Board of management

My current simulation focus is with simulated patients. At HEAL we have a Simulated Patient (SP) Program whereby we train SPs. SPs who pass an assessment are entered on to the HEAL database and hired to organisations for educational encounters.

I have in excess of 20 years experience in senior management roles, largely in medical administration and medical education. The latter, utilising simulation in all forms.

• Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Health Education Australia Ltd. (HEAL).

Julie Cartwright has a strong business and clinical background with a focus on quality and safety. As a UK trained RN1 Critical Care nurse who came to Australia in 1987, Julie went on to complete her Ba Business (Accounting) at Monash University in 1991, followed by her CPA and MBA at Deakin University.

Julie is a surveyor for the ACHS and Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited (AGPAL). Currently working as a Business Manager at a large independent medical practice, Julie also undertakes some private nurse consulting in chronic disease.

Julie has no actual skills in the simulation environment but hopes to add a different dimension to the board's considerable knowledge base.

I believe simulation education and training in a fantastic vehicle to teach in health care across many applications, and I am particularly interested in the non-technical skills such good communication, teamwork and leadership.

I am instructor on the NHET-Sim program and have found this to be a great opportunity to help others who want to understand more about simulation and how to apply it to their teaching practice.

I am keen to represent rural Victoria in the simulation world and utilise simulation training within medical student education and for inter-professional communication training, with intern and nursing staff, at South West Healthcare.

I am a clinical senior lecturer in the Greater Green Triangle Rural Clinical School, within the Deakin University School of Medicine, with a background in rural general practice.

I am the Deputy Chair, Education Sub-committee, Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria.

I currently work in the clinical training of Undergraduate and graduate students from all health disciplines while they attend clinical placements at Epworth HealthCare.

I deliver simulation-based training for existing hospital staff as part of their CPD requirements, and I'm involved in the development and delivery of simulation-based courses for external education providers.

Karen has worked in nursing simulation leading its implementation at VU. More recently she has branched out to work with other discipline groups including midwifery and paramedicine.

Karen has also led simulation in a large interprofessional education program. Simulated Patients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds have been the focus of Karen’s research, work activity and PhD.

• Discipline leader – Nursing RMIT University
• Director Cultural Respect Encompassing Simulation Training (CREST) program
• Foundation VSA board member, VP June 2016 - 2019
• Twitter @Karen_Livesay

Debra Nestel is Professor of Simulation Education in Healthcare, Monash University, and Professor of Surgical Education, Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Australia. Debra is Editor-in-Chief, BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning (STEL), the journal of the Association for Simulation Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH). She is program lead for Graduate Certificate in Clinical Simulation (Monash University). Debra leads a national faculty development program for simulation practitioners – NHET-Sim and a virtual network in simulated patient methodology.

She has received national awards for her work in healthcare simulation (Ray Page Award for service to the simulation community, Simulation Australasia and a Program Innovation Award, Australian Government) and a Presidential Citation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Debra has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers in health professions education, edited books on simulated patient methodology (2015), healthcare simulation (2017), surgical education (2019) and research methods for healthcare simulation (2019).

Tess has an extensive background in the establishment and management of hi fidelity simulation centres, the coordination and training of facilitators and program development.

She is currently the Director of Clinical Education and Simulation for Epworth HealthCare expanding all aspects of interdisciplinary Clinical education across the organisation campuses.

She has been involved in the design and implementation of national and state simulation based training programs. Tess comes from Critical Care Nursing Background in Peri operative and Emergency Nursing.