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Deakin Sim Ready
We deliver research-backed, simulation-based training courses for health professionals at all stages, from students to qualified practitioners. Gain new healthcare skills or advance your existing knowledge in a hands-on, dynamic environment, helping you to get ready, and stay ready, for clinical practice.
Optimising health education with simulation training
Deakin Sim Ready provides a safe learning environment to deliver simulation-based training that improves patient care and safety. Our simulation programs can be tailored to students and clinicians across all health disciplines and career stages. Based at Deakin Medical School in Geelong, we also run existing national and international programs such as E-MET, ASIC, and ALS2, and will host Harvard’s Center for Medical Simulation’s Healthcare Simulation Essentials Course. We aim to optimise health education through evidence-based practices and innovative teaching that promotes community, including rural and regional engagement.
Gain hands-on medical experience
We bridge the gap between classroom training and real-world clinical experiences. We currently provide programs targeted at all levels of training in the areas of:
- faculty development
- advanced life support
- basic life support
- debriefing (simulation facilitation and debriefing)
- deteriorating patient education
- advanced airway management
- crisis resource management
- obstetric, surgical and paediatric emergency management
- communication skills
- trauma care.
Why simulation training?
Healthcare simulation replicates clinical scenarios so trainees can gain experience recognising and treating medical conditions. It allows clinicians and students from various disciplines to practise procedures, refine communication techniques and undertake multidisciplinary teamwork training. Deakin Sim Ready provides a risk-free learning environment, where you can learn without the potential to cause patient harm.
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When you study at Deakin, you’ll learn in purpose-built simulated environments and have access to cutting-edge technology. Graduate with the confidence and hands-on experience to build a successful career in healthcare.
Thanks to everyone for their hard work in organising the Trauma Supersession. It really highlighted the importance of communication and to constantly reassess the situation.
Trauma Supersession training course, Deakin Sim Ready
Programs targeted at all levels of training
Our programs provide a supportive environment for you to advance your skills across a range of clinical skills.
Faculty development
Our research-based simulation facilitation and debriefing course provides participants with the knowledge and skills to effectively design/facilitate and debrief simulation programs in a psychologically safe and supportive manner.
Based on the research of Harvard’s Centre for Medical Simulation, the program promotes best-practice approaches to simulation-based education and supports the delivery of high-quality learning experiences for both medical students and healthcare professionals.
The program has been offered broadly across the University clinical sites, supporting Deakin staff and healthcare professionals to enhance their simulation facilitation and debriefing capabilities for student and clinician education.
What our program participants say
'I was lucky enough to work with the Deakin Sim Ready team when Barwon Health was commencing its homebirth program. Deakin SimReady ran and facilitated our emergency training day with Ambulance Victoria. This day involved multiple scenarios that may happen in a homebirth setting.
Prior to these training days I would honestly say AV and even some of our obstetric and paediatric team were sceptical that the homebirth program was safe. These education and training days dramatically changed the perception of the homebirth program and honestly completely changed how we now work with Ambulance Victoria.
Not only was this day full of engaging education but it was the collaboration and interprofessional learning and relationship building that has been a game changer for the program. The homebirth program has now been running for a year and both our midwifery team, paeds and Ambulance Vic still talk about how fantastic those training days were.'
Serena Pellizzeri
Program Coordinator, Midwifery Group Practice and Homebirth
Complete Advanced Life Support Level 2
Our accredited two-day ALS2 course equips you with essential skills in cardiac arrest and resuscitation management. Through lectures, practical workshops and real-life scenarios, you'll gain hands-on experience and learn the importance of teamwork in critical care situations.
I can with confidence absolutely claim this has been the best run ALS2 course provider that I have experienced.
Australian Resuscitation Council accredited ALS2 Course Director
Our team
Deakin SimReady is a School of Medicine simulation team that delivers faculty development and tailored simulation education programs across Deakin’s clinical schools and partner health services, fostering consistent, high-quality practice and innovation in healthcare education.
Kate McCloskey is a general paediatrician who is passionate about teaching and simulation; in particular translation from simulation to other areas of health, including communication skills and supervision.
Mel White is an emergency physician with a long history of simulation education. She was lucky enough to spend six months working with the Harvard Centre of Medical Education, the pre-eminent simulation centre, in 2024.
Steve Giggins is an emergency and paediatric nurse with a love of all things simulation. Stephen works as a Simulation Coordinator for the Deakin SimReady team as well as a Clinical Practice Educator for the School of Medicine.
Max Moser is the medical simulation lead for Eastern Health Clinical School as well an ICU specialist.
Amy Hinchliffe is an ICU/ED nurse and works in the clinical practice team and as the clinical practice lead for the Ararat Rural Training Stream.
Bianca Jenkins is a critical care nurse with over 25 years of experience and nearly 20 years in tertiary health education.
Beni Turkson is a technical officer supporting the Deakin Sim Ready Unit providing specialised technical and operational support to ensure the smooth delivery of programs.
Courtney Swinton is a research officer with the Metabolic Research Unit and a technical officer supporting the Deakin Medical School and the Deakin Sim Ready unit.
Thomas Majer is a co deputy clinical lead at Deakin Medical School.
Advancing medical education with research
Our research is integral to advancing healthcare education through simulation, communication and clinical skills. We explore a range of teaching methods, from bedside education to reflective practice, aiming to improve medical training and patient care.
We collaborate with students, educators and researchers at all levels, contributing to the global body of knowledge in medical education. We’re committed to applying our research findings locally and welcome opportunities to collaborate with others in the field.
Our partnerships
Deakin Sim Ready have established and maintain numerous professional partnerships with a number of leading academic and healthcare organisations. Our primary partners are:
- Barwon Health
- Australian Resuscitation Council
- Harvard University Centre of Medical Simulation Barwon Health
- Douglas Starship Centre
- Victorian Simulation Alliance
- California Simulation Alliance
- Sydney University
- Adelaide University
- Royal Perth Hospital
- Deakin Engineering
- Royal Children’s Hospital
- Queensland Health Clinical Skills Development Service
- Ambulance Victoria
- Fire Rescue Victoria
Bespoke simulation design enquiry
We specialise in the design, implementation and facilitation of bespoke interprofessional and interdepartmental simulation programs. Our team has successfully designed and implemented simulation programs that replicate clinical environments and are cross medical and healthcare professions. Our programs have a quality and safety/systems-based focus.
We have worked with departments including paediatrics, neonates, ICU, ED and theatre. We have also designed training days and regular updates for learners that range from internship to consultant-level learners. If your department or team would be interested in discussing your simulation requirements, please submit an expression of interest.
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