A national training program for simulation educators and technicians: Evaluation strategy and outcomes

Abstract

Simulation-based education (SBE) has seen a dramatic uptake in health professions education over the last decade. SBE offers learning opportunities that are difficult to access by other methods. Competent faculty is seen as key to high quality SBE. In 2011, in response to a significant national healthcare issue-the need to enhance the quality and scale of SBE-A group of Australian universities was commissioned to develop a national training program-Australian Simulation Educator and Technician Training (AusSETT) Program. This paper reports the evaluation of this large-scale initiative. Methods: The AusSETT Program adopted a train-the-trainer model, which offered up to three days of workshops..