Dr. Paul O’Connor & Dr. Peter Cantillon, NUI Galway gave the opening address at Simulation in Irish Medical Education: Where Are We, and Where Are We Going? held at NUI Galway on the 2nd July 2012.

1. Institute for Business, Social Sciences and Public Policy
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Welcome to
Simulation in Irish Medical Education
Where we are, and where are we going?

2. Administration
• The clamping people have no sense of humour (nor morality)
so make sure you have parked somewhere ‘legal’ and have
the voucher displayed.
• You can pick-up a CPD certificate at the desk from lunchtime
onwards.
• You might want to consider moving forward if you are sitting
at the back of the theatre.
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3. Introduction
• Medicine has long faced a conflict between the imperative to
give patients the best possible care and the needs to provide
novices with experience (Gawande, 2003).
• It is no longer acceptable for students at any level of training
to practice new skills on patients, even if they have a patient’s
explicit consent (Aggarwal & Darzi, 2006).
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4. Seminar Goals
• Provide an overview of medical simulation in Ireland in order
to make better use of the assets that are available.
• Allow people who are experienced in the use of simulation to
share their knowledge and expertise.
• Provide hands on experience of different simulation tools and
devices.
• Consider what should be done next to facilitate the use of
simulation for education and research in Ireland.
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5. Morning
Institute for Business, Social Sciences and Public Policy
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1000-1020
The Development of a National
Simulation Training Programme
Crina Burlacu
College of Anaesthetists
1020-1040
The Use of Simulation in
Obstetrics
Niamh Hayes
College of Anaesthetists
1040-1100 The Story from the ASSET Centre
John Macadoo
ASSET Centre, UCC
1100-1120 Coffee
1120-1140 The Story from St James’
Jeanne Moriarty
St. James’ Hospital
1140-1200
The Use of Medical Simulation
Down Under
Tim Gray
Australian Centre for Health Innovation
1200-1220
Simulator use in the Aviation
Industry
Frank Feeney
AV8 Team Solutions
1220-1330 Lunch

6. Afternoon
Institute for Business, Social Sciences and Public Policy
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1330-1450 Meet the sims
Patricia Kiernan,
Cardiac Services
Dave Power,
ASSET centre, UCC
1450-1510
Developing & evaluating
performance in simulator
scenarios
Steve Yule
STRATUS Centre for Medical
Simulation Brigham and Women’s
1510-1530
Challenges to the introduction of
medical simulation
Brian Harte
NUI Galway
1530-1540 Closing

7. Aggarwal & Darzi (2011)
• In order for simulation to become a part of the medical
curriculum, collaborative efforts are required from academics,
physicians, managers, and policy makers alike.
• Bringing these groups together, while a challenge, can lead to
high-level outputs in medical care, which will benefit all.
• Perhaps this seminar can serve as a beginning of this
collaboration within an Irish and international context.
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