Techniques of evaluating training which involve multi-user simulations. The software will become part of the training methods of the Metropolitan Police and there is much interest in the management of emergencies and demonstrations both within the UK and in Europe. The Metropolitan Police provide training and advice in specialist areas to the police authorities in the UK, receive many international visitors, have their own publications circulated within the service, and also give presentations at conferences. All these methods will be used for dissemination. The project will be reported to the research community through seminars, presentations at Conferences, and in research journal.
Training is also difficult to arrange and several services are typically involved.
Multi-user computer based simulations are proving effective and with enhanced support should make a significant impact on training. The system will become part of the training practices of the Metropolitan Police, and it is likely that in the future these methods will be extended to other training requirements. The system will link to the Trust's administrative procedures, and will also be useful as a flexible learning resource. These linkages need to be knowledge based so that their data can be related to the diagnoses and proposed treatments. A further requirement will be to 'mark-up' previous cases in the archive so that comparative cases or case features can be accessed.