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Sim OPS 2018  July 26-28, 2018, Portland, Oregon  SimOps is a healthcare simulation training and education event for operations and technical professionals. The conference attracts 200+ professionals to participate in workshops, hand-on sessions, leadership discussions and networking events.  In this ‘pause and discuss’ I am joined by David Biffar, Assistant Director, Operations, from the Arizona...

In this episode of our continuing collaboration with Advances in Simulation, Jesse takes the helm as we put Victoria in the guest seat with Glenn Posner, to discuss their recent publications in Advances.   The articles for discussion were both published in the second half of 2017. ‘Simulation in the clinical setting: towards a standard lexicon’. by Glenn Posner, Marcia Clark and Vincent Grant. htt...

Ep. 12  Rapport with Jenny Rudolph.    So we all need to get along in simulation debriefing, right?  So easy to say, and yet rapport building can be difficult in any group, let alone one that has just been confronted with their own performance  Jenny Rudolph  from the  Center for Medical Simulation  was our guest in discussing this concept, prompted by a recent article and editorial in Simulation...

Ben and Vic discuss the paper of the month.  Kumar A, Sturrock S, Wallace EM, et al. Evaluation of learning from Practical Obstetric Multi-Professional Training and its impact on patient outcomes in Australia using Kirkpatrick’s framework: a mixed methods study. BMJ Open 2018;8:e017451. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017451    And a few other sim papers across a range of topics and research methods, all...

Ben and Vic discuss the paper of the month.  Eppich, W. and Cheng, A. (2015). Promoting Excellence and Reflective Learning in Simulation (PEARLS). Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 10(2), pp.106-115.    And a few other sim papers across a range of topics and research methods.  1. Snelgrove H, Fernando A Practising forethought: the role of mental sim...

Ben and Vic discuss the paper of the month.  Hicks, C. and Petrosoniak, A.   “The Human Factor : Optimising Trauma Team Performance in Dynamic Clinical Environments ”   Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 36(1), pp.1-17     And a few other sim papers across a range of topics and research methods.  Jessica B. Stokes-Parisha,Robbert Duvivier, Brian Jolly.  Investigating the impact of moulag...

Our next joint podcast with Advances in Simulation focused on the SESAM Conference.  SESAM is the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine , and hosts an annual conference.  This podcast was inspired by a blog post by Gabe Reedy highlighting the ‘best of’ work presented at SESAM 2017 in Paris, and highlighted as a supplement in Advances in Simulation journal . We also took the opportun...

In the next of our series with Advances in Simulation, we consider Dieckmann et al.  Variation and adaptation: learning from success in patient safety-oriented simulation training   In their own words “we describe the learning from success (LFS) approach to simulation and debriefing. Drawing on several theoretical frameworks, we suggest supplementing the widespread deficit-oriented, corrective app...

In our November journal club podcast Ben and Vic discuss the paper of the month – a classic debriefing article.   Rudolph, J., Raemer, D. and Simon, R. (2014).  “Establishing a Safe Container for Learning in Simulation”  Simulation in Healthcare: Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 9(6), pp.339-349.   We tried to summarise a fantastic, multifaceted discussion and admired the wonde...

In early November the Simulcast Team combined forces with the team behind the  ALiEM MEdIC Series  for a joint case discussion around  “The Case of the Difficult Debrief” .  After a fantastic online discussion involving a number of simulation superstars, a summary of the case and the discussions were uploaded at the  ALiEM Website here .  For those who aren’t aware, the Academic Life in Emergency...

  Faculty development – joint release podcast with  debrief2learn     A highlight of my recent trip to Canada was meeting many simulation experts and enthusiasts.   Adam Cheng  (@DocChenger) suggested we record a podcast on faculty development in simulation programs, as we also had  Dawn Taylor Petersen  from the University of Alabama and  Ryan Brydges  (@rbrydges) from the Wilson Centre at Univer...

Scenario design  Kyla Caners  (@drcaners)  from emsimcases.com was our guest on this Simulcast episode on scenario design. She and Jesse shared tips on knowing what you’re trying to achieve, planning the scenario, using templates, finding ‘supporting objects and ‘road testing’ and peer review for sim cases.  Design requires a lot of attention to detail and really sets up the educational event for...

Simulcast Journal Club podcast October episode    Two announcements to kick off our October Journal club podcast.  Check out the great work ofKomalBaja and colleagues in producing a PEARLs debriefing infographic – a design informed presentation of the framework originally developed by Walter Eppich and Adam Cheng. All the materials free to download here and please provide feedback to the team in a...

This epsiode, Victoria, Jesse and Ben share the airwaves for the first time. We track through the first 12 months. Put a lid on some things and to a bit of a plus/delta. What does the future hold? Hopefully more of what YOU want! Contact us, make suggestions and leave us a rating/review on iTunes. Also come over and chat at the website or on Instagram and Twitter @sim_podcast or on LinkedIn Simulc...

Safety in simulation – the harms involved in trying to improve patient safety!    Many healthcare simulation programs are aimed at improving patient safety, and yet these programs also carry their own safety risks – to participants, and to the institutions and patients whose safety we are trying to improve.  Ann Mullen  joined us in this episode of Simulcast to discuss the  Foundation for Simulati...

In our September journal club podcast Ben and Vic discuss the paper of the month   Chung HS, Dieckmann P, Issenberg SB.  It is time to consider cultural differences in debriefing.  Simulation in Healthcare : The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare.  2013 Jun;8(3):166-70. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e318291d9ef.     We then reviewed some recent papers  Thomson FC, Morrison I, Watson WA ‘...

In the third of our series with Advances in Simulation, we discuss  Tracing the prescription journey: a qualitative evaluation of an interprofessional simulation-based learning activity .  Cooke et al. evaluated an interprofesional simulation activity involving medical and pharmacy students, using a qualitative analysis. The simulation involved followed a patient journey from presentation in a com...

Ben Symon covered the “Serious Games” stream at the  Australasian Simulation Congress  in Sydney. Serious Games “…are those designed for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment”.   The ASC included the Serious Games Showcase & Challenge – Australasia (SGSCA), with a number of  outstanding entrants .  Dale Linegar  convened the Games section of the ASC. He spoke to Ben about the concept and...

Victoria Brazil and Ben Symon hosted a wrap of Day 3 at the ASC.  Our coverage starts with a session on “Hands off teaching” with  Rod Peadon  and  David Gillespie  from  Coffs Harbour .  We then covered the final health plenary on The future of healthcare simulation, involving some leading figures from the simulation community.  Leonie Watterson  from Sydney Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre...

Victoria Brazil interviewed a series of industry exhibitors at the Australasian Simulation Congress in Sydney.  The podcast featured Graeme Foulds from  Laerdal Australia , one of the main meeting sponsors, Charles Henden from the  Valley General Hospital Virtual Hospital , and some defence simulation from  Lockheed Martin . 

ASPE and Simulated Patients with Cathy Smith at ASC 2017    Simulated Patient methodology has been featured in a number of sessions at the Australasian Simulation Congress in Sydney  Victoria Brazil spoke with Cathy Smith , the current chair of ASPE – the Association of Standardised Patient Educators    We discussed some hot topics in human simulation, together with the recently published Standard...

Day 2 at the Australasian Simulation Congress in Sydney  Victoria Brazil and Ben Symon hosted a wrap of Day 2 at the ASC, with a focus on Serious Games and interprofessional education.  Jeffrey Brand from Bond University gave an insight into the panel discussion and the state of the art for Serious Games in Australia .  The Simhealth stream offered a plenary session on interprofessional education,...

Victoria Brazil and Ben Symon interviewed panelists from the final plenary for Day 1 at the ASC  We heard from Alison Michaels and Steph Barwick about their Popup simulation program in Brisbane , and Cameron Knott from Victoria about how ISS can run in hospital practice. Simon Wilson then shared his insights into GP simulation, and Dylan Campher from CSDS in Queensland gave us an idea about how si...

Day 1 at the Australasian Simulation Congress in Sydney Victoria Brazil and Ben Symon hosted a wrap of Day 1 at the ASC, with a focus on teamwork and In situ Simulation.  Keynote speaker Eduardo Salas presented the highlights of 30 years of teamwork research, and we interviewed him after the session, concentrating on some ways forward for research and practice in this area. We also captured a few...

In the second of our series with Advances in Simulation, we consider Ryan Brydges 2016 editorial -  From simulation research to education policy: how much evidence is enough?    In this article he considers the question - What level of evidence is required for translation of healthcare simulation research to policy? or institutional practice ?  Ryan uses the specific example of recent changes to n...