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Pre-clinical preparation for nursing students with hands-on digital charting

SimChart is an Australian Electronic Medical Record (EMR) teaching and learning platform, designed to expose students to the principles of digital charting in an interactive environment.

Preparing more future health professionals

Build confidence using an EMR in the clinical setting

Many students lack confidence and feel unprepared using an EMR in a clinical setting. SimChart helps students to navigate EMRs, locate and retrieve data, record information and analyse care; all within a risk-free, academic Australian healthcare environment.

Aligned with Australian National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, SimChart offers exposure to the principles of Australian-themed vital signs and observations charts, comprehensive system assessments, interventions, medication charting and much more.

Pre-built, unfolding case studies or a blank canvas to build your own

Case studies provide interactive learning opportunities for students to practise administering medications safely and in a timely, well-documented manner. SimChart tests knowledge and safety considerations through multiple-choice questions and special administration instructions.

Choose pre-built, unfolding case studies covering Australia’s National Health Priority Areas, or customise an unpopulated EMR to meet specific requirements of your activity or curriculum.

Localised for Australian and New Zealand nursing education

  • Alignment to core subject areas in the Australian and New Zealand nursing curricula

  • Australian Standard of Vital Sign assessment (A-E approach)

  • Introduction of AU & NZ ‘normal values range’ to Vital Sign Charts

  • Reflection of Early Warning Score (EWS) observation charts

  • Case study coverage of National Health Priority Areas

  • Inputs from local nursing educators and health informatics specialists

How SimChart supports teaching and learning

Build confidence

Develop digital charting skills within the context of a patient scenario.

Practice readiness

Apply foundational learning and clinical reasoning skills in a risk-free, simulated patient environment. 

Curriculum support

Adaptable pre-built case studies save faculty time creating their own resources.

Evaluation and reporting tools

Enable instructors to review and grade each student's charting.

Equal learning opportunities

Students engage with same case studies, ensuring educational equity irrespective of clinical placement.

Flexible curriculum integration

Use SimChart across a range of classroom, simulation lab and clinical placement settings.