Alongside our core activity of delivering teaching using simulation, members of the centre are active in innovation around the application of high-fidelity physiologic models and associated and other technologies to teaching and learning.  We have presented our work at numerous simulation meetings in both workshops and key-note presentations and report our innovations in the literature.  We have three key project areas:

Project 1 - Curriculum development

Continued development of novel high-fidelity simulation scenarios to demonstrate key principles of physiology underlying states of health and disease for integration into medical and science curricula. Responding to the ever-changing teaching practices to continue to offer our simulations in new and exciting ways.

Project 2 - Distributed simulation teaching and learning

Provision of simulation opportunities, especially related to teaching underlying principles of physiology, to locations such as HEE training academies outside the University and other locations where either physiology or access to high-fidelity, manikin-based simulation is not available. Developing a 'blended learning approach to simulation which can be exported in multiple different formats dependant on working with partners outside of Bristol that wish to adopt our methodologies for teaching physiology.

P‌roject 3 - New and future technologies

The centre is at the forefront of the application of new technologies to simulation teaching and are always early adopters working collaboratively with industry and other partners. Members of the centre are currently working with Elevate (CAE) Healthcare, Oxford Medical Simulation, IRIS and AIBODY.IO with the shared goal of improving teaching of physiology for scientists and future healthcare professionals.

 

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