A multi-disciplinary approach to simulation training in healthcare: James Cook University’s collaborative experience

The use of simulation as an educational tool is becoming increasingly popular in healthcare training as increasing student numbers and concerns with patient safety challenge opportunities for traditional bedside teaching. Healthcare training centres face many challenges when implementing a simulation training program. Available guidance for successful program implementation is limited, and adaptation for each institution’s unique setting is often required. This study describes the approach taken by James Cook University’s (JCU) Division of Tropical health and Medicine’s (Townsville campus) approach for developing a multi-disciplinary, simulation-based training program with shared resources and centralised asset management.

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SimHealth 2015

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