86 - #HcSimWeek19 Nemat Alsaba
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

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 ...
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 wi...
This is a mini episode update on how we at Simulcast would love to celebrate healthcare simulation week 2019.
Ben and Vic discuss the paper of the month, Bochatay, N., Bajwa, N., Blondon, K., Junod Perron, N., Cullati, S. and Nendaz, M. (2019). Exploring group boundaries and conflicts: a social identity theory perspective. Medical Education. We also discussed 3 other papers covering a theme of ‘non-technical skills’. Hamilton AL, Kerins J, MacCrossan MA, et al Medical Students’ Non-Technical Skills (Medi-StuNTS): preliminary work developing a behavioural marker system for the non-technical skills of med...
Ben and Vic discuss the papers of the month, including expert commentary from Kristian Krogh Eve Purdy, Charlotte Alexander, Melissah Caughley, Shane Bassett, Victoria Brazil. Identifying and Transmitting the Culture of Emergency Medicine Through Simulation. AEM Education and Training 2019; 3: 118– 128 (Open access) Purdy, E. (2019). Simulation and Cultural Compression. [online] ICE Blog. Available at: https://icenetblog.royalcollege.ca/2019/03/19/simulation-and-cultural-compression/ [Accessed 2...
In this, another joint feature with Advances in Simulation journal, we explore three main ideas: Why does simulation have such a symbiosis with culture? How to we understand more about this relationship? ie. there is nothing so practical as a good theory. What does can this teach us about targeting culture as a translational objective in a sim program? To answer these questions we stir in the ingredients of a thriving simulation program/service at Gold Coast University Hospital, two pieces of ac...
Ben and Vic discuss the paper of the month, including expert commentary from Stuart Rose. Hollingsworth, C., Wesley, C., Huckridge, J., Finn, G. and Griksaitis, M. (2017 ). Impact of child death on paediatric trainees. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 103(1), pp.14-18. And we talked about a few other sim papers across a range of topics and research methods, Goldshtein D, Krensky C, Doshi S, et al In situ simulation and its effects on patient outcomes: a systematic review BMJ Simulation and Tech...
‘Non-technical skill’ is not a great term for the range of skills and behaviours we expect of our healthcare professionals. It also belies a not so subtle hierarchy of skills where ‘hard’, technical, ‘medical expertise’ are afforded primacy, sometimes to the detriment of our patient care. Our latest collaborative podcast with Advances in Simulation features an editorial - Words matter: towards a new lexicon for ‘nontechnical skills’ training by Paul Murphy, Debra Nestel and Gerry Gormley. In thi...
Another debriefing course! Who benefits? Kristian Krogh, Albert Chan, and Nancy McNaughton Many health professional educators attend courses on simulation debriefing, but do they actually perform better as simulation debriefers as a result? Writing in Advances in Simulation, Kristian Krogh (@DrKrogh), Albert Chan (@gaseousXchange) and Nancy McNaughton (@uto_nancy) provoke us to consider this issue in their commentary - Another debriefing course! Who benefits? In this next instalment in our colla...
Ben and Vic discuss the paper of the month, including expert commentary from Jack Matulich. Fraser, K., Meguerdichian, M., Haws, J., Grant, V., Bajaj, K., & Cheng, A. (2019). Cognitive Load Theory for debriefing simulations: implications for faculty development. And we talked about a few other sim papers across a range of topics and research methods, Turton, D. , Buchan, K. , Hall‐Jackson, M. and Pelletier, C. (2019), Simulation: the power of what hurts. Med Educ, 53: 326-328. Chancey RJ1, S...
Our final podcast from IMSH starts with a deep dive in to how simulation might help us ‘train’ more comprehensive leadership skills and behaviours – not just in the resus room, but rather in quality improvement and change management. @davidgrantsim , President of @SESAMSimulation , spoke to Vic on the topic. Ben then turned our attention to followership and interviewed Jannet Lee-Jararam and Benjamin Berg from @SIMTIKI_HI in Honolulu. We loved hearing from delegates at #IMSH2019 and @AmyZhengMD ...
Ben and Vic discuss the paper of the month, including expert commentary from Ann Mullen (@keepsimsafe) Schroeder J, O'Neal C, Jagneaux T. “Practically Saline”. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2015;3(4):2324709615618980 PMID 26663812. And we talked about a few other sim papers across a range of topics and research methods, Bearman, M. , Greenhill, J. and Nestel, D. (2019), The power of simulation: a large‐scale narrative analysis of learners’ experiences. Med Educ. doi:10.1111/medu.13747 Gar...
Our third podcast from IMSH starts with a focus on disruptive innovation , big data and artificial intelligence, based on the opening plenary by Joel Selanikio (@jselanikio) who also gave a TeD talk on the topic . Vic had a fan girl moment speaking to Ron Harden, living legend of medical education and General secretary of AMEE , abut his reactions to the talk. We also spoke to Yue Dong (@dongyue), one of the conference organisers, for his reflections. Ben finished the day with a chat with Suzie ...
Our second podcast from #IMSH2019 features a deep dive on Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice with Bram Welch-Horan (@DrBramPedsER ), and some reflections on the topic from Belinda Lowe (@Belinda_J_Lowe ), Bond University Simulation Fellow. We then shifted focus to research and publishing in simulation with Michelle Kelly (@KellyKelmich ) summarising the session on ‘Articles of Influence’, and Sharon Muret-Wagstaff , one of the associate editors of Simulation in Healthcare , giving us some tips on h...
In this special edition of Simulcast, we feature three articles on simulation applied to point of care ultrasound (POCUS). Vic visited the team at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Ultrasound Division (@jeff_sono) in Philadelphia, led by Dr Resa E. Lewiss (@ultrasoundREL) Resa chose 3 articles for us to review, each focused on different aspects of using simulation for POCUS education. These have obvious relevance for those who use ultrasound at the bedside, but anyone using simulation for cli...
Ben and Vic at IMSH – podcast one The International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) is the biggest sim conference in the world. This year it was held in San Antonio, Texas, USA and Simulcast was a podcast partner for the meeting. Over the next few weeks, we’ll release five podcasts of conference highlights. Ben and Vic interview speakers, attendees, organisers, researchers, tech gurus and educators, and bring you some of our perspectives on what are useful lessons for our simulation ...
Simulcast Journal Club podcast November 2018 episode Ben and Vic discuss the paper of the month, including expert commentary from our own Jesse Spurr! Is this really the holy grail of ‘proof’ for insitu sim? Josey, K., Smith, M., Kayani, A., Young, G., Kasperski, M., Farrer, P., Gerkin, R., Theodorou, A. and Raschke, R. (2018). Hospitals with more-active participation in conducting standardized in-situ mock codes have improved survival after in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest . Resuscitation, 13...
In this episode of our continuing collaboration with Advances in Simulation, Victoria takes the helm and interviews two brilliant guests about a high profile, multi-journal simultaneous publication: Advances in Simulation Raemer, D., A. Hannenberg and A. Mullen (2018). "Simulation safety first: an imperative." Advances in Simulation 3(1): 25. Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare Raemer, D., A. Hannenberg and A. Mullen (2018). "Simulation Safety First: An Imperative." Simulation in...
Simulcast goes to IMSH! The International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) will be in San Antonio, TX, USA in January 26-30th, 2019. Simulcast has partnered with the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) to cover the event for our listeners, and Ben and Vic will be bringing you the highlights of plenary talks, research updates and the latest technology from the Expo Hall. We spoke to Joseph Lopreiato , the current President of SSH about the planned event highlights, the city of Sa...
Ben and Vic discuss the paper of the month, including expert commentary from Dr Marc Berg. Resuscitation Education Science: Educational Strategies to Improve Outcomes From Cardiac Arrest: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Cheng, A., Nadkarni, V., Mancini, M., Hunt, E., Sinz, E., Merchant, R., Donoghue, A., Duff, J., Eppich, W., Auerbach, M., Bigham, B., Blewer, A., Chan, P. and Bhanji, F. (2018) Circulation, 138(6). We also discussed 3 other papers, with a theme of asses...
This episode was recorded live at Markham Stouffvile Hospital in Canada. Victoria and Jesse were generously hosted by the hospital to share some lessons learned in simulation programs. This presentation was initially developed for a symposium in Dunedin in March 2018. We decide to reprise it, but instead of a presentation - Simulcast Live. Hope you enjoy and we'd love to here some of your lessons learned and keep adding to the myths and fails. Thanks to Justin Morgenstern @First10EM for making t...
In situ simulation is increasingly popular for all the right reasons – highly realistic training with opportunities for team and systems testing. We’ve recognized there are risks, especially disruption of service and physical safety. But what about those patient and families ‘exposed’ to ISS? What do they think about it? What are their risks? And what should we do about it? Are there opportunities we haven’t yet realized? I spoke with Stephanie Barwick ( @InSituSteph ) and Damian Roland ( @Damia...
Welcome to the Simulcast Journal Club Podcast and monthly wrap post. Please read our pdf summary of the Journal Club article, the month’s discussion and our expert commentary here . Ben and Vic discuss the paper of the month, including expert commentary from Dr Gabriel Reedy (@gabereedy). Cheng, A., Palaganas, J., Eppich, W., Rudolph, J., Robinson, T. and Grant, V. (2015) Co-Debriefing for Simulation Based Education” Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthca...
Jenny Rudolph interviews Victoria Brazil: Translational Simulation Since the start of the modern simulation era, many in the healthcare simulation community have taken a “Field of Dreams” approach to our simulation efforts, believing, like the character Ray Kinsella in the movie of the same name, that we “If we build it, they will come.” Often however, “buy-in” to simulation programs is just as difficult as getting real people to come to a baseball diamond in the middle of an Iowa cornfield. Sim...
Welcome to the Simulcast Journal Club Podcast and monthly wrap post. Please read our pdf summary of the Journal Club article, the month’s discussion and our expert commentary here . This month's journal club podcast was a special live recording from on stage at Don't Forget the Bubbles conference in Melbourne. Ben, Victoria and Jesse were handed a whole concurrent session to deliver a Simulcast Presents Play School session. One of these sessions saw Jesse join Vic and Ben for the August Journal ...
Simulation-based research in emergency medicine in Canada For this ‘pause and discuss’ episode, I was joined by Dr. Tim Chaplin - an ‘emerg doc’ (as they say in Canada) and Assistant Professor at Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada. Tim is also the Simulation Lead for the Department of Emergency Medicine. His research interests are in simulation-based education and resuscitation medicine. He has developed a simulation-based trauma education program for resident Trauma Team Captains as well as t...
Simulcast Journal Club podcast July 2018 episode Ben and Vic discuss the paper of the month, including expert commentary from Steph Barwick (@InSituSteph) J. Grant, T. Robinson, H. Catena, W. Eppich & A. Cheng (2018) Difficult Debriefing Situations : A toolbox for simulation educators” Medical Teacher, DOI: 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1468558 And we talked about a few other sim papers across a range of topics and research methods, Bajaj K, Minors A, Walker K, Meguerdichian M, Patterson M. "No-Go C...