Laurea Atkinson from School of Rural Health East Gippsland had access to the best of simulation in Australia when she attended the SimHealth/SimTec T Conference in Adelaide.

Simulation on show came from sectors including healthcare, aviation, defences and games industries.

Laurea was one of five successful recipients of the SimHeatlh/SimTec T Conference travel awards. She presented a poster “Simulation Education in the Rural Sector: Can we make a difference?”.

The conference was attended by 650 delegates from Australia, America, United Kingdom, Korea, Israel and New Zealand.’

Following the opening welcome and a discussion on differences in the use of simulation within industries, there was a spectacular change of pace. The centre stage was transformed into a motor vehicle accident rescue, complete with emergency workers sliding down ropes from the rafters to a transformer designed vehicle utilised in training exercises for emergency services.

The poster hub showcased projects such as the development of a portable and sustainable simulation-based program for health professionals in rural and remote areas.

Laurea attended many and varied sessions over the three days of the conference including an oral presentation on “Camp Simulation – a Rural Initiative”. This session, which drew on involvement by the Ambulance Community Officers (ACOs) in rural and remote Victoria, was presented by Terry Houge.

Coordination of the training sessions for the ACOs is a joint effort in which Laurea is involved as the Simulated Learning Environment Project Officer for East Gippsland. It was a proud moment for Laurea to hear Terry present this report around such important training and learning initiatives.

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