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Programs

Simulation-based programs for better care.

Each program is scoped and quoted for your service. All are taught through simulation: professional actors as simulated patients, reviewed through the patient's eyes.

Not sure where to start? De-escalation training by setting →
Mental health, emergency & general hospitals

Safewards

The evidence-based model for reducing conflict and containment on inpatient units and in EDs. Champion cohorts, organisation-wide awareness campaigns, pulse checks and facilitator certification — a Kickstart, Scale, Sustain pathway.

  • Online masterclass + 1-day simulation workshop
  • Delivered to 12+ health networks since 2015
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General & private hospitals

Care Under Pressure

De-escalation for any ward, any discipline. High-fidelity simulation with a newly admitted patient — and, in the advanced version, their family — where staff practise recognising distress early and communicating before, during and after escalation. Accredited Mental Health First Aid courses are also available.

  • 1-day simulation, with or without family
  • Reviewed through the patient's eyes
  • Accredited Mental Health First Aid courses
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Aged care & dementia units
Pilot partner wanted

Dementia-Informed Care

Teepa Snow's Positive Approach to Care®, delivered by a PAC-certified trainer and taught through simulation with professional actors. Staff learn what changing brain function means for a resident, and how to adapt their approach, environment and words so distress doesn't become a restrictive practice.

  • Half-day, full-day or tailored formats
  • Reduced fees for our first pilot partner
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Emergency & acute units
Pilot

Security + Clinical

A joint one-day simulation for hospital security officers and clinical staff: a shared language for early warning signs, escalation and who does what in a Code Black.

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Not sure which one fits?

Twenty minutes with Lisa or William is usually enough to work it out.