Physiotherapist and senior lecturer Narelle Dalwood shares her research on peer simulations to help bridge the theory-practice gap for culturally and linguistically diverse students.

Peer simulation for culturally and linguistically diverse students

Co-author of the paper, Katie Walker, MBA, RN is an internationally recognised leader in healthcare simulation, with more than two decades of experience in simulation-based education, workforce development, and patient safety. In this episode Katie discusses the model and tangible ways of applying it in both healthcare and higher education. 

Value-based simulation in healthcare: a new model for metrics reporting | Advances in Simulation | Springer Nature Link [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41077-025-00368-w]

Value-based simulation in healthcare: a new model for metrics reporting

In this episode, we sit down with Professor Tracy Levett-Jones to explore an innovative approach to preparing healthcare professionals for the realities of major weather events. Drawing on her extensive expertise in nursing education and simulation pedagogy, Tracy shares how tabletop simulation is being used to build critical thinking, teamwork, and adaptive decision-making in the face of disasters such as floods, bushfires, and extreme storms. She shares how these engaging, low-cost approaches build critical thinking, teamwork, and disaster readiness in a safe learning environment, offering practical insights for educators and clinicians alike.

Table Top simulations for extreme weather events

The BLISS suite (Gener8): Blended Learning Interactive Simulation Spaces, at Western Sydney University is an immersive, interactive healthcare education simulator that supports a range of disciplines and scenarios, and Professor Jane Frost discusses its hands-on, decision-making focus.

To know more go to - https://simovation.com.au/

Jenny interviews Prof Jane Frost about the BLISs room at WSU

Tess is a Clinical Associate Professor, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne and Director of Clinical Education and Simulation, Epworth HealthCare. She is also a VSA - Victorian Simulation Alliance board member and she sat down with us to discuss the benefits of being a subscriber.

Tess Vawser discusses the benefits of the VSA

Jane had the opportunity to sit down and have a chat with Prof Adam Montagu, Director, of the Adelaide Health Simulation at Adelaide University.

Interview with Prof Adam Montagu, Director, Adelaide Health Simulation at Adelaide University.

This month we welcome the discussion with two midwifery academics, Associate Professor Kate Dawson and  Lynnelle Moran on the topic: It's the learning that matters - exploring student experiences of a formative- summative OSCE assessment. Their study focused on exploring feelings of anxiety and psychological safety as well as learning experience of students throughout the assessment period, including a summative OSCE assessment.

It's the learning that matters

Nursing academic Dani Gardner from the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney shares her project about using AI chatbots in simulation scenarios may provide the opportunity to examine the effectiveness of this approach for enhancing nursing students’ experience.

Her study explored the use of AI chatbots as the ‘patient’ voice in simulation scenarios to enhance nursing students’ communication skills.

An AI communication training platform was utilised in clinical lab classes, allowing students to practice communication and clinical reasoning, whilst performing practical skills. The focus was on gaining patient consent and providing reassurance before performing assessments and procedures.



AI Chatbots in Sim: Improving the Student Experience

The study being discussed sits within the Psychology Mechanisms and Innovations program at the Healthy Brain and Mind Research Centre - ACU [https://www.acu.edu.au/research-and-enterprise/our-research-institutes/healthy-brain-and-mind-research-centre], and was led by Dr Elizabeth Pizarro-Campagna in collaboration with Dr Simon D’Alfonso [https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffindanexpert.unimelb.edu.au%2Fprofile%2F180658-simon-d%27alfonso&data=05%7C02%7CMel.Barlow%40acu.edu.au%7C4503146f2d9549d999dd08de69ffe4f9%7C429af009f196448fae7958c212a0f2ce%7C0%7C0%7C639064744938669136%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=DgDxKe8NRa0Gw33fqt1eIgI9%2BDwH67KKg49I4BM1EXA%3D&reserved=0] (UniMelb), Prof John Gleeson [https://www.acu.edu.au/research-and-enterprise/our-research-institutes/healthy-brain-and-mind-research-centre/our-people/professor-john-gleeson] (ACU), Dr Thomas McGuckian [https://www.acu.edu.au/research-and-enterprise/our-research-institutes/healthy-brain-and-mind-research-centre/our-people/dr-thomas-mcguckian] (ACU), Hannah Giddy (ACU Psych Hon student), and Cassandra Mount (MPsych Clin student).

Apologies , Kerry had some audio issues on this episode.

Large Language Model Chatbot Simulation for Suicide Risk Assessment Training in Postgraduate Psychology

Mel is joined by Robyn Dickie ( nurse, Senior Lecturer, Chair Teaching and Learning & Coordinator - Education and Innovation for the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine at ACU), and Alison Blunt (physiotherapist, lecturer  and National Lead Specialised Learning Environments and Simulation Coordination for School of Allied Health at ACU). Alison and Robyn discuss there large-scale (>2000 students) interprofessional simulation activity.

Here is link to the co-debriefing paper Robyn was discussing Understanding interprofessional co-debriefing practices within large scale ward-based simulation - ScienceDirect [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876139925001252]

Large scale  extended ward interprofessional simulation

Melanie Barlow (@melbarlow) · Zencastr

Melanie Barlow (@melbarlow)

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