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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 the theme - Is that realistic? The development of a realism assessment questionnaire and its application in appraising three simulators for a gynaecology procedure, by Wilson et al. in Advances in Sim 2018  We then took a brief look at two other papers – considering virtual reality simulation for stress inoculation training for resuscitation team leaders, and a challenging look at adverse event analysis and psychological safety in simulation faculty development.  For March – join the discussion about partnering with consumers in developing “paediatric patient-focused and family-focused simulations”  Come and join the discussion! 

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 those.  The papers…  Christodoulides N, Duggan WP, Dalrymple KR. COVID-SIM: building testing capacity through public engagement with healthcare simulation. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning 2021;7:52-53.  Nunnink L, Thompson A, Alsaba N, et al. Peer-assisted learning in simulation-based medical education: a mixed-methods exploratory study. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning Published Online First: 16 December 2020. doi: 10.1136/bmjstel-2020-000645  Weile, J., Nebsbjerg, M.A., Ovesen, S.H. et al. Simulation-based team training in time-critical clinical presentations in emergency medicine and critical care: a review of the literature. Adv Simul 6, 3 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41077-021-00154-4  Next month  - we’re talking fidelity and functional task alignment - with a classic paper to consider. Read and join the discussion here. 

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 Gerry himself kindly sent us his thoughts and they’re in the podcast as well !  We also reviewed two other papers – one looking at the link between self efficacy and observed performance in neonatal resuscitation, and another exploring the construct of psychological safety in medical education. Safe or soft?   Thanks for another great year of journal club and looking forward to next year!  Happy holidays   

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 – also check our Resa and Adaira’s article in Harvard Business Review – What efficient mentorship looks like 

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 BMJ STEL. (Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning). They offer us insights relevant for researchers, educators and as consumers of social media content.  For more on the virtual community of practice in simulation check out our Simulcast paper from earlier in the year  Happy listening. 

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 fractures, demonstrating the integration of low cost procedural skills simulation with sound educational frameworks.  We then reviewed two papers from the TRUST study - Trauma Resuscitation Using in situ Simulation Team Training (TRUST) study: latent safety threat evaluation using framework analysis and video review - from the Petrosoniak group in Toronto. The related paper is focused on the outcomes from debriefing during the TRuST study  - Latent safety threat identification during in situ simulation debriefing: a qualitative analysis  And finally – Ben gave us an invitation for the November Journal Club. Making the invisible visible: a place for utilizing activity theory within in situ simulation to drive healthcare organizational development?    Please come along and join the conversation …       

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 airline pilot who is UK based. The program has brought marvellous insights to the clinicians in terms of teamwork behaviours and shaping culture. It emerged from the @_ProjectWingman initiative which involves airline crew coming together to support the well-being of frontline NHS staff during the COVID-19 outbreak. They suggest healthcare simulation educators need to ‘just do it’, learn as we go, and celebrate the fresh perspectives from outside our own world.  Happy listening   

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. We delve into why he does a pre-brief, what his looks like and how he went about improving his pre-briefing skills. Listen for some practical strategies to improve your next simulation!     Some useful resources he refers to within the episode are listed below:     Rudolph JW, Raemer DB, Simon R. Establishing a safe container for learning in simulation: the role of the presimulation briefing. Simul Healthc. 2014 Dec;9(6):339-49. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000047. PMID: 25188485.       

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 and Vic summarised the article and online discussion, and our trio then went deep on the definition of deception, and the concept of ‘fair’ in simulation design, drawing on the article and personal experience.  And we reviewed 2 extra papers   Lin Y, Hecker K, Cheng A, et al. Cost-effectiveness analysis of workplace-based distributed cardiopulmonary resuscitation training versus conventional annual basic life support training BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning Published Online First: 29 September 2020  Caners, K., Baylis, J., Heyd, C., & Chan, T. (2020). Sharing is caring: How EM Sim Cases (EMSimCases.com) has created a collaborative simulation education culture in Canada. CJEM, 1-3.  And finally – Ben gave us an invitation for the September Journal Club.  Kerrey, Benjamin, MD, MS, Boyd, Stephanie, et al. Developing a Profile of Procedural Expertise: A Simulation Study of Tracheal Intubation Using 3-Dimensional Motion Capture. Simul. healthc.. 2020;15(4):251-258.     Please come along and join the conversation …   

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 guests will be! And be sure to let us know what topics you want to cover!