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📣 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - NHSC26 📣Are you working in healthcare simulation, education, or translational simulation? We want...
07/04/2026

📣 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - NHSC26 📣

Are you working in healthcare simulation, education, or translational simulation? We want to hear from you at our National Health Simulation Conference 2026.

Abstract submissions are now open for those who would like to share their work with the national simulation community through either an oral presentation or a poster.

We welcome submissions that explore innovation, research, education, and real-world impact across healthcare simulation.

You can view the submission guidelines and apply here:https://vicsim.org.au/media/attachments/2026/04/07/call-for-abstracts---nhsc26.pdf

🚑 Maintaining quality in paramedic simulation educationA new qualitative study explores how paramedic educators maintain...
31/03/2026

🚑 Maintaining quality in paramedic simulation education

A new qualitative study explores how paramedic educators maintain quality in simulation-based education (SBE) and the challenges of applying formal simulation standards in practice.

While educators recognise the importance of high-quality simulation, the study highlights barriers such as limited resources, staffing pressures and inconsistent application of quality frameworks. Psychological safety and student engagement were identified as key factors in delivering effective simulation learning.

Read the full article here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41077-025-00402-x

Did you miss our recent webinar?! 💥Guest speaker's Andree Gamble and Michelle Kim, presented "Advancing Paediatric Care ...
31/03/2026

Did you miss our recent webinar?! 💥

Guest speaker's Andree Gamble and Michelle Kim, presented "Advancing Paediatric Care Through Simulation" with the VSA this month, and you can now watch it FREE online.

They explored how simulation is shaping both health professions education and system improvement in paediatric care.

Watch the full webinar here: https://vicsim.org.au/resources/simulation-resources/additional-resources

Did you miss this recent Simulation Happy Hour podcast episode? 🎙️In this episode, host Mel is joined by Robyn Dickie an...
29/03/2026

Did you miss this recent Simulation Happy Hour podcast episode? 🎙️

In this episode, host Mel is joined by Robyn Dickie and Alison Blunt to discuss their large-scale interprofessional ward-based simulation involving more than 2,000 students.

They covered:

👉 Designing and delivering large-scale interprofessional simulation
👉 What it takes to coordinate simulation learning for thousands of students
👉 The role of collaboration across disciplines in healthcare education
👉 How structured co-debriefing supports learning in complex simulations
👉 Lessons learned from implementing simulation at scale

🎧 Listen to the full podcast episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/large-scale-extended-ward-interprofessional-simulation/id1822466658?i=1000746615992

🌍 Upcoming simulation event 🌍International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning Conference 2026This ...
26/03/2026

🌍 Upcoming simulation event 🌍

International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning Conference 2026

This global conference brings together simulation educators, researchers and healthcare professionals to share the latest developments in clinical simulation, education and innovation.

If you're interested in simulation-based learning, research, or program development, this is a great opportunity to connect with colleagues from around the world and explore new ideas shaping the future of simulation.

📍Oklahoma City
📅 10-13 June 2026

👉 Learn more about the conference here: https://www.inacsl.org/inacsl26

💬 We want to hear from youAs we begin shaping the program for our National Health Simulation Conference 2026, we want to...
25/03/2026

💬 We want to hear from you

As we begin shaping the program for our National Health Simulation Conference 2026, we want to ensure this conference truly reflects what our community needs, wants, and is curious about right now.

This year’s theme - One Community, Shared Impact - recognises the collective strength of the simulation community in advancing healthcare education and practice across Australia. It’s about coming together, sharing knowledge, and learning from each other to create meaningful impact.

With that in mind, we’d love to hear from you:

➡️ What topics would you like to see explored?
➡️ What challenges are you currently facing in simulation or healthcare education?
➡️ Who would you love to hear speak?
➡️ What session formats do you find most valuable at conferences?

Share your thoughts in the comments or send us a message. Your insights will help shape the conversations, speakers and sessions that make up NHSC26.

Let's build this conference together.

🤖 AI and the future of healthcare simulationA news report explores how Artificial Intelligence is transforming healthcar...
24/03/2026

🤖 AI and the future of healthcare simulation

A news report explores how Artificial Intelligence is transforming healthcare simulation, creating more adaptive, personalised and data-driven training environments for clinicians.

AI has the potential to reshape simulation education by adjusting scenarios in real time, providing objective performance feedback, and supporting the development of more complex and realistic training experiences. These advances can help prepare clinicians for the increasing complexity of modern healthcare while strengthening patient safety.

The report also highlights the growing role of simulation technology specialists, who help integrate AI systems with simulators, learning platforms and clinical education programs.

Read the full report here: https://www.healthysimulation.com/how-to-leverage-ai-advanced-healthcare-simulation-training/

Have you seen this VSA resource? 📘A simulation lesson plan on cardiac advanced life support and preparation for sternoto...
23/03/2026

Have you seen this VSA resource? 📘

A simulation lesson plan on cardiac advanced life support and preparation for sternotomy in the Intensive Care Unit is available in the VSA Resource Library.

This scenario focuses on preparing ICU teams to recognise and manage cardiac tamponade following cardiac surgery. The simulation supports ICU doctors and nurses to practise recognising early signs, applying cardiac advanced life support algorithms, coordinating roles during resternotomy, and using closed-loop communication to strengthen team performance.

Explore the resource in the VSA Resource Library: https://vicsim.org.au/resources/simulation-resources/scenarios

Simulation community job opportunity 📢La Trobe University is currently recruiting for an Academic Lead, Clinical Simulat...
23/03/2026

Simulation community job opportunity 📢

La Trobe University is currently recruiting for an Academic Lead, Clinical Simulation, a senior role that will work across all four health schools to strengthen simulation-based education and collaboration.

This position will play a key role in leading clinical simulation strategy, supporting teaching and learning, and advancing interprofessional simulation across health disciplines at La Trobe.

If you’re passionate about simulation in health education and leadership in this space, this could be an exciting opportunity to shape the future of simulation learning.

👉 View the role and apply here: https://buff.ly/9HJry8x

⏰ Just 1 week away ⏰Don’t miss our March VSA Webinar: Advancing Paediatric Care Through Simulation.Together, Andree Gamb...
23/03/2026

⏰ Just 1 week away ⏰

Don’t miss our March VSA Webinar: Advancing Paediatric Care Through Simulation.

Together, Andree Gamble and Michelle Kim will explore:

✔️ How children and young people can be safely engaged as simulated participants in health professions education
✔️ The barriers and enablers to involving child and adolescent simulated patients
✔️ How translational simulation can strengthen paediatric emergency pathways across hospitals

This session is designed for clinicians, educators, and simulation practitioners interested in paediatric care, simulation-based education, and system improvement.

📅 Thursday 26 March 2026
⏰ 6:30pm – 7:30pm AEDT
📍 Online (Zoom)

Registrations are now open: https://vicsim.org.au/events/events-list/vsa-event/advancing-paediatric-care-through-simulation

Debriefing with good judgment in simulation 💬This foundational paper explores the concept of “debriefing with good judgm...
19/03/2026

Debriefing with good judgment in simulation 💬

This foundational paper explores the concept of “debriefing with good judgment” - an approach that moves beyond both judgmental and “nonjudgmental” debriefing.

It highlights how effective debriefing involves being clear about the instructor’s perspective while staying genuinely curious about the learner’s thinking, assumptions and decision-making. By pairing advocacy with inquiry, this approach helps create reflective, psychologically safe conversations that support deeper learning.

Read the article here: https://journals.lww.com/simulationinhealthcare/fulltext/2006/00110/there_s_no_such_thing_as__nonjudgmental_.6.aspx?WT.mc_id=HPxADx20100319xMP

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