Medical Coordinator Course

In a UK-Med response, there are generally two leadership positions. These are Team Leader, and Medical Coordinator (MedCo). In some situations, these roles may be combined. Our Medical Coordinator Course focuses on the management of the clinical aspect of an Emergency Medical Team response. 

By undertaking this training, you’ll be able to lead the technical side of a response. Emergency responses involve multi-disciplinary teams and the situations are often complex. As MedCo, you’ll need to adapt to changing environments while remaining committed to the mission objectives. A further key aspect of this role is the management of relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

The broad themes of the course cover the activation and mobilisation of a response, issues around clinical governance and the structure of responses, how and what to report, and maintaining good team welfare and conduct.

By undertaking this course:

• You’ll learn what makes a good EMT leader
• You’ll understand the management of the delivery of technical objectives
• You’ll learn key stakeholder engagement skills.

This course offers a mix of online self-directed learning and live online group sessions. The ideal course size is fifteen participants and we expect to run multiple courses throughout the year. The course takes two days to complete.

You’ll be looking for opportunities to engage as an active member of the UK-Med leadership pool. This course is offered to suitable participants after the completion of the Core Training Pathway. These training opportunities are offered based on the needs of the register.

 The participants have varied experiences and backgrounds. If you’re a potential participant, you will:

• Be an experienced clinician with previous experience in leadership, or have a strong aspiration to develop in this role
• Have some experience in the humanitarian sector and working in environments with limited resources
• Have an understanding of working in multidisciplinary teams
• Have the ability to line-manage clinical personnel.

The key topics you’ll learn about in the Medical Coordinator Course include:

• Communicating risk and engaging with the community
• Setting objectives, reporting and information sharing
• Leadership and line management skills
• Understanding security and logistics issues
• External relations and working with stakeholders
• Capacity building and training