RFI for The Provision of Military Operational Specialist Team Training (MOSTT) - Cadaveric Surgical Skills Training

Deploying military surgeons and perioperative care practitioners require training to deliver military damage control surgery in austere environments. This type of surgery is not practiced in civilian UK facilities or taught through training programs.

The Military Operational Specialist Team Training (MOSTT) Course delivers contextualised cadaveric surgical skills training to deploying surgeons and perioperative care practitioners.

Methodology:

Cadaveric based training for surgeons and perioperative care practitioners. The course covers major cavity damage control surgery procedures, peripheral injury to the limbs, junctional injuries, head and neck trauma. Senior military surgical faculty deliver a robust programme of technical training based on real life military cases, with aspects of assessment and feedback to improve individual and team performance. Materiel in terms of surgical equipment and consumables reflect those of the deployed environment to improve the immersive of nature of the course.

Basic requirements:

• Capacity to deliver a 6 table/cadaver course over 3 days planned at

2 courses per year with the ability to expand to 4 courses appear if operational requirement dictates.

• Capacity for 24 candidates and 12 faculty to have an adjacent rest area with catering over 3 days.
• Ability to manage logistic requirements of the course.

Please refer to the PDF attachment (713759454 - MOSTT RFI) for more detailed information regarding this RFI.