Olly’s Future has delivered its Dr SAMS (Suicide Awareness in Medical Students) training to Year 2 students at Kent & Medway Medical School for the fifth consecutive year.
Dr Julia Hynes, Associate Professor in Medical Education at KMMS, praised the programme, saying:
“We are most grateful to the Dr SAMS team for offering the sessions to our year 2 students and to Kent County Council for making this possible through funding.”
About Dr SAMS
The programme teaches medical and healthcare students across the UK how to look after:
- themselves
- their peers
- and their future patients
Dr SAMS consists of two 90-minute sessions:
1. Talking About Suicide: 10 Tools (TAS:10)
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CPD certified
Participants learn:
- 10 evidence-based tools
- confidence and competence to have a potentially life-saving conversation
- skills to support a peer or future patient who may be thinking about suicide
- techniques to help keep someone “safe for now”
TAS:10 was created by Ann Feloy (in memory of her son Olly) and Rose Rowkins of Start the Conversation: Suicide Prevention Education.
2. CareSpace: 10 Techniques for Wellbeing
A guided, psychologically safe space used across the NHS, where students learn:
- self-care
- self-resilience
- self-reflective practices
- techniques to protect their own mental health and wellbeing
Enquiries
For more information, readers can contact:
[email protected] (Dr SAMS Programme Co-ordinator)
