Alex Saunders

Lt Col Alex Saunders QARANC

Associate Director of Nursing for Resuscitation, Simulation & Armed Forces

Location: King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Faculty: University of Brighton, University of Hertfordshire, Oxford Brookes University

I hold an MSc in Medical & Healthcare Simulation and am a Resuscitation Council (UK) Instructor/Course Director in Adults and Paediatrics. I have extensive experience in both the Healthcare Simulation and Resuscitation fields educating nationally and internationally to the end user and Higher Education Institutes.

A registered nurse by trade I have been involved in education of others for a number of years across acute Trusts, but also within Universities as a visiting lecturer/clinical fellow and more recently Module Lead for a PG Cert course in Simulation, working closely with all professions to develop their skills and knowledge to enhance clinical practice and education.

I am also a serving Lieutenant Colonel in the Nursing Corps working as a Staff Officer focusing on Medical/Healthcare Assurance.

MSc in Health & Medical Simulation
BSc (Hons) in Professional Practice
Dip in HE (Nursing)
Advanced Life Support Course Director/Instructor
European Paediatric Advanced Life Support Course Director/Instructor
Generic Instructor Course (GIC) Instructor
Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice (ENB 998)
Defence Media Ops
Training Design
Combat Marksmanship Coach
Range Management Qualification RMQ 1-3
Battlefield Casualty Drills Instructor
Dismounted Close Combat Trainer Systems Manager

Post graduate courses taught on

  • Generic Instructors Course (GIC) – RCUK
  • European Advanced Paediatric Life Support (EAPLS) – RCUK
  • Advanced Life Support (ALS) – RCUK
  • Principles of Simulation (PG Cert) – BSMS
  • University of Hertfordshire, faculty of Life & Medical Sciences

Co-Authored

– Wood et al, (2022) Principles of simulation and their role in enhancing cataract surgery training. Eye 36, 1529–1531 (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-022-02052-z)

– Wood et al, (2022) Non-technical skills simulation-based training model for managing intraoperative posterior capsule rupture during cataract surgery. Eye volume 37, pages 474–479 (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-022-01962-2)

– Kitt, Patel & Saunders (2019) A Model for embedding high-fidelity simulation training within core medical training (soon to be internal medicine training). Future Healthcare Journal 2019 Vol 6, No 1: s131

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