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Cadia donation secures the latest training equipment for future doctors
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Emergency situations, whether in a hospital or in the field, can be stressful, chaotic environments. It’s important that students prepare for the reality of their future careers in a realistic but safe environment. Newcrest Mining’s Cadia Valley Operations is ensuring this happens by generously donating over $100,000 to purchase the latest simulation equipment for students of the Doctor of Medicine.
Simulation-Based Education (SBE) is one of the areas vital to medical training and ongoing professional accreditation and development. SBE is a rapidly developing discipline that can provide safe and effective learning environments through the recreation of clinical situations using simulated patients, anatomical replicas and computer-generated programs.
The generous funding provided by Newcrest’s Cadia Valley Operations enabled the purchase of specialist training equipment to support students throughout their studies in the Doctor of Medicine program at Orange. The gift allowed the purchase of two defibrillators and a range of simulation equipment such as Catheterization Trainers, a Tube Feeding Simulator, Advanced Breast Examination Trainers and an Advanced Birthing Simulator. In total, the School of Rural Medicine received more than twenty new pieces of equipment which will contribute to providing students with an extraordinary educational experience.
The Doctor of Medicine at Charles Sturt University is unique in that it focuses on developing medical professionals for rural and remote areas. The ability to teach and retain medical professionals in the regions will have a significant impact on regional health.
“It is essential that communities in rural and remote areas have the same access to health care services as those in metropolitan areas and the School of Rural Medicine will play a vital role in addressing shortages of medical professionals in regional areas.”
Aaron Brannigan, Cadia General manager
Cadia’s General Manager, Aaron Brannigan, and Manager – Technology & Innovation, Jason Nitz, Lecturer in the Charles Sturt School of Rural Medicine Dr James Gribble, and second year students in the Doctor of Medicine, Saru Mukonowatsauka, Adhishtana Dahanayake Yapa and Chloe Johnston.
Support from community partners such as Newcrest is invaluable as it not only ensures students have the very best start to their careers it is also crucial in bridging the gap between the quality of healthcare offered to country residents in comparison to their city counterparts.
Cadia General Manager, Mr Aaron Brannigan said Cadia was pleased to provide support to the program which focuses on developing medical professionals for rural and remote areas, noting that, through the Cadia Legacy Fund, this donation will provide world-class equipment which will allow realistic, life-like scenarios to train students with the skills required as future medical professionals. “It is essential that communities in rural and remote areas have the same access to health care services as those in metropolitan areas and the School of Rural Medicine will play a vital role in addressing shortages of medical professionals in regional areas,” Mr Brannigan said.
The new equipment is currently in use in the Simulation Ward at Orange Campus but its purchase is the first stage in a broader vision by Charles Sturt to establish a rural interprofessional health simulation centre at the Bloomfield Medical Centre site in Orange, which has the potential to provide community-wide benefits.
