Research and development

Our research projects have focussed on the following specific areas

• Evaluation of education in SLEs
• Integration of simulation-based and ward-based learning for novice doctors
• Assessment of performance in the simulated training environment
• Team work

We have also participated in the development of a number of educational resources

For more information see:

• The St George MCQ
• The Manikin Augmentation Device (MAD) project - PDF
• The Mediseus™ Epidural Simulator. In 2004 Leonie Watterson developed a simulation-based curriculum and acted as advisor on this virtual reality epidural simulator developed by Medicvision Ltd - PDF
• The ULCO Perfusion simulator
• Hypertextbook of Regional Anaesthesia for Obstetric- an International Perspective, Gatt S (Ed). Watterson LM and Collier C (Sub-editors). Publisher - Pybus DA ( Manbit Pty Ltd). Description - An interactive computerized textbook of anaesthesia for obstetrics. Contains 120 chapters with over 70 international contributors. Launched - 11th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists -Sydney, April 1996. Now available at Hypertextbook of Regional Anaesthesia for Obstetrics
• Labour Analgesia Watterson LM (Ed), 2000, Publisher Pybus DA (Manbit Pty Ltd). Web-based educational Resource for the general public. Now available at the Hypertextbook of Regional
  Anaesthesia for Obstetrics.
• The paediatric capillary return
• Intrabdominal hemorrhage device

Opportunities are available to undertake a USydMP Honours project or collaborative research. Contact us to make an enquiry.