ReVISE – Medical Simulation Unit

Year 3 and 4 Medical Students at the Geelong Clinical School are exposed to a series of structured tutorials and simulated activities targeted at the identification and management of deteriorating patients.

This innovative program combines volunteer simulated patients and experienced clinical tutors in order to create a hospital-like simulation experience for final year medical students.

'PRISM has helped increase my confidence for internship. It's very hands on and practical.
– PRISM participant

ReVISE believes that teams working together should train together. This ethos has driven the development of a unique model of large scale simulation education which allows 35-40 anaesthesia, intensive care and emergency medicine trainees to engage in team based learning. Nursing staff from these areas are also encouraged to attend.

'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.'
– Participant, Trauma Supersession

BLS/ALS refresher courses continue to be in high demand. ReVISE promotes developing programs that are specific to the stakeholders' area of interest. For example, a radiology BLS/ALS simulation program was designed, developed and conducted allowing for the diagnosis and treatment of common radiological emergencies, along with a refresher on BLS/ALS.

'Thanks for the great BLS/ALS session. It's very important to practice these skills every year or two. Well done!'
– Participant, Radiology Session

ReVISE collaborated with University Hospital, Geelong (Barwon Health) to produce a successful program on common theatre emergencies that included a large scale multi-theatre anaphylaxis scenario. The emphasis was on anaesthetic crisis management, but multidisciplinary engagement was encouraged from surgical staff and theatre technician staff. Participant responses were observed and debriefed and feedback from the session was encouraging.

Kate McCloskey is a general paediatrician and medical director of simulation at Geelong clinical school. She completed her PhD with the Barwon Infant Study.

Kate is particularly interested in child and adolescent research, the translation of simulation into clinical practice and combining high-fidelity simulated resuscitation with communication skills teaching.

MBBS FACEM GCHPE

Melissa is an Emergency Physician with an interest in medical education and paediatrics.

Melissa completed a Fellowship in Simulation and Crisis Resource Management at Monash Simulation and Skills Centre before going on to complete further training in Simulation from The Harvard Centre for Medical Simulation.

Melissa is an Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) course director and instructor, as well as an instructor for the Generic Instructor Course.

She is currently the Co-Convenor for the Emergency rotation at the Geelong Clinical School.

Her areas of interest in simulation include inter-professional learning and crisis resource management.

Simulation CSI

Rebecca Stengewis is a registered paediatric nurse and midwife. She has taught at the Geelong Clinical School since 2008. She has qualifications with NHET-Sim and is an accredited ALS instructor. She joined the ReVISE team as the dedicated clinical skills instructor for simulation programs and has been instrumental in managing the logistics of delivering high-quality programs.