My name is Brad Peckler and I am the current president of NZASH and an emergency medicine consultant at Wellington Hospital. I am hoping to increase the visibility and activity of NZASH in the country and simulation community through research and collaboration. I have done some recent simulation work with WACEM (World Congress of Emergency Medicine) in India on behalf of NZASH. Locally we have created a SCOBY farm and have been using it for suturing, needle-based procedures, and ultrasound models with structures we have 3D printed.

Please feel free to contact me if you want to get involved or to find out more about this project.

Brad.peckler@ccdhb.org.nz

I started my simulation journey in the RNZAF working on an aircraft simulator to train fighter pilots. I left the RNZAF, and it wasn’t until many years later that I found myself working at the University of Otago Christchurch Simulation Centre. I now support simulation at Health NZ and lead a team at Medical Physics & Bioengineering that creates simulation tools to enable education.

Denish is a Simulation Technician – Douglas Starship Simulation Programme at Te Whatu Ora – Te Toka Tumai (Child Health) Starship Children’s Hospital. He has a strong information technology background with twenty years of experience working within the hospital health informatics space. Denish is a strong advocate for Simulation Specialist recognition as an Allied Health Profession. He is a member and has links within the International Pediatric Simulation Society IPSS and is the producer for several podcasts.

Please feel free to contact Denish if you want to get involved with paediatric simulation or to find out more about the podcast and any of their courses.

denish.kumar@adhb.govt.nz

Jo is a Simulation Educator and Clinical Nurse Educator in Dunedin Hospital.  Jo has worked for over 25 years in the healthcare specialties, including paediatrics, surgical, ICU, and NICU. For the last eight years, Jo has educated healthcare staff in cardiology (cardiac catheter suite and coronary care unit), cardio-thoracic, respiratory, and renal. Jo has special interests in interprofessional education, clinical mentorship and educators’ experiences of facilitating simulation-based education. The latter was the research topic for her Master of Health Science degree. Jo has first authored and co-authored literature related to simulation-based education, thermometry devices, and research in clinical education. The Orchid ID for Jo is: 0000-0003-1014-3120

I’m Arthur, I’m a PGY4 Psychiatry Registrar working for the  Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service in the Wellington region. My interests lie in how simulation can create more effective team work and patient centred care within Mental Health.

My name is Keelan, I am a PGY3 currently working in Tairawhiti Gisborne as a non-training ED registrar. I am a graduate of the University of Otago (Wellington).

I am a co-developer of the local simulation program, which we have designed for both junior RMOs and nursing / allied health staff. My current scope within this program is developing QI/QA tools, developing simulation scenarios particular to PGY1/2s & trainee interns, task training workshops & debriefing. I have also contributed to running interdepartmental simulations.

I hope to be a strong advocate for equitable access to simulation in rural/regional hospital centres, as well as supporting other junior RMOs to be involved in simulation-based education.”

Diploma in Nursing and Master’s in Health Science

Tracey Bruce works at Waitaha/Canterbury in child health as a Nurse Educator and After-Hours Coordinator. She serves as the Educational Lead in Interprofessional Simulation within child health, focusing on improving communication, processes, environment, and teamwork.

Tracey is passionate about improving outcomes for children in Canterbury by ensuring that the workforce is current, up-to-date, and capable of working effectively as a cohesive team.

Dr Chris White has extensive training and experience in medical simulation, and oversees the ED in-situ simulations in Taranaki Base Hospital ED. Interdepartmental trauma simulations are held with the Department of Surgery and the Auckland-Based NetworkZ program, and simulations with the Department of Paediatrics are conducted regularly.

I’m Alison and have been a paediatric nurse for just over 25 years now, with 18 of those working in the Children’s Emergency Department, Starship Hospital, Auckland.

It was there that I developed a keen interest in simulation training and education, initially as a participant and then, after much badgering on my part to get more involved, as a facilitator.

In 2019 I got a part-time role as Simulation Nurse Educator with the Douglas Starship Simulation Programme, and am now fortunate enough to be doing that role full-time.

My simulation interests include education and in particular Adult Learning Theories, the potential of new technology such as AI and XR and where that will take healthcare simulation in our lifetime, and in translational simulation and how simulation should be embedded into quality and safety initiatives within our healthcare system.

On a side note, along with my Sim NE colleagues Erin and Marie, I’m a host on the podcast ‘SimNurse NZ’.

Joe MacIntyre is an anaesthetist with over 30 years of anaesthetic experience who works in Whakatu/Nelson. Joining the board in 2025, he has an interest in using innovation in simulation to strengthen healthcare delivery in the regional setting.