Current courses

There are a range of courses available for clinicians who are providing or preparing to provide simulation education. These include:

1. Simulation Essentials: Methdology and Tech (one day course)

2. Simulation Advanced Workshop (3 day course)

3. Curriculum Workshop

4. Moulage Workshop

5. Debriefing Refresher Workshops

Simulation Essentials: Methodology and Tech

Part One aims to prepare clinicians to deliver simulation based education (SBE) using safe, standardised techniques, to allow learners to explore aspects of clinical practice in an interactive manner.

This workshop will provide the foundation for advanced simulation education including the simulation faculty development programme.

Concepts explored include:
• Adult Learning
• Simulation zones
• Curriculum development
• Debriefing and SAFETY
• Debriefing practice

Part Two is a technical workshop which covers the use of:
• Skills trainers
• Low fidelity manikins
• High fidelity manikins
• Set-up, operation, troubleshooting and care requirements of Laerdal manikins Sim Baby and Sim Junior

Simulation Advanced Workshop

This three day workshop is designed for educators who are currently delivering scenario education and want to advance their expertise. These educators may be part of a team who are currently delivering Crisis Resource Management (CRM) workshops, or they may want to develop a CRM programme for their clinical setting.
Simulation faculty development workshops focus on practical ways to developing and improving simulation delivery skills, including: adult education, programme design, running high fidelity simulation, and debriefing.

The course content includes:
• Approaches to CRM training
• Adult learning theory
• Building a CRM course
• The art of debriefing
• Debriefing practice exercises
• Designing CRM scenarios
• Innovative applications of paediatric simulation

We encourage and prioritise registrations from medical nursing partnerships i.e. a doctor and nurse from the same clinical area who can partner to prepare and deliver simulation based education (SBE).

Curriculum Workshop

An immersive workshop designed to elevate your clinical education practice through curriculum design and hands-on simulation techniques. In the morning, participants will explore the foundational steps of curriculum development, craft measurable learning outcomes, and storyboard realistic clinical scenarios using the Simulation Zone Framework. This workshop equips you with practical tools to deliver impactful, scenario-based education that prepares learners for real-world challenges and improves patient outcomes.

By the end of this course participants should be able to:

• Create the core steps in curriculum development

• Write specific and measurable learning outcomes for scenario development i Design realistic and appropriate patient/backgrounds for their clinical scenario

• Develop storyboards for clinical scenarios which include the major decisions and tools needed

• Choose the most suitable training method to deliver in clinical training workshops

• Apply the Simulation Zone Framework

Moulage Workshop

Bring clinical scenarios to life with realistic injury and illness effects. This hands-on workshop empowers educators to enhance simulation fidelity using moulage - the art of medical special effects.

Workshop Highlights:

• History and purpose of moulage

• Materials and techniques for comme effects

• Clothing and props for contextual realism

• When not to use moulage - and why

• Resources and communities to keep learning

Debriefing Refresher Workshops

This is for participants who have completed Simulation Courses above. We know there is rapid decay with infrequently used skills and debriefing is no different. With this in mind we provide brief 2-3 hour debriefing refresher workshops for simulation educators who wish to practice their debriefing skills in small group workshops.

If you have questions about any of these workshops or to register your interest, contact the team via starshipsim@adhb.govt.nz