Partnership
The VSA is a significant organisation in Victoria supporting the development and implementation of simulation across the health and community services sector. We provide our subscribers with an active and supported community of practice through the provision of resources, education and training. As an organisation, we focus on our 4 key goals of people, professional practice, profile and sustainability and we pride ourselves on providing a forum for collaboration and networking for those engaged in our simulation community.
By becoming a partner, you will have access to a diverse subscriber group. There are multiple opportunities where you can engage with your target audience, whether it be through emails, newsletters, events and through our website.
You can download the latest partnership prospectus here or email for more information.
Our Partners
Health Education Australia Limited (HEAL)
At HEAL, we provide a range of programs for students, professionals and healthcare organisations.
Some of these are aimed at helping international graduates secure a job in the Australian healthcare industry. Others – like our Simulated Participant program – are intended to assist in the delivery of quality health education across all health professions.
Simulated Participants (SPs) are an all-important education resource in healthcare and play a crucial role in helping health professional students develop their communication and diagnostic skills – particularly in exams. With our dedicated SP program, healthcare educators can source and engage with trained simulated participants whenever they need to.
We recruit and train simulated participants according to different educational needs, introducing them to the role and preparing them to work in the health education environment.If you would like to learn more about HEAL's Simulated Participant program, you can email us at , call us on +61 3 9642 3450 or visit our website.
Holmesglen
The Holmesglen Simulation Centre (HSC) offers multi-faceted commercial services, outside of its core educational functions that can be hired out to a range of organisations. We offer:
- Simulation apartment spaces for media production or education
- Hiring of simulated participants (actors)
- Virtual Reality content provision and creation (health and community services related)
- Custom VR product development using Holmesglen’s technical and pedagogical expertise for a range of customer service environments and industries e.g. healthcare services, youth work, family violence prevention, community and social services etc
- Expertise in staff training on simulation-based education and to guide educational projects
- Assistance with Simulation-based education research projects facilitated by international and national experts in simulation
- Bespoke professional development on simulation-based education for industry teams, RTOs and other TAFE providers in collaboration with the VSA
- Training on health-related equipment e.g. Gzunder bed mover, part task trainers
Laerdal
Laerdal's pioneering work with soft plastics would later be used to produce the first manikin used for resuscitation training, changing the course of the company.
Today, more than 300 million people have been trained in CPR - most of them using Resusci Anne. It is estimated that at least 2 million lives have been saved...and counting.