Simulcast

Vic speaks with Eve Purdy about their recent paper in Advances in Simulation - Taking simulation out of its “safe container”—exploring the bidirectional impacts of psychological safety and simulation in an emergency department . We talk about the shared experience of many simulation educators that led to the research question – How does psychological safety in the workplace affect that experienced...

Calling for help by junior medical staff  is frequently a focus of healthcare simulation activities, but our first paper highlights how the impact is perhaps more complex than we have previously realised, and there is real risk of harm. We then looked at a paper describing  the development of the marvellous LIFE App for neonatal resuscitation  in LMIC countries – including drawing upon  human cent...

Simulation based education involves thinking, but also feeling. Emotions are pervasive and powerful, and they impact on performance and learning – in both healthcare simulation and of course in the real world.  In this episode we talk with  Vicki LeBlanc  and  Glenn Posner  about the research on emotions, cognitive processes and learning, and  their narrative overview on this topic just published...

Simulation can provide an opportunity to experience life/ experiences other than our own, and this can include experience of ill health – diseases, conditions and treatments. Hot off the press from  Advances in Simulation ,  Walking in the shoes of our patients  is a scoping review in which the authors sought to understand the ways that simulation can allow healthcare professionals or students to...

Simulcast Journal Club New Year’s Edition 2022 Vic & Jesse Jesse was unable to join the rest of the Simulcast Team Christmas Edition so this is the consolation prize ep!! In this podcast Vic and Jesse discuss 2 publications from 2021.   Paper 1. recommended by Tim Mason “Advancing Team Cohesion: Using an Escape Room as a novel approach” Cohen and colleagues Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Manag...

Ben, Vic and Jess offer a bumper holiday episode for your healthcare simulation listening enjoyment.  Transformative faculty development ,  suspension of disbelief  in simulation,  emotional activation for observers  and participants,  SPs or SPs  – what’s in a name?, a  taxonomy of non-technical skills , and  lessons from the Fat Duck  …….  Thanks to those who nominated articles for our discussio...

Ben talks about ‘Plus Delta’ debriefing with lead authors of 2 recent papers on the topic both published in Advances in Simulation. Adam Cheng starts the conversation talking about  Embracing informed learner self-assessment during debriefing: the art of plus-delta,  and giving us plenty of reasons to ensure this technique is on our repertoire as simulation educators. Ben goes on to talk with Raj ...

Atul Malhotra  and  Arunaz Kumar  joined Vic to speak about their work delivering obstetric and neonatal simulation workshops in India, and  their recent article  in Advances in Simulation. We talked about  ONE-Sim  – Obstetric Neonatal Emergency Simulation - workshops conducted in LMIC, Australia, and online. Atul and Arunaz have reflected on the process and outcomes in the paper, and we talked a...

 Carl Horsley is an intensivist from Middlemore hospital in New Zealand who talks with Vic about Safety II principles and practice, and new ways that simulation can be interwoven into our work for safer outcomes. He explains that team development is a ‘long game’ and gives us practical tips for building on his work in our own institutions.  Carl also offers some great further reading/ viewing: - ...

Is  rapid cycle deliberate practice a better way  to train for paediatric cardiac arrest? How can simulation and ‘institutional ethnography’ be used to explore  ‘latent social threats’  in healthcare? Ben and Vic discuss these papers in our November journal club, as well as an amazing  technical report on VR modelling  to improve surgeons preparation for complex neurosurgical procedures, and a dis...

Jess and Vic talk about the topic of moulage - a French word meaning "to mould", but more commonly known as the use of special effects makeup techniques to replicate illness and effects. Jess talks about her PhD journey and her (shock horror!) moulage scepticism that drove her to studying the topic. We discuss some of the theories that relate to moulage use, new research and where the future of mo...

In this episode Vic and Jesse have a long overdue on air catch and talk through a human centred design project to improve medication safety in the Intensive Care Unit that Jesse has being working through in his day job. Vic and Jesse discuss, real world applications of Safety-II approaches, the core philosophy and practices of psychological safety and the importance of clinician led approaches to...

Ben and Vic kicked off this episode talking about some upcoming healthcare simulation events –  NYSIM Hot topics virtual symposium  October 22nd (USA) , The  ASPIH ‘Moving Upstream’ conference  8th – 10th November (UK), and the  RCPSC 2021 Simulation Summit , November 4th and 5th (Canada)  We gave some shout outs to friends of Simulcast who’ve joined us in Twitter conversations and more!  We enjoy...

There is a new journal on the block. The  International Journal of Healthcare Simulation – Advances in Theory and Practice  is led by Editor in Chief  Debra Nestel  AM and “provides a forum to share scholarly practice for advances in simulation across diverse applications in health and social care.” Peer viewed, and open access, IJOHS is jointly owned by the Society for Healthcare Simulation (SHS,...

Equity, diversity and inclusion in healthcare simulation – reflecting on our values, beliefs and actions    Many in the simulation community are thinking about the ways we might work on equity, diversity and inclusion through healthcare simulation. We are tempted to try and ‘fix’ inequities and biases, but are also aware than if badly done – these ‘fixes’ may cause harm.  Ben Symon hosts this epis...

We recorded the September Journal Club during  Healthcare Simulation Week  – a chance to reflect on the amazing work of the healthcare simulation community.   Our first paper showcased the work of the STEPs (Simulation To Enhance Patient Safety) team at Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth.  Rory Trawber  et al. write about  Improving Simulation Accessibility in a Hospital Setting - Implementing a Simu...

This special episode is s joint release from Simulcast and  The Emergency Mind  podcast, with Vic talking with co-hosts  Dan Dworkis  and  Andrea Austin.   We start by discussing what Dan and Andrea mean by ‘ Emergency Mind’  – “Leveraging the mental models and lessons from his own practice of emergency medicine—as well as from experts in the military, business, and athletic worlds—how to train me...

In the August Journal Club episode Ben and Vic look at articles involving the clinical outcomes from simulation training, trauma team leadership and serious games. We applauded a study looking at the  association of simulation training with rates of medical malpractice claims among obstetrician–gynaecologists.  This segued nicely into discussion of return on Investment for QI/ educational interven...

How should we design and deliver healthcare Simulation Fellowships?   In this episode of the podcast we discuss the thoughtful approach taken by  Michael  Meguerdichian ,  Komal Bajaj  and  Katie Walker  at NYHHC Sim, and their recent paper on the topic in  Advances in Simulation  -  Fundamental underpinnings of simulation education: describing a four-component instructional design approach to hea...

We revisit  Plus Delta Debriefing  in the July Journal Club and talk about some new perspectives on a classic technique. Thanks Adam Cheng and many of the team from @Debriefing Academy. We also discuss work demonstrating the association of sim training  with improvement in clinical performance in cord prolapse emergencies , and some impressive (if confronting) work on  how illness experiences info...

We know that simulation debriefing can be hard. Poor facilitation risks psychological safety breaches or simply ineffective conversations. Faculty development probably helps us improve, especially if its part of a community of practice. The  Meta Debrief Club  in  NHS Lothian  draws on these principles in their monthly ‘debrief the debrief’ sessions.  Ed Mellanby ,  Nathan Oliver  and  Chris Schni...

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...