Department visits for SLE project
Checking progress: left to right - Tracie Andrews, Laurea Atkinson, Marnie Connolly, Mat Jenkins
Representatives of the Department of Health, Victoria visited the School of Rural Health’s Bairnsdale education centre in early March. The visit was a first for Simulation Learning Environment lead, Tracie Andrews, and Gippsland Project Officer, Mat Jenkins, who wanted to establish how the project was progressing with updates in the rural sector.
Marnie Connolly and Laurea Atkinson met with Tracie and Mat who toured the facility and held discussions around sustainability of simulation into the future. They were particularly impressed with the innovation of the Ambulance Community Officer training program instigated by Terry Houge and Scott Fyfe and supported by Laurea, where simulation training is done on site and reciprocated as a simulation outreach program to Mallacoota.