Simulcast

Practising communication, with good feedback, helps us get better at our jobs in healthcare. This is especially important for ‘high stakes communication’ (but really is there any other kind 😊). In this episode of Simulcast, Vic speaks with  Laura Rock  about her recent paper -  Communication as a High-Stakes Clinical Skill: "Just-in-Time" Simulation and Vicarious Observational Learning to Promote...

Ben and Vic are joined by Eve Purdy this month to discuss the  UK national strategy for simulation , how to  prepare for for systems-based simulation  (the ‘pre-work phase’) ,  cultural consideration in simulation debriefing , and how  simulations in ACLS training may perpetuate gender bias  in emergency medicine.  We give a shout out to  ASPiH , the UK based learned sociality for healthcare simul...

 In this episode Ben shares a lecture he’s given at The Prince Charles Hospital about his journey as an educator and the ways that some of simulation’s foundational concepts have influenced his practice outside of educational spaces.  Through an exploration of psychological safety, above the table negotiation and cultural compression, he invites us to reflect on the ways we generate trust in healt...

Ben and Vic dive into video supported feedback of actual resuscitations in this months Simulcast Journal Club. We review 2 papers on the topic -  Filming for auditing of real-life emergency teams: a systematic review  - and a case study of a Canadian emergency department experience -  Ethical, legal and administrative implications of the use of video and audio recording  . In reading these we refl...

Vic is joined by  Susan Eller  to review the highlights form the  recent SESAM (Society for Simulation in Europe) conference . They pick our messages from the keynote speakers including  Vicki LeBlanc ,  Patrea Andresen ,  Cristina Diaz-Navarro , and  Doris Ostergaard . There are also some reflections on how to run a great virtual conference, and trends in using simulation for systems. Congrats to...

Translational sim in Action  In this episode we consider another  Advances in Simulation  article -  Translational simulation: from description to action   Ben talks with authors  Chris Nickson ,  Steph Barwick  and Vic Brazil, and draws out the principles and processes for translational simulation. Chris illustrates the approach describing his own work in ECMO in intensive care   

This month Ben and Vic discuss articles about engaging with children, parents and caregivers in healthcare simulation - as educators, as simulated patients and as learners in sim.  Ben shares his own experience in   partnering with consumers  , and of others in developing “ paediatric patient-focused and family-focused simulations ”  Vic reviews a qualitative exploratory analysis of  simulation ed...

n our latest episode in the collaboration with  Advances in Simulation , Vic speaks with Christina Condon and  Suzanne Gough , two of the authors on a  recent paper on VR simulation for clinical care of patients with respiratory conditions . We talk about research process, VR modalities, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and future direction for research in the field of VR simulation for both...

This month Ben and Vic review a landmark paper on fidelity in simulation -    Hamstra S, Brydges R, Hatala R et al. Reconsidering Fidelity in Simulation-Based Training. Academic Medicine 2014;89:387-392.   – and attempt to summarise the excellent discussion this month. Reconsidering our terminology and renewing our focus on learning tasks were recurring themes.    Our next paper continues in in th...

Welcome back to Simulcast Journal Club for 2021.   This month Ben and Vic review 3 papers of interest – more on COVID sim, but this time involving healthcare consumer engagement, a description of Peer assisted learning in medical student simulation , and a systematic review of simulated based team training in EM and acute case.  We also invited Eve Purdy along for some comments on the last of thos...

This month Ben ad Vic were joined by Steph Barwick from Mater education. We discussed   Making the invisible visible: a place for utilizing activity theory within in situ simulation to drive healthcare organizational development?   by Gerry Gormley and the team from Queens University Belfast. It’s a deep theoretical dive, but great food for thought. We weren’t sure we did the article justice, so G...

Mentors can be powerful influences on our careers – in simulation and more broadly. In this episode Vic talks with  Resa E Lewiss  and  Adaira Landry  about mentors and mentoring – why and how. The pandemic has also highlighted We reflect on some thoughtful personal stories of mentoring from three friends of Simulcast –  Gabe Reedy ,  Sonia Twigg  and  Kari White . For more thoughts on the topic –...

How can social media activities support simulation journals to publish, disseminate and critique simulation-based research and commentary? What does a social media editor at a healthcare simulation journal do?   In this episode Vic speaks with Sandra Viggers  (@StarSkaterDk ) and Jessica Stokes-Parish  (@j_stokesparish ) about their roles as social media editors for  Advances in Simulation  and  B...

This month we discussed Kerrey et al.  Developing a Profile of Procedural Expertise: A Simulation Study of Tracheal Intubation Using 3-Dimensional Motion Capture .    Ben and Vic summarised the article and online discussion, and took a deep dive into procedural skills simulation.  We reviewed a paper by the  PEARL group  at Stanford on  3D printed simulator for closed reduction of distal radius fr...

In this episode Vic is joined by  Robbie Llyod  and  Alex Jolly  to talk about Project Wingman – an insitu simulation program in the UK that involves airline pilots as co-debriefers and coaches.  Robbie is an emergency medicine senior trainee and fellow podcaster (check out  Pondermed ) who is undertaking a year as an Education Fellow at the  Whittington hospital   . Captain Alex Jolly is an airli...

Welcome to the first episode of Simulation 101 – and what better place to start than the pre-brief!   Have you ever been involved in a simulation where you didn’t really know what to do? Had the awkward feeling where you didn’t know what was ‘real’ or what was allowed?   In this episode we chat with Dr Warwick Isaacson, emergency physician and education fellow on the Gold Coast about the pre-brief...

This month we discussed Calhoun, Aaron W. Pian-Smith, May. Shah, Anjan et. al.  Guidelines for the Responsible Use of Deception in Simulation , Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare: August 2020 - Volume 15 - Issue 4 - p 282-288  We were also joined by Ian Summers, Director of Monash Simulation, who contributed as our expert commentator this month.  Ben ...

Welcome to the new series Simulcast 101 – in this episode Jess @j_stokesparish introduces you to the new series exploring the basics of simulation in bite-sized snippets. She is joined by Dr Charlotte Alexander @_CharAlexander, emergency medicine resident/registrar who is putting in the grunt work behind project. Hear about how it will work, what you can expect to hear about and who some of the gu...

This month we discussed “Leung, J.S., Brar, M., Eltorki, M. et al.  Development of an in situ simulation-based continuing professional development curriculum in pediatric emergency medicine . Adv Simul 5, 12 (2020).  Ben and I recap on the paper and the online discussion, Including the expert contributions from James Leung, the first author  An we reviewed 3 extra papers – two looking at different...

This episode is a recording of Ben Symon’s APLS PAC 2019 (Advanced Paediatric Life Support Paediatric Acute Care Conference) in Perth on ‘Simulation Self Sabotage’.   Through exploring 4 journal articles, Ben shares reflections on the negative impacts we can have as sim educators on our intended learning outcomes and the ways in which we unintentionally shoot our educational goals in the foot.  Ma...

  This month we discussed “ How to include medical students in your healthcare simulation centre workforce ” by Viggers et. Al. We have already recorded a wonderful episode with Sandra on this paper that can be found here….  Ben and I recap on the paper and the online discussion, as well as the expert opinion from two medical students undertaking their simulation-based education rotation at presen...

In this latest episode in our collaboration with Advances in Simulation, Vic speaks with Sandra Viggers (@StarSkaterDk) about  her recent paper  and the program she describes for involving medial student sin the simulation mission at her institution in Copenhagen.  We were joined by South African anaesthetist Rowan Duys (@HealthThink) and discuss the recruitment, roles and professional development...

This month’s paper was Lack of Diversity in Simulation Technology  by Conigliaro et al from Simulation in Healthcare. Vic and Ben were joined by Jess and our special guest Dr Karanjot Lall ( @KaranjotLall ) We spoke about the paper’s findings – the predominance of white skinned mannikins in advertising materials – and how simulation might instead be able to contribute to antiracism and better repr...

The COVID intubation box, a hot topic on social media – is it safe or effective?     Jessica  (not Jesse…) hosts her first podcast with guests  Jonathan Begley ,  Albert Chan  and  Vic Brazil  exploring a new paper in Anaesthesia – An aerosol box for intubation in COVID-19 patients: an in-situ simulation crossover study.      We cover why they conducted the study, the outcomes, the use of simulati...

  Ben and Vic discuss the paper of the month(s) -  Cheng, A et al  A Conceptual Framework for the Development of Debriefing Skills.   - and attempt to summarise the brilliant discussion from the blog comments.  We discuss the elements of ‘good debriefing’, reflect on the value of having a conceptual framework for debriefing skill development, and take a deeper dive into the nature of ‘adaptive exp...