Our Westmead Innovation Centre (WIC) facilities combines the advantages of emerging technologies and simulated clinical environments to enhance the way we teach and how students learn.
We strive to provide an unparallel and engaging learning experience that is accessible to train the next generation of Australia’s health workers and bring vital new skills into the region.
The $10m futuristic fit-out is designed to better prepare medical and nursing students for clinical practice. It will use simulated clinical environments, alongside life-like avatars and virtual reality to emulate high-stakes, low-frequency events allowing students to practice skills and decision making so they are better prepared when these events occur in a clinical setting.
The new facility spans over 1190sqm and includes a 16-bed simulated ward, Virtual reality (VR) and Media Lab, in addition to a…
