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HNE Simulation Centre

Safer health care through training and research excellence in the field of simulation.

The HNE Simulation Centre is an interprofessional, multi-disciplinary, educational facility within Hunter New England Local Health District. We deliver simulation-based training that addresses clinical and non-clinical challenges, to more than 4000 participants each year. The centre is supported by a team of specialist doctors and senior nurses who are certified simulation instructors and clinically active in the specialty areas of anaesthesia, intensive care (adult, paediatric and neonatal) and emergency medicine. Research:
Our multidisciplinary faculty have a track record in innovation and research. We conduct human factors research that aims to improve patient safety by developing new tools and guidelines to use in clinical practice, particularly in emergency situations, and testing new processes and equipment prior to their implementation into clinical practice. We use in situ simulation as a research and quality improvement tool to analyse equipment and environments at the design and pre-commissioning stages, and to identify latent safety threats in existing spaces. We are interested in resilient health care and understanding how expertise contributes to the capacity of a system to respond to challenges. We also conduct research into why and how simulation works as a teaching tool and are particularly interested in understanding which elements of a clinical encounter should be retained in a simulated encounter. Support for Simulation:
The centre also provides support for simulation-based training including instructor and faculty development, curriculum development and evaluation, and advice regarding the establishment and running of simulation centres.

12/12/2025

𝗘𝗗 𝗣𝗮𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲: 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀, 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 & 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲

This week we welcomed our amazing Emergency Department colleagues for the 𝗘𝗗 𝗣𝗮𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 – 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹.

These courses are more than training – they build skills, boost confidence, strengthen teamwork, and support workforce culture.

🌟 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀
✅ Stronger teamwork & communication
✅ Greater confidence in paediatric emergencies
✅ Patient safety
✅ A safer, more connected workforce

Thank you to our ED Department for investing in our people and the care of our smallest patients 💙

Hunter New England Local Health District

05/12/2025

💎 𝗜𝗖𝗨: 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀

Under the expert guidance of 𝗗𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗯𝘆, this week's ICU clinicians participated in:
✔️ Managing airway emergencies under pressure
✔️ Simplifying complex decision-making
✔️ Use of cognitive aids like the Vortex approach

🤝 We look forward to working with our Hunter New England Local Health District ICU colleagues in 2026

03/12/2025

💐 𝗔 𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘆: 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲

Today we said farewell to Liz Espert, our Midwifery Simulation Coordinator extraordinaire. Liz has been an essential member of our team—supporting onsite and offsite rural and regional courses and helping shape the quality and consistency of our obstetric activities. Liz now turns her focus to her role within Maternity Services at John Hunter Hospital. We will miss her dearly and wish her all the very best for her future career endeavours.

We also delivered a fantastic 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 course today.
Our team worked incredibly hard behind the scenes to create realistic, high-fidelity scenarios so today's participants could rehearse the management of obstetric crises.

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀? 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 HNE Simulation Centre
📲 (02) 4921 4268
🖲️ HNELHD-SC@health.nsw.gov.au

Hunter New England Local Health District

27/11/2025

🌟 𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱: 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀!

🚗💨 HNE Simulation Centre hit the road to Scone to deliver our Obstetric Emergencies course, proudly supported by 𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗧 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 through the Emergency Department.

Obstetric emergencies rely on effective teamwork to achieve the best possible outcomes. This course promotes a collaborative, team-based approach—and we were pleased to have medical, midwifery and nursing staff from 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸 attend.

A huge thank you to:
👏 𝗗𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗢’𝗙𝗹𝘆𝗻𝗻, Staff Specialist, Emergency Department, John Hunter Hospital
👏 𝗗𝗿 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀, Clinical Lead, Women’s Health & Maternity Network, John Hunter Hospital
👏 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗸, Clinical Manager, Scott Memorial Hospital, Scone

Your support and collaboration make training like this possible🌟

Hunter New England Local Health District

26/11/2025

🌟 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲

A fantastic day of learning, teamwork, and skill-building!

Designed to help renal nurses:
✅ Apply a systematic approach to unstable patients
✅ Practice safely in simulation scenarios
✅ Strengthen teamwork, communication, leadership and speaking up for safety

Developed with our Renal Dialysis nursing colleagues, this course combines clinical expertise with simulation-based learning to support nurses at every level.

21/11/2025

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗿𝗮𝗽 🎬🩺

Today we delivered our final 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗣𝗮𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘀) course for the year.

What a beautiful group of Hunter New England Local Health District Clinicians who spent the day rehearsing the management of an acutely unwell or deteriorating paediatric patient.

20/11/2025

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀👏

Working with our fabulous colleagues from the Hunter New England Local Health District 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 today, to deliver an outstanding 𝗜𝗖𝗨 𝗣𝗮𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 🤝

💡 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿?
✅ Strengthens teamwork & communication
✅ Builds collegial networks
✅ Enhances confidence in managing paediatric emergencies
✅ No risk to patients

𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 2026👍

17/11/2025

We’re excited to welcome 💐 𝗠𝗲𝗹 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗻 to the HNE Simulation Centre team as our newest Simulation Coordinator (Casual).

Mel is a Registered Nurse and Midwife, and continues to work as a Midwife at John Hunter Hospital. She brings a strong passion for education and loves teaching clinicians at all stages of their careers.

𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲, 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗺 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀. 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲, 𝗠𝗲𝗹!

Hunter New England Local Health District

14/11/2025

🌟 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🌟

A busy day in the centre today with two high-value training programs designed to strengthen clinical confidence, enhance patient safety, and support the development of our future anaesthesia workforce.

🩺𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲
This course provides junior doctors with an interest in anaesthesia, or who are about to commence in a registrar role, the knowledge and skills to safely administer labour epidurals for analgesia.

🗣 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗥𝗠𝗢 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴
This course allows clinicians the opportunity to practice their communication skills and to prepare a patient for induction of anaesthesia.

𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲? Contact us 👇
HNE Simulation Centre
(02) 4921 4268
HNELHD-SC@health.nsw.gov.au

Hunter New England Local Health District

06/11/2025

🗣️ 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸

Today's course reminded us just how powerful great conversations can be — not just in simulation, but in every learning moment💬

Led by our fantastic team — 𝗗𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗗𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿-𝗕𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗹𝘂𝗴𝗼𝗴𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗸𝗶 — this ever-popular program continues to live up to its reputation 🏆

Through 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 and 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, participants explored how to:
✔️ Engage in meaningful, transformative discussions
✔️ Structure effective debriefing sessions
✔️ Approach challenging feedback conversations with confidence

𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 Hunter New England Local Health District 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 🤝

💡 If this has you reflecting on your own conversations, now’s the perfect time to plan. Submit your details to join the 2026 Essentials of Debriefing & Feedback course waitlist.
HNE Simulation Centre
📲HNELHD-SC@health.nsw.gov.au
🖲 (02) 4921 4268

03/11/2025

🌿🩺 𝗔 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹

Last week, clinicians from Maitland and surrounding areas came together for a hands-on rural trauma team training day! From realistic scenarios to equipment tailored to what’s available locally, the focus was on early recognition and stabilisation of adult trauma patients.

A huge thank you to 𝗛𝗡𝗘 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 and Glencore Charitable Funds for making this valuable learning experience possible 💙

Hunter New England Local Health District

29/10/2025

🚩 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗗

Our team had a fantastic day at John Hunter Hospital delivering the 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗧-𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 for local clinicians.

📑𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆:
✅ Applying a systematic approach to assessing and managing emergency patients
✅ Conducting a rapid primary & secondary survey and initiating early management
✅ Strengthening teamwork and communication — including leadership, followership, and speaking up for safety

A special thank you to 𝗗𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗢’𝗙𝗹𝘆𝗻𝗻, Staff Specialist from John Hunter Hospital’s Emergency Department. His passion for education and commitment to training continue to inspire, as he shares his expertise across Hunter New England Local Health District

📅 Upcoming ED EMET course dates:
26 November - Scone Hospital

For more information contact HNE Simulation Centre
📩 HNELHD-SC@health.nsw.gov.au
📲 (02) 4921 4268

Address

Lookout Road
New Lambton, NSW
2305

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Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

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https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/hnelhd/our-research/hne-simulation-centre

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The HNE Simulation Centre is an interprofessional educational facility within Hunter New England Local Health District. We deliver simulation-based training that addresses clinical and non-clinical challenges, to several thousand participants each year. The centre is supported by a team of specialist doctors and senior nurses who are certified simulation instructors and clinically active in the specialty areas of anaesthesia, intensive care (adult, paediatric and neonatal) and emergency medicine.