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Simulation Education Workshop: Technique, Not Technology: Nursing CPD 2.0 This post is to curate a selection of materials linked to the the Simulation Education Workshop I delivered on May 12th (International Nurses Day) at the inaugural Metro North Hospital and Health […]

Key to The Future: MNHHS Nursing & Midwifery Conference

This entry was posted in Nursing Professional Social Media & Conferences and tagged Nursing simulation on May 10, 2015 by Jesse Spurr

I am an old school nurse of the generational belief that the old ways, once learnt, are the right way, and the way it should be forever more. Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are just a perverted way of checking out whether old school friends and ex-girlfriends […]

FOAM & Social Media: The New Learning for an Old ...

This entry was posted in Nursing Professional Social Media & Conferences and tagged #FOAMed Guest Author Nursing on March 30, 2014 by Jesse Spurr

SMACCGOLD 2014 on the Gold Coast was like punk rock. Subversive, political, honest, rough at the edges and committed to thrashing out the issues that matter. Ironically, on further reflection, the second installation of Social Media and Critical Care Conference struck me as having parallels with one of my favourite […]

SMACCGOLD – Punk Rock, Paeds, Palliation & People

This entry was posted in FOAM Social Media & Conferences and tagged #FOAMed Paeds Punk Rock Radio Birdman SMACC SMACCGOLD on March 23, 2014 by Jesse Spurr

We in clinical education can often be guilty of adopting academic terminology and educational theory at a very superficial level. In reading Chris Nickson's recent post, I registered some overt parallels with my experiences in simulation education.

FOAM and Simulation: Kindred spirits in Education

This entry was posted in FOAM Simulation Social Media & Conferences and tagged #FOAMed education meducation simulation on March 27, 2013 by Jesse Spurr