The Royal Children's Hospital Simulation Team
Dr Jenni Sokol
Head of Simulation
MBBS, FRACP, FCICM, MHPE (research), GCCS, GCHPE, Dip
Paed, GDip Epi
Jenni specialises in Inter-Professional
Simulation-Based Education. As Head of Simulation at the Royal Children’s
Hospital, she and the RCH Simulation Team focus on building capacity for
Simulation–Based Education across the Melbourne Children’s Campus in order to
improve clinical outcomes by training teams on patient safety, by developing
and facilitating education programs on the management of the deteriorating
patient and communication within teams and with families and patients.
Jenni’s 30 + years as a medical clinician has
resulted in her training in General Paediatrics, Neonatology, and Paediatric
Intensive Care across Australia, Canada and England. She currently works clinically with the Paediatric, Infant, and Perinatal Emergency Retrieval
(PIPER) Service at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
Telephone 9345 6918
Email Jenni.Sokol@rch.org.au
Dr Keith Amarakone
Senior Medical Simulation Consultant
Telephone
Email keith.amarakone@rch.org.au
Jo McKittrick
Simulation Educator
Clinical Nurse Specialist (Paediatric Intensive Care Unit)
DiplApplSc (Nursing), GradDipAdvClinNurs (PICU), MANP (Research)
Jo works at the Royal Children’s Hospital as a Simulation Educator as well as a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Jo’s responsibilities include the development, implementation and support of simulation training programs, simulation trainer training, as well as provision of clinical specialist nursing care to children and their families in the PICU.
Over the last 25 years Jo has worked in clinical and nursing educational roles at the RCH, as well as clinical roles at Monash Medical Centre (Clayton Campus), Princess Margaret Hospital (Perth, WA) and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children (London, UK). Most recently (2018), Jo has acted as a Clinical Nurse Consultant (Extra Corporeal Membranous Oxygenation (ECMO) program co-ordinator.
Jo has a Diploma of Applied Science (Nursing), a Graduate Diploma In Advanced Clinical Nursing (PICU), a Master of Advanced Nursing Practice (Research).
Telephone 9345 6756
Email Jo.McKittrick@rch.org.au
Melissa Heywood
Simulation Educator
Telephone 9345 6730
Email melissa.heywood@rch.org.au
Jenny Hough
Simulation Educator and Resuscitation Coordinator (Inquiries for the 'First 3 Minutes' Program)
Telephone 9345 4951
Michelle Kim
Simulation Educator
Clinical Nurse Consultant
BNSc, GradDipAdvNP (Emergency Adult/Paed), GradCertNursEdu, MANP
Michelle works at the Royal Children’s Hospital as a Simulation Clinical Nurse Consultant. Michelle’s responsibilities include the development, implementation and support of simulation training programs.
Over the last 16 years Michelle has worked in clinical and in nursing educational roles at the RCH emergency department, as well as clinical and educational roles at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne.
Michelle has also worked at St Vincent’s Private Hospital as the resuscitation and clinical deterioration coordinator in 2014/2015 and has worked in many hospitals in the UK and Australia wide specialising in adult and paediatric critical care (ICU, ED, Recovery Theatre)
Michelle has a Bachelor of Nursing Science, a Graduate Diploma In Advanced Nursing Practice (Adult and Paediatric Emergency), a Graduate Certificate in Nursing Education, and a Master of Advanced Nursing Practice.
Telephone 9345 6756
Email Michelle.Kim2@rch.org.au
Ella Scott
Simulation Educator
Ella
has returned to Australia to work in an education role within the RCH team having
managed the Simulation team in Qatar. The role included assisting in
development and implementation of simulation-based programs and utilising
simulation to open a new Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Prior to this Ella
worked for 5 years as the Co-Lead in Simulation from commissioning of the
Centres and inception of the program across the Sydney Children’s Hospitals
Network. Ella has a 25-year nursing and clinical education background in
paediatric and neonatal critical care and has worked in the UK, and throughout the
developing countries with the emergency response teams in the International Red
Cross. She was a founding board member of the IPSS and is part of the
International faculty for pediStars India.
Telephone 9345 6730
Email ella.scott@rch.org.au
Philip Lo
Allied Health Simulation Educator
B.App.Sci (Physiotherapy), B. Bus.(Mgt), Grad.Dip App Sci (HIM), M.Anim.St (Animal Physiotherapy)
Phil works at the Royal Children’s Hospital as the Simulation Allied Health Clinical Educator as well as a Physiotherapist on Wallaby Ward. He also works as a human and veterinary Physiotherapist in his private practices. “ They say never work with animals and children “ …. Someone has to…. Phil has been a Physiotherapy Manager in Acute and Paediatrics Northern Health and implemented the HWA Simulation program for Latrobe Uni Physiotherapy students across Northern Health campus sites. He is a lecturer and examiner in an elective subject at Melbourne Polytechnic/Latrobe University for the 3rd year Bachelor of Veterinary Nursing degree.
Telephone: 93454809
Email philip.lo@rch.org.au
Mirna Boujaoude
Simulation Project Officer
Telephone 9345 4809
Matthew Stockton
Simulation Technician
Telephone 9345 7884
Brad Levins
Simulation Technician
Telephone 9345 7883
ASCOM Numbers
Simulation Educator - 57882
Simulation Fellows
Lauren Jorgensen - CNS, Recovery
Leah Rotin- Palliative Care Bereavement Coordinator
Erin O'Reilly- Fellow, Hematology
If you would like to contact the Simulation Team please email simulation@rch.org.au
External
If you are an external participant or convener, please contact the Simulation Team at simulation@rch.org.au