“It was a great honour presenting CIT with this award. After touring the facilities, it is evident that great pride is taken in the way students are educated. It also shows that CIT is very much up to date with using new technologies to ensure safety and awareness of key issues.”  – John Hutchings | Pro-Visual Publishing

“We’ve put the National Guide for Aged Care up in our Simulated Learning Environment for Aged Care, so it will definitely be useful.” – Brenton King | College of Health, Community & Science, CIT

“Life size manikins are used extensively with students studying skills in direct care work – they provide students with the opportunity to conduct assistance with daily activities such as bed bathing, showering, continence care, dressing and undressing and utilised for practice in lifting and transfer.  They are an invaluable resource for students allowing them to practice techniques in intimate procedures freely many times over without the stress of intruding on people’s personal privacy. Students are directed to treat the manikins with respect and consideration at all times and speak with them as if they were a client they are caring for.” – Barbara Lawson | Aged Care Program Coordinator, CIT

“Augmented reality has long sounded like a wild futuristic concept, but the technology has actually been around for years. It becomes more robust and seamless with each passing decade, providing an astonishing means of superimposing computer-generated images atop a user’s view of reality, thus creating a composite view rooted in both real and virtual worlds…”