Mater Education
Mater Education is a leading provider of interprofessional healthcare education and training, with world-class clinical simulation facilities and faculty. They offer a range of courses for aspiring and practicing health professionals, community education, and Mater staff development.
Collaborating and integrated with Mater Health and Mater Research, Mater Education is uniquely positioned to develop and deliver courses that lead the way in health education, improving contemporary best-practice patient care and the health of the community.
Mater Education offer programs along the professional practice continuum that focus on the development of high performing interprofessional teams delivering high value, safe, patient-centred care. Their education delivery is innovative and integrates contemporary, evidence-based practice development in diverse clinical specialties, and across key patient populations.
Mater Education is an Affiliate Partner of the internationally renowned Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) in Boston, USA. As the only Affiliate Partner in Australia (and one of only three in the world), Mater Education and its alumni have an exclusive level of access to the resources, skills, advice and experience of a team who are international leaders in the simulation field. Through this partnership, Mater Education co-delivers CMS courses (including Simulation as a Teaching Tool and Advanced Debriefing) with CMS faculty onsite at Mater’s South Brisbane campus, attracting international participants.
They also hold a Teaching Affiliation with Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, that enables our Simulation Fellows to gain internationally recognised postgraduate qualifications through their study and training at Mater Education.
Mater Education have proven expertise in designing and running simulations for facility testing, process testing, staff training, cutting-edge surgery and system improvement. Mater Education can work with other health organisations to develop and deliver fully customised simulation and debriefing exercises. Please contact us for more information.
