Simulation program

Australian Society for Simulation in Healthcare (ASSH)

• Division of Simulation Australia
• Represents a cross-section of the Australian simulation healthcare community, including health professionals, academics, industry groups and policymakers

Behind the SIM Curtain

• Online database of tips and tricks for SIM technicians

HealthySimulation.com

• Healthcare simulation resource website, providing recent news, conference details and research coverage, guides, and discussion forums.

Simulation Australasia

• The peak association for the simulation community in Australasia
• Simulation professional development opportunities
• Simulation awards
• Working on the development of simulation-related standards

SimGHOSTS

• International conference for simulation technicians

• Simulation education resource portal
• Provides resources for clinicians, educators, students, technicians and simulated patients who are engaged in simulation-based education and training
• Created and developed by La Trobe University

SimNET

• Directory for health simulation providers in Australia
• Template position descriptions for simulation roles
• Dictionary of a range of simulation terms

Victorian Simulation Alliance (VSA)

• Accept submission of simulation scenarios for peer review
• Scenario database in development
• Simulation events calendar
• ‘Ask an expert’ for simulation questions

Australian Centre for Health Innovation

• Online modules designed for professional-entry students
• Links theoretical learning directly to simulation-based activities
• Topics include:
  • introduction to patient safety
  • collaborative healthcare
  • procedural safety
  • medication safety
  • management of the deteriorating patient

Cultural Respect Encompassing Simulation Training (CREST)

• Online resources for health professional educators and tutors to deliver cultural sensitivity training using simulation techniques
• Aims to improve cultural sensitivity and communication training for medical, nursing, physiotherapy, social work and paramedic students
• Students and practitioners can access modules and case scenarios

NHET–Sim

• Free online modules for simulation educators and technicians

Temporal Bone Dissection Course

• Beginning with the online theory component, the student then moves onto consolidating their knowledge with a virtual reality simulator course, and then finally has the opportunity to practise their newly acquired skills using an artificial temporal bone. For the virtual reality part, they receive autofeedback in real time, from supervisors who will be guiding them, and can say, for example, ‘Be careful, you are getting very close to the facial nerve'.

TOE Cardiac Ultrasound Simulation Workshop, directed by the Ultrasound Education Group, University of Melbourne

• The course has been designed to use the CAE Vimedix Ultrasound Simulators to reinforce clinical simulator case studies. The participant will learn practical skills in focused transesophageal echocardiography (TOE), also known as focused cardiac ultrasound (FCU) and additional learning that outlines both normal and pathology cases relevant to anaesthesia, critical care, emergency medicine, surgery and internal medicine.

TTE Cardiac Ultrasound Simulation Workshop, directed by the Ultrasound Education Group, University of Melbourne

• The course has been designed to use the CAE Vimedix Ultrasound Simulators to reinforce clinical simulator case studies. The participant will learn practical skills in focused transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), also known as focused cardiac ultrasound (FCU) and additional learning that outlines both normal and pathology cases relevant to anaesthesia, critical care, emergency medicine, surgery and internal medicine.

Victorian Simulated Patient Network (VSPN)

• 13 two-hour online modules and text resources for health professional educators and simulated patient program managers
• Supports the recruitment, training and quality assurance of simulated patients

Victorian simulated patient resource (VSPR)

• Six online module topics – non-technical skills
• Five simulated scenarios
• Designed for health professionals from all disciplines