Learning from simulation at national conference
Two staff members from East Gippsland journeyed to Sydney last month for a national Sim Health conference. This report is by one of the members, Academic coordinator/lecturer Loy Perryman.
Marnie Connolly from the Bairnsdale campus and I were fortunate to attend the Sim Health 2012 Conference in Sydney. The conference was designed to bring experts from around the world and Australia together to share new aspects of simulation learning, the theme being around ‘Making Teams Work.
Throughout the week I attended sessions on moulage which gave handy, quick and inexpensive tips in creating more realistic simulated patient scenarios without the use of significant staff and other resources.
It was reassuring to hear from plenary speaker, Dr KT Waxman, Associate Professor at the University of San Francisco School of Nursing and Health Professional Chair, DNP Department Director of California Simulation Alliance, California Institute for Nursing and Health Care, USA.
Dr Waxman spoke about the evolution of a state wide simulation alliance in California which has established governance and polices for high quality simulation in a sustainable environment.
This was of particular interest to me, as East Gippsland has begun talks with the aim of establishing alliances with external organisations involved in simulation in the Gippsland area.
We are excited by these developments and look forward to incorporating many of the concepts outlined at the Conference with further development of a formalised teamwork approach to simulation between EGRCS and other Gippsland stakeholders.
By Loy Perryman, Academic coordinator/lecturer