training course for medical students/physicians, police officers, and teachers on the delivery of first aid (including psychological) and emergency care using scenario-based learning
methodology and simulation technologies
− modernized curricula for undergraduate and postgraduate education in the partner Ukrainian
medical and internal affairs universities
− evaluation of the learning materials and implemented courses
− ready-to-use learning materials on first aid and emergency care available for a wide range of target
groups, including the general public
− higher quality of the delivery of first aid and patient management during pre-hospital and hospital
phases of emergency care, reduction of the mortality rates during the first hours after the accident
as a result of the provided proper medical assistance
− widely disseminated project results