EXACT is a short course for children’s transport health professionals who fly. It is aimed at competent transport heath professionals with a bit of flight experience who want to develop this aspect of their role further.

To use a nursing example, most children’s transport nurses are “nurses who fly” rather than “flight nurses”, i.e. the flying is but one facet of their job. The EXACT Course is designed to help already competent transport health professionals become proficient at aeromedical transport, and help them to to see what “expert” might look like in this context, through a mixture of knowledge acquisition and reflective practice.

• The course is intended for neonatal and paediatric health professionals. You can be either or both.
• The course doesn’t mind if you are a nurse, doctor, paramedic, ODP or other allied health professional.
• The course covers both rotary and fixed wing transport. You can be involved in either, or both. You will learn about the other side!
• The course is designed for those undertaking flights with state, commercial or charitable air providers as part of a neonatal or paediatric transport service.
• The course is built on the principle of “Communities of Practice”. Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.

The course is for continuing professional development. It aims to provide a knowledge base and supporting community. Your employer should have arrangements such as supervised practice and competency sign-off prior to undertaking flight transports. The EXACT course does not act as an alternative for aircraft orientation from an air provider and does not automatically qualify you for any particular role or position.

Course Handbook

This is the 2024 version 1.2. Click the link below to download.

EXACT Course Handbook 2024.pdf

Autumn 2026 Dates

There will be no Autumn course this year. Apologies for the disappointment.

Spring 2027 Dates (provisional)

An introductory evening, followed by six evening sessions via Zoom.

Week 0, Monday April 19th

Week 1, Monday April 26th

(week off for May Day Bank Holiday)

Week 2, Monday May 10th

Week 3, Monday May 17th

Week 4, Monday May 24th

(week off for Spring Bank Holiday)

Week 5, Monday June 7st

Week 6, Monday June 14th

All are Monday evenings, 1930 to 2130 (apart from week 0 which is just an hour)

Course Costs

The EXACT course is charged at £150.