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, 133, pp.47-52. 

We also discussed 3 other papers, with a theme of scenario/ simulation design. 

The first two were focused on complexity science. 

• Launer J. Complexity made simple. Postgrad Med J 2018;94:611–612 

On this topic, Jesse reminded us of this great post from Chris Hicks (@HumanFactOrz) https://emcrit.org/emcrit/complexity-of-simple/ 

And finally – local work from the team at Mater hospital, including @ErinlW_ and @SJanssensSimOG  in Brisbane that adds to our understanding of realism, especially in procedural simulation. 

• Wilson E, Hewett DG2, Jolly BC, Janssens S, Beckmann MM. Is that realistic? The development of a realism assessment questionnaire and its application in appraising three simulators for a gynaecology procedure. Adv Simul 2018 Nov 8;3:21 

Thanks again to our listeners and contributors for a great year in 2018 

Vic, Ben and Jesse