About
The Simulation Tools And Resources (STAR) application is designed to allow easy delivery of simulation-based education for qualified and trainee medical staff and allied health professionals.

App Creators:
Dr Tom Bennett - Anaesthetic Trainee in the Wessex Deanery
Dr James Edelman - Paediatric Registrar in the Wessex Deanery

Simulation Leads:
Dr Kim Sykes - Paediatric Intensive Care Consultant, Southampton Children’s Hospital
Dr Kate Pryde - Paediatric Consultant, Southampton Children’s Hospital

STAR was created thanks to a donation by the Southampton Hospital Charity (www.southamptonhospitalcharity.org) and is supported and published by the Wessex regional Paediatric Innovation, Education and Research Network (www.piernetwork.org).

Usage Statistics
STAR collects basic usage statistics for the purposes of improving this application. All statistics are fully anonymised.

Legal Disclaimer
By continuing to use STAR (‘the Application’), you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by the terms of the disclaimer described below (‘the Disclaimer’). If you do not agree to the terms of the disclaimer, please exit this application now.

The information contained within the Application is provided on an ‘as is’ basis without any representations or warranties, expressed or implied.

You acknowledge that the simulations contained within this application have been submitted for use by their respective authors and are not subject to copyright. Authors should be acknowledged if these simulations are used in any formal educational programme or any of the material is distributed to candidates. All material contained within the simulations is of the author’s own work and any associated media is used with the relevant consent. This consent is held with the original author.

Validity and accuracy of the teaching material contained within the simulations is based on current guidelines or protocols (where available) or on the author’s clinical experience. Links to local or national guidelines or protocols are included within the simulation material. Any information within the simulation material should be used in clinical practice at the clinician’s discretion and should not override the responsibility of healthcare professionals to make decisions appropriate to the individual circumstances of their patients. The creators of Simulation Tools And Resources (STAR), the Wessex Paediatric Innovation, Education and Research Network or the Southampton Hospital Charity accept no responsibility for the management of patients in a clinical setting resulting from information contained within the application.

​This disclaimer shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales, and any dispute will be submitted to English courts.