The team from the Centre for Rural Health were thrilled with the response to our new Procedural Sedation course (SPARC) in 2026.  We are now ready to start collecting Expressions of Interest for our 2027 dates as follows.

·       February 15-16  

·       August 2-3 

·       December 6-7 

We anticipate that the 2027 spots are likely to fill up quickly.  Lodge your expression of interest here:

2027 Expression of Interest for SPARC (Procedural Sedation in a Rural Context)  – Fill out form

The course includes independent online learning followed by an intensive simulation workshop spread over two half-days to allow travel to and from the course on the days it runs. It will be at a level appropriate for those with existing experience of procedural sedation or for those newly developing these skills.   

Rural nurses involved in procedural sedation are also welcome to attend and we encourage you to consider exploring whether any nurses from your rural workplace might be interested to attend with you as part of an interprofessional team.   We can follow-up on that a little later.

Costs to register per doctor is $2000, while registration costs per nurse are $500. 

More information can be found at https://www.otago.ac.nz/centre-for-rural-health/rural-health-academic-centre,-ashburton/rural-procedural-sedation-simulation-course