Lt Col Alex Saunders RAMS
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
As a registered nurse with an MSc in Medical & Healthcare Simulation, I have been actively involved in healthcare education for over two decades.
My expertise extends to both clinical practice and academic settings, where I have served as a visiting lecturer, clinical fellow, and Module Lead for a PG Cert course in Simulation.
I am a certified Resuscitation Council (UK) Instructor/Course Director, providing training to healthcare professionals and students in both adult and pediatric resuscitation. My commitment to improving patient outcomes has led me to work with diverse healthcare professionals to enhance their skills and knowledge through innovative simulation-based education.
In addition to my civilian roles, I serve as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Nursing Corps, where I contribute to medical and healthcare assurance initiatives.
- 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 & Practice of Simulation (PG Cert) – Module Lead – BSMS
- University of Hertfordshire, faculty of Life & Medical Sciences
– Jamie Kitt, Ishita Patel, Alex Saunders. A model for embedding high-fidelity simulation training within core medical training (soon to be internal medicine training), Future Healthcare Journal, Volume 6, Supplement 1, (2019), Page s131, ISSN 2514-6645, (https://doi.org/10.7861/futurehosp.6-1-s131).
– Wood, T.C., Maqsood, S., Sancha, W. et al. Principles of simulation and their role in enhancing cataract surgery training. Eye 36, 1529–1531 (2022). (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-022-02052-z)
– Wood, T.C., Maqsood, S., Saunders, A. et al. Non-technical skills simulation-based training model for managing intraoperative posterior capsule rupture during cataract surgery. Eye 37, 474–479 (2023). (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-022-01962-22)
– Wood, T.C., Maqsood, S., Saunders, A. et al. Simulation-based training for intraoperative posterior capsule rupture management: an analysis of nontechnical skills development and the relationship between technical and nontechnical skills. Eye 38, 1958–1963 (2024). (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-024-03051-y)
– , et al. Biomechanical analysis of delivering chest compressions in virtual reality simulation: preliminary insights into fidelity and validity of virtual reality as a means of delivering life support training.