Fellowships

The Sydney Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre offers fellowships for clinical personnel and simulation coordinators seeking professional development and career opportunities in simulation. The information provided below describes fellowships that are currently available for medical personnel working at a senior registrar grade. Additional medical fellowships and fellowships for personnel from nursing, allied health, defense (non-medical) and technical backgrounds become available periodically. Opportunities also exist for senior clinical and academic personnel to complete sabbaticals. Please contact us if you wish to inquire about completing a fellowship or sabbatical with us.

In general a simulation fellowship involves:

• a structured program comprising graded workplace learning
• supervised practice and
• academic project work

and is completed over:

• six months (full time) or
• 12 months (half time)

although this can be modified depending upon circumstances and desired outcomes.

The Trauma and Defence fellowships can be undertaken in parallel with a Fellowship in medical retrieval offered by the Ambulance Service of NSW or Careflight organisations.

Each fellowship can be accredited as part of the incumbent's broader training program or certification requirements, if adequate time is afforded for prospective submission to the relevant training college, university or accrediting body.

The Emergency Medicine Fellowship and Trauma Fellowship are funded at the relevant grade within the NSW Junior Medical Officer Award up to a maximum of Senior registrar grade. The Defence Fellowship and Simulation Coordinator Fellowship are non-funded positions.

Read more about our fellowships:

• General information for clinical health professionals seeking fellowships – PDF
• General Simulation Fellowship – PDF
  – is a half-time 12 month fellowship that provides broad exposure to simulation-based training including Resuscitation, Medical Emergency Team, Paediatrics, Trauma and Professional skills. This fellowship is available to advanced trainees of the Australian College of Emergency Medicine, ANZCA, JFICM, and advanced trainees from other Australian medical specialist colleges who can demonstrate adequate prior training in resuscitation to teach this topic; or international graduates with equivalent standing. The fellowship may be accredited toward vocational specialist training by the relevant training college.
• Emergency Medicine Fellowship – PDF
  – is a half-time 12 month fellowship undertaken in conjunction with a half-time 12 month clinical appointment as a registrar in Emergency Medicine, at Royal North Shore Hospital. The fellowship is available to advanced trainees of the Australian College of Emergency Medicine or international graduates with equivalent standing. The fellowship is accredited by ACEM.
• Trauma Fellowship – PDF
  – has a major focus on education and research relevant to improving the care of trauma patients across NSW. The fellowship is funded by the NSW Institute for Trauma and Injury Management (ITIM), and The incumbent will work closely with the ITIM Trauma Team Training Working Party which is comprised on a multi-centre multi-professional team.
• Defence Fellowship – PDF
  – is specifically designed for doctors in the regular or reservist armed defence forces, who are training in critical care disciplines such as anaesthesia, intensive care or emergency medicine.

Interested parties should read the general information PDF and relevant position description and ask to placed on a contact list.

Further information regarding simulation fellowships can be obtained from:

• Clinical Associate Professor Leonie Watterson
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