Francis Baron Burnett Simulation Centre

The Francis Baron Burnett Simulation Centre provides innovative healthcare education and training in a state-of-the-art facility

Purpose built simulated emergency bays, operating theatres and hospital wards provide a safe environment for healthcare students and professionals to engage in high and low fidelity simulated learning activities.

Innovative and engaging simulation courses

Simulation courses and activities have been designed to help healthcare students and staff learn clinical skills, techniques and best practice in a safe and supportive environment. Current courses target requested procedural skills, integrated clinical management, communication and teamwork.

State-of-the-art facilities

The FBBC has been purposefully designed to enable flexibility in setting-up scenarios or activities to mimic various healthcare settings. An extensive range of high-fidelity mannequins, part-task trainers and other simulators are available for use to help support courses and activities. Video facilities are available for real-time and post-session debriefings.

Healthcare simulation curriculum design

The FBBC simulation learning team has vast experience in the design and delivery of simulation learning in healthcare. In addition, our team has clinical experience in nursing and medicine and academic experience in teaching and learning within the tertiary sector.

Facilities

Simulation Rooms

Two simulation rooms have been developed to each provide a realistic clinical bedside area. To create a high fidelity simulation environment, each room has been setup with a SimMan 3G manikin which is operated from a central control room. The rooms are fitted with roof cameras and sound recording hardware for video playback or live streaming into the tutorial rooms.

Mock Ward

The mock ward area consists of two rooms, each with 4 hospital beds or the rooms can be joined to make one large ward area. This area provides a realistic hospital ward bay environment for simulation learning. The mock wards have roof cameras and sound recording hardware for video playback or live streaming into the tutorial rooms.

Tutorial Room

The tutorial rooms seat 8-12 people and include a PC with internet access, a projector, star board and white board for your teaching needs.

Services

Curriculum Development

Our staff are available to provide assistance with instructional design and simulation learning activity development. To ensure that the integration of low, medium and high fidelity simulation will enhance learning within specific curricula, we are able to help you map learning objectives to the best type of simulator/s, the optimal use of the environment, and pre-briefing and de-briefing modalities.

Consultation

Consultation services, specific to simulation learning in the health professions, are available through the FBBC. Our multi-professional team of clinical experts, educators and project managers are available to help with specific simulation learning activities within the University of Queensland, Greenslopes Private Hospital, government and non-government organisations, private industry and the broader academic community.

Help and support

Our simulation coordinators are available to support previously developed on-site and in-situ simulation learning activities. With extensive experience in the delivery of high- and low-fidelity simulation learning activities, de-briefing and role plays, we are available to help you with simulation coordination. Please contact us to discuss how we can help support your simulation learning activities.

Staff

Wendy Katterns

RN MN

Wendy is the Simulation Centre Manager with the FBBC. She has completed a Master of Nursing (Women’s Health) and has been involved in providing education enhanced by the simulation environment for the past 6 years. Wendy also has extensive experience in various areas of nursing including neurosurgery, surgical, orthopaedics, gastrointestinal, midwifery, neonatal intensive care, emergency medicine, research, retrieval services and simulation education. Wendy has expertise in simulation scenario development and is particularly interested in working with the wide range of health professionals that utilise the FBBC. She maintains a current registration in nursing and endorsement in midwifery.

+61 7 3346 0614

w.katterns@uq.edu.au