Clinical Skills Development Service

Best of our 2024

As we close out another incredible year, we take a moment to reflect on the accomplishments and milestones against our four focus areas. Focus area #1: Provide a statewide service that targets clinical skills...

Mannequin Challenge – Unfreezing for 2017

Our mannequins are up for any challenge! They may be plastic but they’re passionate about their role in helping save lives #legitmannequinchallenge #merrychristmas #challengeacceptedmetrosouth #mannequinchallenge As 2016 draws to a close, we would...

Upcoming conference

Mon 26 Sep – Thu 29 Sep, 2016 Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Victoria, Australia Simulation Australasia, the national body for those working in simulation in Australasia, will once again bring together the SimHealth and SimTecT...

Tracheostomy and Speech Pathology (TASP)

The Department of Health, Queensland has been running the Tracheostomy and Speech Pathology (TASP) simulation workshop since 2011. (Ward et al., Can human mannequin-based simulation provide a feasible and clinically acceptable method for training...

STaR – Edition 4

Merry Christmas readers! The fourth edition of the STaR (Simulation Training and Research) magazine is now available. This release will provide exciting information on what has occurred within CSDS since the release of the previous edition, as well...

Shooting for the STaR

It has been a busy few months at the Clinical Skills Development Service (CSDS) since the last edition of the STaR (Simulation Training and Resource) magazine. The second edition of the STaR magazine was distributed even more widely then our first...

SimGHOSTS 2015 – Rules for Simulation Radicals

SimGHOSTS 2015 Australia was hosted by the Clinical Skills Development Service (CSDS) in Herston, Brisbane, from 23-26 June. The CSDS Plenary Address was presented by Dylan Campher, Director of Simulation and Director of the Graduate Certificate in...