Training suite simulates hospital, aged care and community health settings

Using advanced manikins and spanning 500 m², The Dr Joan Durdin AM Clinical Simulation Suite has opened at Flinders University’s City Campus. It features large clinical labs with 14 hospital beds and advanced training for nursing, midwifery and allied health students in low- to high-risk clinical scenarios. Technology where training is monitored by Flinders educators providing real-time guidance in a hospital setting is also included.

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Located near the Royal Adelaide and Women’s and Children’s hospitals on the 6th floor of the Flinders City Campus, the suite simulates hospital, aged care and community health settings and is intended to strengthen students’ connections with the city health precinct. Training like this will also be a feature of the $300 million, 10-storey Flinders HealthCARE Centre — to be built at Bedford Park.

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The suite is named after a pioneer in South Australian nursing education at Flinders, the late Dr Joan Durdin AM. “Throughout her life, Dr Durdin championed the idea that education changes lives and that better-prepared health professionals lead to better care, which is why it’s fitting that the new simulation suite is named in her honour,” Flinders University Vice-Chancellor Colin Stirling said.

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