Simulcast

In this podcast, we got the full team together, Vic, Ben, Jess and Jesse, and thought we would "show our workings" through having a structured team debrief while looking in on any lessons emerging from our individual work contexts

Dr Gabe Reedy has been announced as the new Editor in Chief for Advances in Simulation. Vic speaks with him about his background, his vision for the journal, and the role of journals in supporting healthcare workers, simulationists and academics during the COVID-19 pandemic.  His gives tribute to Professor Debra Nestel, the outgoing EIC, and tells us he aims to ‘live the title’ – aiming to be advancing the field – for scholars and practitioners.  Simulcast looks forward to our continued collaboration with Gabe and with Advances.  

In this next instalment in our collaboration with Advances in Simulation, Ben speaks with Dr Barbara Walsh and discussant Dr Ben Lawton (@paedsem) regarding how to bring simulation to the masses.  Community-based in situ simulation: bringing simulation to the masses  Authors: Barbara M. Walsh, Marc A. Auerbach, Marcie N. Gawel, Linda L. Brown, Bobbi J. Byrne and Aaron Calhoun  Despite advances in simulation technology and widespread understanding of the process, is healthcare simulation being delivered in the places that need it most?  Writing in Advances in Simulation, Dr Barbara Walsh and colleagues explore technological innovations and organization strategies to bring simulation outside academic or large hospital settings to other locations in need of healthcare simulation.       

IN this episode, we’ve asked five of our simulation colleagues to tell us what they’re doing, what they’ve found and any advice they might have for others as they work with their clinical colleagues on this challenge.  In this episode you’ll hear from:  Albert Chan (@gaseousXchange) from Hong Kong , with a great airway management infographic   Andrew Petrosoniak (@petrosoniak) from Toronto, Canada  Tim Willett (@SIMtim_one), also from Canada www.SIM-ONE.ca  James Leung (@drjscleung), from Mc Master, Ontario Canada  Christine Park (@cpark_stories) from Chicago  The Whats app group https://chat.whatsapp.com/LVy0T1dWvan9enqMDwElRN  The Google drive https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kDrTZ0mlFgug7RfoIocZ09Crj24py8z2  Please be in touch if you’d like to tell your COVID simulation stories 

COVID19 will be challenging for healthcare providers and communities around the world. Simulation providers are helping and targeting the various challenges we anticipate.  In this episode Vic welcomes Jess Stokes-Parish to the team, and introduces the Simulcast page we’ve set up for sharing and curating resources for simulation providers They also discuss their personal experience so far with simulation preparation for COVID, and the strategies we’ve seen emerging around the world. More to come on #COVIDsim soon….

Finding our (sim) people in a globally connected world – Virtual Communities of Practice    How do we find our simulation friends online? What supports the formation and nurturing of these professional groups? This month Ben and Vic discuss the paper of the month…..   Thoma, B., Brazil, V., Spurr, J., Palaganas, J., Eppich, W., Grant, V. and Cheng, A. (2018). Establishing a Virtual Community of Practice in Simulation. Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 13(2), pp.124-130.  We explore what that means, and consider some examples Our expert commentator @andrewjtagg offers his experience with https://dontforgetthebubbles.com/  For more great listening on CoP in health professions education – listen here     We continued the CoP theme in looking at :-  “It's Not an Acting Job … Don't Underestimate What a Simulated Patient Does” A Qualitative Study Exploring the Perspectives of Simulated Patients in Health Professions Education  Pritchard, Shane A. BPhysio; De

Looking for that next step in your healthcare simulation research journey?  In this episode, Vic reviews Healthcare Simulation Research - A Practical Guide with two of the editors -Debra Nestel and Aaron Calhoun.   This book covers a vast array of research topics, with 48 chapters written by experts in their fields, with practical advice for researchers at all levels. Aaron and Debra describe what’s in the book and how to read it. They offer their own reflections on the writing and what they learnt in the process, as well as some thoughts about where the field is heading in the future.  There are tips for beginners and experts, as well as Debra introducing us to ‘theoretical connoisseurship’ 

Ben and Vic discuss the paper of the month and consider the learning impact for active participants versus observers in sim. Vic stumbles her way through explaining a meta-analysis…  Delisle, M., Ward, M., Pradarelli, J., Panda, N., Howard, J. and Hannenberg, A. (2019). Comparing the Learning Effectiveness of Healthcare Simulation in the Observer Versus Active Role. Simulation in Healthcare: Simulation in Healthcare, 14(5), pp.318-332.    We continued the theme of ‘methods and metrics’ and considered a Delphi study used to develop an evaluation tool for scenarios   Hernandez J, Frallicciardi A, Nadir N, et al. Development of a Simulation Scenario Evaluation Tool (SSET): modified Delphi study. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning Published Online First: 13 December 2019.   And considered a proposed adjunct to the description phase of debriefing  Secheresse, T., Nonglaton, S. The “Timeline Debriefing Tool”: a tool for structuring the debriefing description phase. Adv Simul 4, 29 (2019)  And in

Vic interviews Jen Keast (@jenkeastsim) about her PhD work on developing Medical Students’ Acute Patient Management Skills. They take a deep dive into how theory informs teaching practice for students – cognitive load, flow theory, and more. Jen explains the role of ‘in game coaching’ and how to design longitudinal curriculum. And if you’re thinking about doing a PhD .. there’s some inspiration here. 

Ben and Vic discuss the paper of the month and all things clinical event debriefing with our expert commentator Dr Laura Rock (@laurakanerock)  Rose, M. and Rose, K. (2018). Use of a Surgical Debriefing Checklist to Achieve Higher Value Health Care. American Journal of Medical Quality, 33(5), pp.514-522.  Brindle, M., Henrich, N., Foster, A., Marks, S., Rose, M., Welsh, R. and Berry, W. (2018). Implementation of surgical debriefing programs in large health systems: an exploratory qualitative analysis. BMC Health Services Research, 18(1).  We also reviewed an interesting conceptual paper on self regulated learning (SRL) and simulation.  Shariff, F. Hatala, R. Regehr,G Learning After the Simulation Is Over: The Role of Simulation in Supporting Ongoing Self-Regulated Learning in Practice. Academic Medicine. Publish Ahead of Print:, NOVEMBER 12, 2019  And Ben introduced the paper for next month, reviewing the value observer roles in sim  Delisle, M., Ward, M., Pradarelli, J., Panda, N., Howard, J. and Hann

n the latest instalment of our Advances in Simulation (@AdvinSimulation) series, Vic was joined by Nora Colman (@noracolman) and Sue Barnes to discuss how simulation can be used to plan and test new healthcare facilities and systems.  They each brought immense personal experience to their publications, and we discussed ways to smooth the paths for others with similar challenges. We talked about key steps in stakeholder collaboration, needs assessment, scenario planning and delivery, debriefing, and reporting   The papers:-  Nora Colman, Cara Doughty, Jennifer Arnold, Kimberly Stone, Jennifer Reid, Ashley Dalpiaz & Kiran B. Hebbar. Simulation-based clinical systems testing for healthcare spaces: from intake through implementation. Advances in Simulation volume 4, Article number: 19 (2019)  Alyshah Kaba & Sue Barnes. Commissioning simulations to test new healthcare facilities: a proactive and innovative approach to healthcare system safety. Advances in Simulation volume 4, Article number: 17 (2019) 

We share some highlights of the #SimCongress19 held on the Gold Coast, Australia. The episode includes thoughtful reflections from our own Ben Symon, an interview with Tash Yates (@DrTashY)  about simulation to shape resilience in medical students, and Ian Summers (@IanMeducator)  on the conference highlights.  Thinking about conferences in 2020? Some links to the events Vic described at the end  IMSH San Diego Jan 18-22, 2020. http://imsh2020.org/  SEAM Milan 17-19th June.  https://www.sesam-web.org/events/event/sesam-milan-2020/  NZASH Christchurch 6-7th November. https://nzash.co.nz/   

Simulcast Journal Club podcast September 2019 episode    Ben and Vic discuss the paper of the month,   Kolbe, M., Eppich, W., Rudolph, J., Meguerdichian, M., Catena, H., Cripps, A., Grant, V. and Cheng, A. (2019). Managing psychological safety in debriefings: a dynamic balancing act. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning, pp.bmjstel-2019-000470.  Ng, S., Kangasjarvi, E., Lorello, G., Nemoy, L. and Brydges, R. (2019). ‘There shouldn't be anything wrong with not knowing’: epistemologies in simulation. Medical Education.    We also discussed 2 other papers on peer debriefing and using sim to embed surgical safety checklists  Solanki P, Angel D, Foster A Peer group high-fidelity simulation debriefing for final year medical students BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning 2019;5:225-226.  Zaffry Z, Jaye P, Laws-Chapman C, et al. Safer surgery through simulation: increasing compliance with the 5 Steps to Safer Surgery through an in-situ simulation based training programme at Guy’s and St T

At our live ‘Simulcast presents..” session at the Australasian Simulation Congress, Vic interviewed Sarah Janssens (@SJanssensSimOG), an Obstetrician / Gynaecologist ad simulation leader from the Mater Hospital. They speak about Sarah’s research on shared leadership in maternity teams – including models of leadership, measures of team performance, and what it means for how we train teams in simulation.  The two papers we discussed were.  Janssens S., Simon R, Beckmann M., Marshall, Stuart Shared Leadership in Healthcare Action Teams: A Systematic Review. Journal of Patient Safety: June 4, 2018   Janssens S, Simon R, Barwick S, et al. Leadership sharing in maternity emergency teams: a retrospective cohort study in simulation BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning Published Online First: 07 February 2019. 

STORK team @LankyTwig  STORK team (Simulation Training Optimising Resuscitation in Kids) from Children’s Health Queensland provides simulation based education throughout Queensland. Check out the OPTIMUS Bonus Content at https://dontforgetthebubbles.com/practice-made-perfect/  

Nemat Alsaba @talk2nemat    Nemat drops in for #HcSimWeek19 to share about 2 great sim projects she is involved with at Gold Coast University Hospital and Bond University

Stephanie Barwick @InSituSteph  Steph dropped by for #HcSimWeek19 to share the work of the Mater Education team. Definitely big friends of Simulcast and hosts of the Simulcast Journal Curry Club!

Vic speaks with Kirsty Forrest (@forrest_kirsty) Glance about simulation, book writing and lifelong learning. Kirsty and Judy McKimm have co-edited an easy to read book with diverse contributors.  The book can be viewed/ purchased here.   https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Healthcare+Simulation+at+a+Glance-p-9781118871836   

Looking for great online simulation education resources for yourself or for your team’s faculty development?   In this episode Vic speaks with Christina Choung (@ckchoung) and Karen Schafer (@KarenShafer) from Vancouver Coastal Health about their new resources at https://bcsimulation.ca/  (you can also get there via https://simulation.vchlearn.ca/ )  We talked about the content of these modules, the challenges of faculty development, and some lessons learned for those of us trying to develop online resources in simulation education.  @BCSimNet  on Twitter

The Australasian Simulation Congress is on 2nd–5th September at the Gold Coast. Check out the website-https://www.simulationcongress.com/ Vic spoke to Sharon Clipperton (@sjclipperton), the Congress convenor about the keynote speakers, abstracts and other highlights of the event. We also spoke with Komal Bajaj (@KomalBajajMD) about her talk–change, sustainability and ‘new power’ in simulation....The Simulcast team will be covering proceedings, as well as hosting a “Simulcast presents” session with interviews, and a live journal club recording on stage! See you there.