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b'Over simulated? Simulation; surely one of the fastest growing parts of health education in recent times. There is much more to simulation than a plastic mannequin and healthcare is but a small part of the bigger picture. Matt McPartlin went along to the Australasian Simulation Congress and spoke to ICU nurse and co-convenor Jessica Stokes-Parish. \\n\\nWe sent Matt McPartlin off to pretend to be a submariner, a jet pilot and an ICU Nurse. He wasn\\u2019t qualified for any of these difficult tasks but he is qualified to talk about it. Here is Matt\\u2019s report:\\n\\n\\u201cWar, video games and virtual hospital beds. There are links. Many links. The ever present threat and application of war in various parts of the world have throughout history led to advances in healthcare. (Some see this as a benefit but arguably, at best war has pressed the need rather than generated the the benefit itself, but that\\u2019s not the point of this particular podcast.) \\n\\nOne of those links is training. And simulation has been an integral part of training. The military uses simulation in many forms \\u2013 tabletop exercises, part task trainers, in situ simulation and more recently virtual reality. Video gaming is essentially entertainment through simulation. Industries such as engineering, logistic supply chains and motorsport use simulation too. And so does healthcare.\\n\\nSo it would seem that each of these areas might be able to contribute something to eachother\\u2019s development. A group of simulation enthusiasts certainly think so. They organised a big simulation congress to help that process along. And they threw in research themes, expert-led workshops and DIY self help sessions. \\n\\nIt\\u2019s called the Australasian Simulation Congress and it happened for the third year over 4 days at the end of August in Sydney\\u2019s International Conference Centre on Darling Harbour.\\n\\nJessica Stokes-Parish is a critical care nurse who has spent time running and developing simulation training at both Newcastle and Tamworth Hospitals in New South Wales. She is also one of the convenors of the Australasian Simulation Congress (Website link: https://www.simulationcongress.com)\\n\\nAustralasian Simulation Congress 2017 program: http://www.simulationcongress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ASC17-Program-230817.pdf\\n\\nWe talk about the origins of the Congress, the development of simulation based training, take a peek into the near future and try to solve the lack of surfing opportunities in Tamworth.\\u201d MMcP\\n\\nFor more information or to get involved in a simulation community, check out Simulation Australia: http://www.simulationaustralia.org.au/divisions/about-assh\\n\\nPlease check out the excellent podcast on all things health and Simulation; \\u201cSimulcast\\u201d starring @injectableorange and @SocraticEM. You can find it on iTunes and all good purveyors of podcastery. Have a listen to their special shows from September 2017 which were the \\u201cOfficial Broadcasts\\u201d from the Congress that Matt and Jessica mention during their chat.\\n\\nThanks to Matt for going along and playing with the expensive toys. More thanks to Jessica for taking the time to talk to us. She was very busy and we are very appreciative. \\n\\nThanks also to R\\xf3is\\xedn Murphy, formerly of Moloko, for the clips from her solo disco throwback \\u201cSimulation\\u201d from 2012. This is the Mano Le Tough remix. You can find that on iTunes and somewhere out there is the 12 inch EP on vinyl.'