Monthly archives: September 2017

In the third of our series with Advances in Simulation, we discuss Tracing the prescription journey: a qualitative evaluation of an interprofessional simulation-based learning activity. Cooke et al. evaluated an interprofesional simulation activity involving medical and pharmacy students, using a qualitative analysis. The simulation involved followed a patient journey from presentation in a community setting, through an assessment and prescribing process, to the dispensing […]

Advances in Simulation: Tracing the Prescription Journey

September 26, 2017 by Victoria Brazil (updated on December 15, 2021)

What is it? This is our first ebook, a collection of the first 12 months of the Simulcast Journal Club, an online, open access journal club featuring healthcare simulation literature. Each month includes the expert commentaries from a number of world renowned simulation experts. Why do we do it? The biggest single driver […]

Simulcast Journal Club -The First Year ebook

September 12, 2017 by Jesse Spurr (updated on December 15, 2021)

Serious Games Stream Ben Symon covered the “Serious Games” stream at the Australasian Simulation Congress in Sydney. Serious Games “…are those designed for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment”. The ASC included the Serious Games Showcase & Challenge – Australasia (SGSCA), with a number of outstanding entrants. Dale Linegar convened the Games section of the ASC. He spoke to […]

Official Broadcast: Australasian Simulation Congress – Serious Games Stream

September 12, 2017 by Ben Symon (updated on December 15, 2021)

Day 3 at the Australasian Simulation Congress in Sydney Victoria Brazil and Ben Symon hosted a wrap of Day 3 at the ASC. Our coverage starts with a session on “Hands off teaching” with Rod Peadon and David Gillespie from Coffs Harbour. We then covered the final health plenary on The future of healthcare simulation, involving some leading figures from the simulation community. Leonie […]

Official Broadcast: Australasian Simulation Congress – Day 3 Wrap

September 10, 2017 by Victoria Brazil (updated on December 15, 2021)

The Exhibitors at ASC17 Victoria Brazil interviewed a series of industry exhibitors at the Australasian Simulation Congress in Sydney. The podcast featured Graeme Foulds from Laerdal Australia, one of the main meeting sponsors, Charles Henden from the Valley General Hospital Virtual Hospital, and some defence simulation from Lockheed Martin.

Official Broadcast: Australasian Simulation Congress – The Exhibitors

September 10, 2017 by Victoria Brazil (updated on December 15, 2021)

ASPE and Simulated Patients with Cathy Smith at ASC 2017 Simulated Patient methodology has been featured in a number of sessions at the Australasian Simulation Congress in Sydney Victoria Brazil spoke with Cathy Smith, the member of ASPE – the Association of Standardised Patient Educators . We discussed some hot topics in […]

Official Broadcast: Australasian Sim Congress – Standardised Patients with Cathy ...

September 4, 2017 by Victoria Brazil (updated on December 15, 2021)

Day 2 at the Australasian Simulation Congress in Sydney Victoria Brazil and Ben Symon hosted a wrap of Day 2 at the ASC, with a focus on Serious Games and interprofessional education. Jeffrey Brand from Bond University gave an insight into the panel discussion and the state of the art […]