Monash professor leads national simulation training program
Professor Debra Nestel of the Gippsland Medical School is leading the national training program which aims to increase clinical training capacity for Australian health professionals.
The Australian Simulation Educators and Technician Trainers (AusSETT) is funded by Health Workforce Australia and aims to deliver standardised, national training to help increase clinical training capacity through additional and better trained simulation educators and technicians.
Adopting the ‘train the trainer’ model, the workshop prepares participants to teach simulation based education to other educators in their region.
The first cohort of educators attended a two-day program at Holmesglen Institute in December 2011, and in February 2012 the second cohort completed the program. Participants were selected from across the state and across disciplines. Later this month, the program moves to Townsville and then across the country until June.